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• India Vs China: In Himalayan Hydropower diplomacy | Santhosh Mathew

  18 March 2023

  by Santhosh Mathew *
  Abstract
  As opposed to the regarded Chinese hydro-hegemony in the South Asian and the Southeast Asian region, India is often questioned about its own hegemonic practices of conducting hydro-relations with the Himalayan nations which largely impedes cooperation. Focusing mainly on the India-Nepal hydropower diplomacy, numerous treaties like Kosi, Gandak or Mahakali treaty has been largely ineffective in cases of major disagreements ranging from hydropower generation, (…)

• Fading Purpose of Parks in Delhi | Jeevesh Gupta

  18 March 2023

  by Jeevesh Gupta * I remember when music was thrown out of the deer park in South Delhi by DDA. This was sometime in 2016-17 when a group of drummers called the Delhi Drums Circle having 20000+ active members on Facebook and 100+ in attendance for every get together, were asked to stop playing because as per DDA the music was troubling the animals inside the deer park. All this group was doing was playing drums and other instruments, dancing, bringing people from various walks of life (…)

• Quest for Spiritual Development in Our Times | Bharat Dogra

  18 March 2023, by Bharat Dogra

  The yearnings for spiritual development have always been a very important part of the various quests of humanity, although their context may differ from time to time. The most significant context of present times is that human made causes have created a survival crisis (related to very serious environmental problems, weapons of mass destruction and other factors) and as we struggle to face this enormous challenge, we can get important help from spiritual development.
  To start (…)

• The spirituality ripoff | Peggy Kornegger

  18 March 2023

  From: Second Wave, Volume 4, Number 3, a magazine of the new feminism, Spring 1976
  by Peggy Kornegger *
  In the past year, the national and local media have given a great deal of coverage to the spread of spirituality in this country. Feature articles on Transcendental Meditation (TM), Erhard Seminars Training (EST), and the general trend toward therapeutic mysticism have appeared in newspapers and magazines of the right, left, and center. In addition, feminist publications have devoted (…)

• Where Have All The Herons Gone, New Orleanians Wonder | Martha Rosenberg

  18 March 2023, by Martha Rosenberg

  by Martha Rosenberg *
  In 2004, bird watchers, golfers and just those passing by in Audubon Park New Orleans were treated to an amazing rookery. Great egrets, cattle egrets, snowy egrets, little blue herons, green and tricolored herons, ibises, night herons and anhinga roosted and bred in trees on Oschner Island, next to the golf course. Mallard and wood ducks, geese and swans patrolled the swampy waters as Mississippi kites and hawks sailed overhead. Cormorants dried their wings on (…)

• Monks and militias in Myanmar | Amara Thiha and Marte Nilsen

  18 March 2023

  by Amara Thiha and Marte Nilsen *
  The political implications of ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks and ideologies in Myanmar received much attention in the years before the 2021 military takeover. As Myanmar has turned more violent since the coup, ultra-nationalist monks have been radicalised further. What role are these monks playing in the political landscape of Myanmar today? And what is their rationale for supporting the military?
  The coup leader, Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw (…)

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  Protect Rights of LGBTQIA+ Community: CPI

  18 March 2023

  Communist Party of India New Delhi,
  March 15, 2023
  Press Release
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on March 15, 2023) demanding full protection of the rights of LGBTQIA+ community:
  The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India urges the Supreme Court and the government of India to fully protect the rights of LGBTQIA+ community. The party takes note of the decision of the apex court to refer the matter to the (…)

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  Attack on Dalit activist Shalin Maria Lawrence - Statement by NWMI

  18 March 2023

  The Network of Women in Media, India, strongly condemns the continuous and ongoing harassment of Chennai-based writer and activist Shalin Maria Lawrence on social media sites. She is a columnist for various English and Tamil publications. Shalin has been facing high-volume targeted harassment on Twitter as well as Facebook over the past year, specifically from handles associated with the DMK and the BJP.
  Shalin, who joined Twitter in 2020, and has been active on Facebook for over a decade, (…)

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  Unconstitutional and whimsical order of BSF violates life and livelihood of villagers of Paschim Sahebganj in West Bengal | MASUM

  18 March 2023

  Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)
  15 March 2023
  To
  The Chairman
  National Human Rights Commission
  Manav Adhikar Bhawan
  Block-C, GPO Complex, INA
  New Delhi-110023
  Respected Sir,
  I want to attract your attention towards the illegitimate restrictions on the life and livelihood of the villagers of Paschim Sahebganj village under Dinhata - II Block and Sahebganj police station in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal by the Border Security Force personnel attached with (…)

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  How A Secret Meet Between Badal and Rajiv Fizzled Out | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  18 March 2023, by M R Narayan Swamy

  Living a Life Hardcover by Ravi Sawhney Konark Publishers Pvt.Ltd | 10 February 2023 Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 264 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8195678637 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8195678631 __0__
  1980 brought the Congress to power in Punjab and turned the defeated Akalis belligerent. The state began to feel the heat as the Akali Dal launched a massive agitation for the implementation of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution of 1973. Although the Akalis did not create Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, they did not speak (…)