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• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, August 20, 2022

  19 August 2022

  Letter to the readers, Mainstream, August 20, 2022
  In our overtly misogynist society, every now and then we hear our leaders routinely make symbolic noise for the need for the protection of women’s rights and dignity. Our Prime Minister too made a similar-sounding statement on 15 August 2022, marking the 75th year of India’s freedom from British rule. The very next day, the news media reported the release of 11 convicts, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment by a CBI special court in (…)

• Ambedkar Saw Savarkar’s Hindutva as a Danger to India - Would Have been Shocked to See His Name Being Taken Along with Savarkar | SN Sahu

  19 August 2022, by S N Sahu

  Ambedkar Would Have Been Shocked By Prime Minister Taking His Name Along With Savarkar in his Independence Day Speech in the Context of Service to the Nation
  On the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of India’s independence Prime Minister Modi while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 15th August 2022 invoked four names- Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, B R Ambedkar, and V D Savarkar- and said that the countrymen are deeply indebted to them (…)

• Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s one year in office | P S Jayaramu

  19 August 2022, by P S Jayaramu

  by P. S. Jayaramu
  (5th August, 2022)
  Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has recently completed one year in office. Evaluation of his regime are going on. The government is trumpeting its achievements in various fields through advertisements. The Opposition Parties are doing their job by highlighting the government’s failures. It is time to analyze the Bommai government’s performance in the political, economic and social spheres.
  The Basavaraj Bommai government came to power in (…)

• Bihar Politics: Tejashwi’s Trump Card? | Nilofar Suhrawardy

  19 August 2022, by Nilofar Suhrawardy

  Whose victory and whose defeat should the turn of political cards in Bihar be termed as? Nitish Kumar (Janata Dal-United) has certainly succeeded in checking his former ally, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s probable move of reversing political tide against him in Bihar. He apparently apprehended this move and did not hesitate in shifting his sides, aligning with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) - to ensure his command as chief minister and thus pushing BJP to ranks of opposition. Perhaps, BJP did (…)

• What Nitish needs to break Modi’s bluster | Faraz Ahmad

  19 August 2022, by Faraz Ahmad

  On August 9, the anniversary of Quit India Day Nitish Kumar ousted the BJP from power in Bihar by checkmating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling party with two quick moves of first resigning as the NDA chief minister of Bihar and without wasting precious moments going back to Raj Bhawan to stake claim to form a Mahagathbandhan government with RJD, Congress and the Left parties. He has also quickly formed his new council of ministers with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejaswi (…)

• Diamond Jubilee or Rusted Freedom? (Part I) | Kobad Ghandy

  19 August 2022, by Kobad Ghandy

  Due to the length of this 5-Part article, we have divided it into two sections. The first appears in this issue of the magazine and will comprise three parts on the state of the country as it exists today; the impact of British Rule and & thirdly trace the process of Globalisation worldwide.
  The second section of this article which will appear in the next issue will basically deal with the impact of globalisation (economic reforms) on India and the Swadeshi Alternative together with a (…)

• Droupadi Murmu - Will She Make for a People’s President ? | A K Biswas

  19 August 2022, by A K Biswas

  Her Excellency the 15th President of the sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic of India, sworn in by Justice N. V. Ramana, the Chief Justice of India holds promise for an extraordinary era. Her swearing ceremony was adorned by dignitaries who included, beside others, the outgoing President of India, Ramnath Kovind, the Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Prime Minister and the members of his Council of Ministers, Governors and Chief Ministers of various states, etc.
  A (…)

• August Revolution and India’s ruling class | Prem Singh

  19 August 2022, by Prem Singh

  On the occasion of 80th anniversary of Quit India Movement
  (This is the English translation of my article in Hindi written in 2012 to mark the 70th anniversary of Quit India Movement or August Revolution. The article was published in ‘Yuva Samvad’ and ‘Hastakshep.com’. In it an attempt was made to delineate the inspiration and facts behind the movement, and the sentiments of the Indian people and leaders who participated in it.
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ’Mann Ki Baat’ program (…)

• How Odisha Celebrated 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence by Playing Gandhi’s Ram Dhun Across Bhubaneswar | S N Sahu

  19 August 2022, by S N Sahu

  Odisha celebrated 75th anniversary of India’s independence from 13th August 2022 onwards in a tuneful manner by playing Mahatma Gandhi’s Ram Dhun - Raghu Pati Raghav Raja Ram, Patitapavan Sita Ram, Iswar Allaha Tero Nam, Sab ko Sanmati De Bhagvan - across the city of Bhubaneswar. As the famous hymn of Gandhiji was played in all the traffic points of the capital city of Odisha right from the dawn of 13th August and continued till the day of independence on 15th August, the whole atmosphere of (…)

• A new low of Indian media | Narender Nagarwal

  19 August 2022, by Narender Nagarwal

  Latest developments in the media galore have raised serious concerns of media credibility and future of civil liberties in India. Two recent cases unequivocally demonstrate how the Indian media has waged a protracted battle to maintain its autonomy, truthfulness, and journalistic freedom. Since the media is a significant component in civil liberties, it is in the best interests of democracy, the rule of law, and nation-building to have an independent and fearless media. The significance of (…)