Mainstream WeeklyWHO WILL?
When the young Veer shouted no one heard
When the adult Ahmed howled no one gave an ear
When the old Kapil screamed no one turned back
We all got so engaged that we forgot that we could not just speak but also hear
I was speaking, she was typing and the system was dictating but no one heard
We were so busy pressing buttons that we forgot to express
We were so occupied sending messages that we forgot to regret
Many passed by and many passed away
We had forgotten our (…)
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Who Will? | Jeevesh Gupta
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‘Paper unions’ letting down China’s internal migrant workers | Jason Hung
8 July 2022by Jason Hung, United Nations University in Bangkok
Although trade unions are widespread in China, conditions for rural-to-urban migrant workers haven’t improved as fast as they have for local urban employees.
China’s rapid urban transformation led to vast numbers of new jobs offering better pay than rural work. People migrated from villages to secure these jobs and try to lift their families’ standard of living. In 2019, 36 percent of China’s working population – an estimated 291 (…) -
Caricature: Tribute to Peter Brook | Jayaraj Vellur
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Bertrand Russell’s letter to Albert Einstein for signing on to the Russell-Einstein Manifesto
8 July 2022On 5 April 1955, literature laureate Bertrand Russell wrote to physics laureate Albert Einstein to ask for his support in standing up against nuclear weapons. Einstein agreed, leading to the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, which the scientist signed just days before his death.
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The Mothers (1922) by Käthe Kollwitz
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[bleu]Table of Contents, Mainstream, July 2, 2022[/bleu]
2 July 2022* Affirmative Action in Higher Education: India and the West | Arup Maharatna
* Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and the Board of Governors | Nabanipa Bhattacharjee & Manish Thakur -
Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, July 2, 2022
2 July 2022Letter to the readers, Mainstream, July 2, 2022
If you are critic of the Government in India led by Prime Minister Modi, sooner or later the state machine (or ruling party-friendly infrastructure) will go after you, this has pretty much become a set pattern for all to see. On June 25, 2022 when many of India’s human rights groups were marking the anniversary of the infamous declaration of Emergency in 1975, we saw the arrest of Teesta Setalvad one of India’s pioneering human rights (…) -
Affirmative Action in Higher Education: India and the West | Arup Maharatna
2 July 2022, by Arup MaharatnaAbstract: [gris]There are distinct indications that a persistent pressure for rapid expansion of enrolment or market or revenues particularly in the case of growing private HE institutions has fuelled and contributed to a rising spread, popularity, and reach of affirmative action in HE generally in developed countries. A considerable uncertainty prevails over the extent of realization or realizability of the purported effects of affirmative action in HE and of increased diversity in the (…)