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• Introduction of Secular English Education and Learning in Bengal | Niranjan Dhar

  11 September 2021

  by Niranjan Dhar
  The concept of secularism had its origin in the later Middle Ages in Western Europe. Secular education was but an attempt to demarcate an autonomous sphere of knowledge, purged of all supernatural presuppositions. It did a lot towards spreading the secular attitude and strengthening the spirit of the Renaissance. Conceptually, of course, secularism did not necessarily mean hostility towards religion. The relation of the one with the other was of mutual exclusiveness only. (…)

• Texas Anti Abortion Bill: Blow To Women’s Right And Great Legacy of Roe Vs Wade | Vijay Kumar

  11 September 2021, by Vijay Kumar

  by Vijay Kumar*
  The Texas Anti Abortion Bill imposing nearly – absolute ban on the abortion beyond six weeks pregnancy marks the beginning of well-orchestrated machination by right-wing religious groups represented by the Republican Party to overturn the most liberating, indeed epochal legacy, of the judgment of the US Supreme Court in Roe vs. Wade in 1973 by Warren Berger Court. The Texas bill is intended to perpetuate the stranglehold of patriarchy in 21st century by controlling the (…)

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  Afghanistan: Taliban Announce Ban on Music | Jayaraj Vellur

  11 September 2021, by Jayaraj Vellur
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  The Holy Cow & The Eclipse of Scientific Temper - Cartoon by Jayaraj Vellur

  11 September 2021, by Jayaraj Vellur

  [See also: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/scientists-believe-cow-only-animal-that-inhales-exhales-oxygen-allahabad-hc-7487284/]

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  Walter Benjamin in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris | Photo: Gisèle Freund, 1937

  11 September 2021
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  Video: Modi government’s asset monetization plan - panel discussion with Faye D’Souza

  11 September 2021

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  Govt’s Asset Monetisation Plan: What Does It Mean? | Faye D’Souza by Faye D’Souza https://youtu.be/YsO_ELCZ508

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  Sri Lankan Baila Music: Irene Josephine by Wally Bastiansz

  11 September 2021

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  Irene Josephine - Wally Bastiansz (God Father Of Sri Lankan Baila) by goonewj https://youtu.be/eWYL6SO2JAo

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  Video: The Many Lives of William Klein (2012)

  11 September 2021

  William Klein has lived many lives. One of the world’s most influential photographers, he pioneered the art of street photography and created some of the most iconic fashion images of the 20th century. He also made over twenty films, including the first ever documentary about Muhammad Ali

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  Resist this loot of our national assets - Statement by CPI(M) Aug. 24, 2021 / Do Not Sell National Assets - CPI resolution Sept. 5, 2021

  11 September 2021

  Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  Stop Sale of India
  August 24, 2021
  The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
  The Central Government has officially announced the sale of India.
  The National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) released by the Finance Minister yesterday, details the loot of our national assets and infrastructure. This is an outright plunder of people’s wealth.
  Selling family silver to meet daily expenditure makes (…)

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  Restore the writings of Mahasweta Devi, Sukirtharani and Bama’s Writings into the English Hons. Syllabus in Delhi University - Urge over 1000 scholars

  11 September 2021

  Why We Should Study Mahasweta Devi, Sukirtharani and Bama’s Writings in the English Hons. Syllabus in Delhi University
  On August 24, 2021, ‘Draupadi’, the short story by Mahasweta Devi, two poems by Sukirtharani and selections from Bama’s Sangati were deleted from the syllabus for students of English Literature by Delhi University. Mahasweta Devi has been part of the syllabus for a while now, while Sukirtharani and Bama have been added later in a continuous exploration and expansion of the (…)