https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1006.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1006.html 2008-11-04T16:08:08Z text/html en K.B. <p>The physical terrain of Kandhamal is breathtakingly beautiful. Green hills, clouds, mist and frequent rains add to this beauty. The name Kandhamal means the garland of hills where the Kandhas live. Kandhas, or Khonds, are the original inhabitants of this region. They are dark, muscular, simple. They survive on agriculture and animal husbandry. Nature or prakruti is their religion. They believe the divine does not reside in a temple, mosque, church or any other houses of worship built by man. (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique85.html" rel="directory">November 1, 2008</a> https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article960.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article960.html 2008-10-01T20:28:26Z text/html en K.B. <p>The Batla House encounter at Jamia Nagar in the Capital has raised a few fundamental questions about Indian democracy, its health and its ability to resolve conflicts on its own. <br class='autobr' /> The most important players in the whole episode are the media and the government. The ‘Other', in this case the Muslim community, is yet to speak up. But let us accept one truth: the media and the government are on the same side. Muslims are alone, on the other side of the divide. <br class='autobr' /> Like earlier blasts and (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique80.html" rel="directory">September 27, 2008</a>