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What Sparing The Adani Group From JPC Probe, Reflects? — Need For Control of Conglomerates & Monopoly Power | Aurobindo Ghose

Aurobindo Ghose — 2023-04-15T00:20:38Z

by Aurobindo Ghose
The Gautam Adani group has been catching headlines since about the last week of January 2023.
Two recent exposures of the Gautam Adani conglomerate, have inflicted sufficient market punishment on it. One by the Hindenburgh short seller's accusation of “brazen stock market manipulation and accounting fraud”, triggered an huge sell-off of its shares, wiping out about $118 billion of its market valuation. While the Bangalore – based Ken report's exposure of non-repayment (…)

- 2023

Remembering Respected Shanti Bhushan, My First Teacher in Law Practice | Aurobindo Ghose

Aurobindo Ghose — 2023-02-03T23:18:00Z

Tributes to respected Shanti Bhushan-ji, a tall lawyer, great teacher, and humble leader! Instrumental in dethroning Indira Gandhi, gathering of forces for the post-Emergency Janata Party, and bringing AAP and Kejriwal to the political forefront. I remember his surprise appearance for me in the Operation Bluestar Report - bail matter in the District Court of Tis Hazari, when I was unconditionally set free. A senior advocate appearing in the district court was very rare. He was my first (…)

- 2023

Appropriating Tagore as a Hindu Nationalist: Chancellor Modi's Pre-Election Address to Visva - Bharati | Aurobindo Ghose

Aurobindo Ghose — 2021-01-02T12:27:49Z

Visva - Bharati University founded in 1921 just completed a hundred years. Located at the Abode of Peace, Shantiniketan, it has however seen much disturbance and violence between the civil society and the Varsity authorities over the past centenary year. With the West Bengal elections slated four months hence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the University Chancellor had quite a job at hand when he delivered the virtual centenary address to the students and teachers, one day before (…)

- 2021

Rabindranath Tagore's Work and Vision under Peril: Need to Preserve and Protect Visva - Bharati | Aurobindo Ghose

Aurobindo Ghose — 2020-12-19T16:22:13Z

In 1940, a year before he died, Rabindranath Tagore placed a letter in Mahatma Gandhi's hand. The letter said: "Visva-Bharati is like a vessel which is carrying the cargo of my life's best treasure, and I hope it may claim special care from my countrymen for its preservation”.
A century after being founded in 1921, Tagore's life's treasure - the Visva-Bharati University - may now be in peril. Far from being preserved, that vessel - which will have its centenary celebration this December - (…)

- 2020