Author: Dilip

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History’s most iconic ear injury (sorry, van Gogh) + one low information joker

Marina Hyde: Donald Trump just appointed ‘never Trump guy’ as his running mate Encouraging scenes from the Republican national convention (RNC), where US politicians and the wider world are being told to dial down their rhetoric by a crowd of people rhythmically raising their right fists and screaming “Fight, fight!” It’s just a hunch, but… Read More History’s most iconic ear injury (sorry, van Gogh) + one low information joker

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Burning Books and The Nazification of Literature

Heinrich Heine, arguably one of the most famous of German authors, had prophetically announced that wherever they burn books, they will one day burn humans. Pramod K. Nayar German cultural production, as is well known, in the decades leading to Nazidom set about creating a ‘national’ culture by destroying Jewish, communist, humanist and other artwork,… Read More Burning Books and The Nazification of Literature

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Hidden behind Labour’s ‘landslide’ win is a depressing disfranchisement

The gulf in voter turnout between haves and have-nots has widened. The result is no politics for those who can’t afford it Nesrine Malik It’s weird isn’t it, this bit? That period right after a new government has taken over with its all-new faces and fresh starts. The imperative to celebrate feels almost mandatory. Even… Read More Hidden behind Labour’s ‘landslide’ win is a depressing disfranchisement

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Two die and thousands hurt in crackdown on Bangladesh student protests

The situation was further inflamed by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, who referred to the students protesting using the derogatory slur “Razakars”, meaning those who betrayed the nation by collaborating with the enemy, Pakistan, during the war of independence in 1971. “If the grandchildren of freedom fighters don’t receive quota benefits, should the grandchildren of… Read More Two die and thousands hurt in crackdown on Bangladesh student protests

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Chris Hedges: Statement on Attempted Trump Assassination

Chris Hedges The assassination of Trump would not remove the yearning of tens of millions of people, many conditioned by the Christian right, for a cult leader. Most of the leaders of the Christian right have built cult followings of their own. These Christian fascists embraced magical thinking, attacked their enemies as agents of Satan… Read More Chris Hedges: Statement on Attempted Trump Assassination

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केदारनाथ धाम से 228 किलो सोना ग़ायब: शंकराचार्य अविमुक्तेश्वरानंद

Ravish Kumar: केदारनाथ धाम से 228 किलो सोना ग़ायब-शंकराचार्य 228 किलो सोना ग़ायब होने के आरोप के बाद क्या केंद्र सरकार जांच कराएगी? एक साल से सोना ग़ायब होने के आरोप लग रहे हैं। राज्य सरकार ने अपने स्तर पर जांच की है लेकिन शंकराचार्य ने नए सिरे से आरोप लगाकर इस मामले को नया… Read More केदारनाथ धाम से 228 किलो सोना ग़ायब: शंकराचार्य अविमुक्तेश्वरानंद

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Motherland

A song by Single Gun Theory a long time agoI picked flowers and sang on a hillside far awayI’m still singinga long long time agoI felt love for the first timeit’s still with me now through the years, through the years,carried pain and loss with my love a long long time agoyou and I swam… Read More Motherland

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