The delegates invited, the agenda unveiled… indicate China’s efforts to convert Tibet (renamed recently as Xizang) into the fulcrum of sub-regional initiatives as well as to expand China’s influence… over a period of time, 7.5 million Han Chinese have come into Tibet, drastically altering the demographics of the region and making Tibetans a minority in… Read More China-Xizang Himalayan Forum: The cynical ‘sinicisation’ of Tibet
Sai Mukhesh The disinterestedly wise ought to desire the holding together of all being — Bhagavad Gita, Verse 3.25 Normal men do not know that everything is possible — David Rousset Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present — Albert Camus The liberal democratic apparatus has been imploding, and the… Read More Austerity and Managed Democracy
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What I eventually figured out – not that it ever seems to get particularly easy – is that other people’s negative emotions are ultimately a problem that belongs to them. And you have to allow other people their problems. Oliver Burkeman People-pleasing tendencies develop for different specific reasons, but right at the core of all… Read More The liberating truth is: they’re probably not thinking about you
Pro-Palestinian protesters at the Democratic convention have been met with stony faces, jeers – and violence GAZA casualties, live statistics NB: What does it mean, when tens of thousands of Palestinian corpses and mutilated children mean less to you than Israel’s so-called right to commit genocide? What kind of peace will descend upon Palestinians who… Read More Harris wants to bring ‘joy, joy, joy’ to Americans. And more bombs for Palestinians
The brutal rape-murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital has an inescapable geography Saikat Majumdar The brutality of rape and murder elicits a reaction that is not only ethical and political in nature. It also evokes a response that is deeply aesthetic. By aesthetic I mean that visceral reaction to… Read More Beyond the Kolkata Rape And Murder, a history of medical corruption In West Bengal
Whatever their GCSE results, students should be told the whole story: understanding languages and cultures is a huge advantage in the workplace Xaymaca Awoyungbo I reflect on GCSE results day with a sense of pride tinged with sadness. Proud because this year’s cohort achieved fantastic results, given the challenges they have faced since the pandemic,… Read More Study arts and humanities because you love them (and so do employers, by the way)
Progressives and moderates came together to support Kamala Harris by largely ignoring the most pressing moral issue of our time. Since Harris accepted the presidential nomination, the administration approved a $20 billion weapons sale to Israel, without any conditions. on the same day… in the same convention center, among other horrors, a surgeon described treating… Read More Democratic Party Unites Under Banner of Silence on Gaza Genocide
It is a fact that Modi has no experience in running a coalition government or even consulting with NDA allies. Bharat Bhushan The retreat on lateral entry to the central bureaucracy continues the new trend of U-turns by the Narendra Modi government. This is the fourth setback for the Modi government: it had to backtrack on its… Read More What explains Modi’s recent U-turns?
Ramin Mirfakhraie On July 24, 2024, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress, where nearly half of the House and Senate Democrats were not present. In his address, which was presented in terms of a binary opposition between barbarism (“Iran’s axis of terror”) and civilization (“America, Israel, and… Read More Israel, Gaza, and the ‘Merchants of Death’ / Israeli Film Festival Cancelled in Mumbai After Citizen Campaign
After the truth-shower 