Public statement of historians on changes in school History textbooks of the NCERT

Respected colleagues,  In the light of the deletions of several crucial themes from school textbooks produced by the NCERT, the following statement has been drafted. You would agree that the entire “rationalization” of textbooks is a process that is questionable and one which has wrongly excluded the informed opinion and expertise of the actual community of… Read More Public statement of historians on changes in school History textbooks of the NCERT

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Noam Chomsky: Savage capitalist lunatics are running the asylum

Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian: When Lunatics Run the Asylum I’m proud to have lived through the last 20-odd years at TomDispatch with Noam Chomsky, now a remarkable 94. In the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, I stumbled into creating this site and, in October 2003, first posted a piece of his… Read More Noam Chomsky: Savage capitalist lunatics are running the asylum

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In Delhi’s Women’s Colleges, victims not perpetrators pay for harassment, say students. 1100 ex-students & teachers seek apology

Sagarika Chaudhary Indraprastha College for Women, which is part of the Delhi University, was in the news recently after students reported that several men had entered the campus by scaling walls and made the women feel severely uncomfortable with their sloganeering, catcalling and harassment during day two of the annual fest on March 28. Students… Read More In Delhi’s Women’s Colleges, victims not perpetrators pay for harassment, say students. 1100 ex-students & teachers seek apology

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Photos: Thousands at the Kisan-Mazdoor Sangharsh Rally in Ramlila Maidan on April 5

Farmers and labourers from various states across the country converged at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on April 5 for the Mazdoor-Kisan Sangharsh rally in protest against the Union government’s alleged apathy towards them. The rally was held under the aegis of leftwing trade bodies, the Centre of Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan… Read More Photos: Thousands at the Kisan-Mazdoor Sangharsh Rally in Ramlila Maidan on April 5

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Robert Urquhart: Capital accumulation as eternal recurrence: theology of the bad infinity

The uneasy cohabitation of science and theology in neoclassical economics is an indication of its ideological character If the lion had consciousness, his rage at the antelope he wants to eat would be ideology: Theodor Adorno; Negative Dialectics. Extract: Neoclassical economics — most notably in the model of general equilibrium — gives an exhaustive quantitative… Read More Robert Urquhart: Capital accumulation as eternal recurrence: theology of the bad infinity

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Aboriginal ‘giant of a nation’ Yunupingu dies aged 74

Yunupingu was a trailblazer in the fight for land rights and the constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in Australia. He died after a long illness. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led tributes to the Gumatj clan leader, saying he was a great leader and statesman. “Yunupingu walked in two worlds within authority, power and grace, and… Read More Aboriginal ‘giant of a nation’ Yunupingu dies aged 74

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