Hong Kong 47: trial of dozens in pro-democracy movement set to begin under national security laws

Group of legislators, activists and community workers are accused of holding unofficial pre-election primaries that authorities say constitutes subversion One of the most significant national security trials in the Chinese government’s crackdown on Hong Kong will begin on Monday, two years after many of the city’s most prominent government critics were first brought into custody. The case… Read More Hong Kong 47: trial of dozens in pro-democracy movement set to begin under national security laws

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Haruki Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning

First posted October 24, 2011 According to Murakami, “1Q84” is just an amplification of one of his most popular short stories, which (in its English version) is five pages long. “Basically, it’s the same,” he told me. “A boy meets a girl. They have separated and are looking for each other. It’s a simple story. I… Read More Haruki Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning

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Avay Shukla: A week of conspiracies, nationalism, and delusions

THE  NEW  INDIA  WHINING This last fortnight has not been a good one for the BJP or its bhaktiveers, even if we discount the irony of an autocratic despot being invited as the Chief guest at our Republic Day function. One would have expected that the wiseacres of MEA would, in between rejecting assorted documentaries… Read More Avay Shukla: A week of conspiracies, nationalism, and delusions

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Adam Tooze: Indian nation-building, Modi and Adani / Mihir Sharma: What Worries Indians About Adani’s Empire

The upheaval rocking the Adani business empire is one of the dramatic global developments of the last week. I was delighted that The Wire saw fit to pick up and republish Chartbook #190. I’ve long harbored a secret ambition to join the ranks of the Wire-wallahs. Cam and I also featured the Adani story on the Pod… Read More Adam Tooze: Indian nation-building, Modi and Adani / Mihir Sharma: What Worries Indians About Adani’s Empire

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Pathological lying could finally be getting attention as a mental disorder

NB: I can think of several ‘cultural organisations’, national-level leaders, news channels and ‘national security’ agencies for whom pathological lying has been a way of life, the sole purpose of their existence. Will they get a mental health check? Even if they do, they will get what we call a ‘clean chit’. We’re all very… Read More Pathological lying could finally be getting attention as a mental disorder

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Ravish Kumar: डाउ जोन्स की सस्टेनेबिलिटी इंडेक्स से अदाणी बाहर | Adani dropped off Dow Jones’ Sustainable Index

डाउ जोन्स की सस्टेनेबिलिटी इंडेक्स से अदाणी बाहर | Adani dropped off Dow Jones’ Sustainable Index #ravishkumar #ravishkumarofficial #adani #dowjones #stockmarket #latestnews #news #bjp #lic #sbi #sebi #adanipower #sharemarket #sharemarketnews #hindenburgreport #adaniFPO #hindenburgresearch #sensex #nifty #nifty50 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0yX… Jairus Banaji: Indian Big Business

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Joshimath: उत्तराखंड का जल शोक, बांधों की बलि चढ़ते गांव

Ground reports by Hridayesh Joshi By हृदयेश जोशी 23 Jan, 2023 https://hindi.newslaundry.com/2023/01/23/uttarakhand-joshimath-tehri-dam-crisis-houses-ntpc-project उत्तराखंड में जहां भी हाइड्रोपावर प्रोजेक्ट हैं, वहां गांव दरक रहे हैं. लोगों की जमीन धंस रही है और खेत बर्बाद हो रहे हैं. “बेटा, हम घर से बेघर हो गये हैं. ये घर तो टूट कर गिर रहा है. मेरे नाती-पोते सब… Read More Joshimath: उत्तराखंड का जल शोक, बांधों की बलि चढ़ते गांव

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In the Depths of the Digital Age: Edward Mendelson reviews five books on psychological life in the age of the internet / We Are Hopelessly Hooked: Jacob Weisberg

First posted June 19, 2016 Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism by Judy Wajcman Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age by Bernard E. Harcourt Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art by Virginia Heffernan Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun Mood and… Read More In the Depths of the Digital Age: Edward Mendelson reviews five books on psychological life in the age of the internet / We Are Hopelessly Hooked: Jacob Weisberg

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America’s Republicans have a serious antisemitism problem. It isn’t Ilhan Omar

Moustafa Bayoumi Who remembers how, in 2018 and just days before the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history, a prominent US politician tweeted: “We cannot allow Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg to BUY this election!”? The tweet was widely – and correctly – understood as dangerously antisemitic, particularly heinous in a period of rising anti-Jewish… Read More America’s Republicans have a serious antisemitism problem. It isn’t Ilhan Omar

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