Mainstream, Sept 28, 2024
DOCUMENTS: BOOKS: IMAGE & SOUND: Editor’s Picks: o o Books of Note:
DOCUMENTS: BOOKS: IMAGE & SOUND: Editor’s Picks: o o Books of Note:
सेना से रिटायर ब्रिगेडियर की बेटी के साथ पुलिस थाने के भीतर यौन हिंसा की घटना को लेकर किसे कोसा जाए। उस चुप्पी को कोसने लग जाए, जो अब राजनीतिक दल के हिसाब से ओढ़ ली जाती है या उन आवाज़ों को भी कोसने लग जाएं जिनके मुखर होने के बाद भी ऐसी घटनाएं नहीं… Read More सेना से रिटायर ब्रिगेडियर की बेटी के साथ पुलिस थाने के भीतर यौन हिंसा / How can you touch an Army officer, assault his fiance? Asks Maj. Gen Bishamber Dayal
By Rosamma Thomas A 100-day Satyagraha has been launched at the entrance to the demolished Sarva Sewa Sangh in Rajghat, Varanasi, by a group of Gandhians seeking restoration of the land to the Sarva Sewa Sangh, and punishment as provided by law for the illegal capture and demolition of the headquarters of the Sarva Sewa… Read More Satyagraha in New India: Founded by Vinoba Bhave, Sarva Sewa Sangh in protest mode
Like all despots, major & petty, Mamata thrives on playing the victim. But now, faced with this horrendous instance of a genuine victim, her fake-victimhood shrivels up into a carbonised farce.. Just as global warming creates unpredictably cruel weather, corruption too creates its own hard rain. Ruchir Joshi On the evening of the day Rizwanur… Read More Stormy weather
NB: Our rulers posture on the world stage as statesmen for peace; while at the same time their sole political agenda within India is to stoke up inter-religious hatred and discrimination. DS STATEMENT BY CITIZENS FOR PEACE DEHRADUN, 13 September 2024 We are deeply disturbed and troubled by the manner in which social and economic… Read More UTTARAKHAND SITUATION: STATEMENT BY CITIZENS FOR PEACE
As of February 2024, his plea before the top court has been adjourned 14 times in 11 months. Ishita Mishra Four years after the Delhi police said student activist Umar Khalid was a key conspirator in the February 2020 north-east Delhi riots, he is languishing inside a maximum security prison in Tihar Jail without trial… Read More Four years and counting, Umar Khalid languishes in jail without bail or trial
“If they (Samsung) had given us a living wage and treated us with respect, we wouldn’t have thought of joining a union,” said one worker outside the factory, who declined to be named fearing reprisal from the company. Production at a key Samsung Electronics plant in southern India was disrupted by hundreds of employees striking… Read More Hundreds of workers strike at major Samsung factory in India
The last decade, defined by Narendra Modi’s prime ministerial tenure, has seen a concerted bid to make the rhetoric of Hindu supremacy normal. From the prime minister to the sangh parivar’s social media trolls, to frothing film stars, the right to be publicly hostile to minorities, particularly Muslims, has been energetically exercised. I notice that public… Read More Gets under the skin
While the BJP may not be able to write off Narendra Modi just as yet, the party seems to have realised that he is past his peak, and his brand value has eroded Bharat Bhushan In Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed, “We have finished Modi psychologically. I sit in front of him in… Read More Weakened Modi no longer BJP’s election mascot
Dear friends, We are happy to announce our Teachers Day special online talk for school students, teachers, and parents from Smt. Indrani Balan Science Activity Centre, IISER Pune. Thursday, September 5, 2024; Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Title – शिक्षक दिवस: गरीब बच्चों की पढ़ाई – कुछ प्रयोग Speaker: Arvind Gupta (Renowned Science Communicator… Read More शिक्षक दिवस: गरीब बच्चों की पढ़ाई – कुछ प्रयोग