Mainstream, July 2023: Kashmir’s Working women; D.D. Kosambi; Debating Hindutva; Manipur violence…

Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, July 22 & July 29, 2023 The Unfulfilled Promises of a Structurally Flawed GST: Assessing its Impact During Six Years of its Operation | Arun Kumar Growth Conundrum | Govind Bhattacharjee A Case Study on Working Women in Kashmir | Yasmin & Nabi Life of D.D. Kosambi: Brilliant Intellectual & Humanist | Kobad Ghandy… Read More Mainstream, July 2023: Kashmir’s Working women; D.D. Kosambi; Debating Hindutva; Manipur violence…

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Manipur Report & Modi : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में खुलेगी मणिपुर फाइल ? / Rape FIR gathered dust for 62 days as high-level meetings went on

Punya Prasun Bajpai Twitter : https://twitter.com/ppbajpai Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ppbajpai.off… Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/prasunbajpa… *************************************************** Rape FIR gathered dust for 62 days as high-level meetings went on The women were stripped and paraded on May 4 in the valley district of Thoubal, and a police complaint was filed by the husband of one of the victims on… Read More Manipur Report & Modi : सुप्रीम कोर्ट में खुलेगी मणिपुर फाइल ? / Rape FIR gathered dust for 62 days as high-level meetings went on

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79 days to drill 56 inches; The Telegraph mocks Modi’s ‘crocodile’ tears

The Telegraph’ newspaper ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaking his silence after 79 days of riots in Manipur. The mockery featured an image of a crying crocodile on the entrance web page with the caption that it took 79 days for ache and disgrace to penetrate its 56-inch physique. In Manipur, from May 3,… Read More 79 days to drill 56 inches; The Telegraph mocks Modi’s ‘crocodile’ tears

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Opposition women leaders slam Smriti Irani over Manipur incident, demand CM’s resignation / ‘Deeply disturbing’: SC takes suo motu cognisance of purported Manipur video

Opposition women leaders slammed the Union minister for sharing the video on Twitter, however, not taking quick action even as the incident reportedly took place two months ago and a case in this regard was lodged last month. After the Opposition parties on Thursday slammed the Centre’s silence on Manipur and questioned the Bharatiya Janata… Read More Opposition women leaders slam Smriti Irani over Manipur incident, demand CM’s resignation / ‘Deeply disturbing’: SC takes suo motu cognisance of purported Manipur video

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Why the situation in Manipur is a nightmare for India

By Sanjib Kr Baruah/Imphal And Churachandpur It is 3pm and the sun is blazing down. The lush green plains and paddy fields readied for sowing are in the shade of the mountains. A smartly dressed Rameshwar Basnet, 48, wearing sunglasses, staggers out from a hutment, seemingly quite drunk. Almost zombie-like, he asks: “Daju (elder brother in Nepali),… Read More Why the situation in Manipur is a nightmare for India

20th July 2023 Dilip

Govt goes into pantomime mode to assuage foreign critics

Bharat Bhushan From Washington DC and Cairo to Paris and Abu Dhabi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the season’s flavour. However, the recurrent charge that his government is antithetical to India’s religious minorities hobbles his stride across the world stage. On the day he was guest of honour at France’s Bastille Day Parade, its premier… Read More Govt goes into pantomime mode to assuage foreign critics

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The spirit of the university under threat

as India is fast moving towards some sort of electoral autocracy, we are witnessing a new kind of crisis emanating from the virus of ‘anti-intellectualism’. Don’t think critically. Don’t question the establishment. Accept the dominant discourse of development, nationalism and religion. Is it, therefore, surprising that even the slightest trace of dissent is criminalised? Avijit… Read More The spirit of the university under threat

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The decline of idealism

First posted August 14, 2017 NB: Outlook asked me to write an article on ‘the decline of idealism’, with a focus on the Left. Here is what I wrote – it has appeared under the title The Idea and its Mutant – DS Before discussing the idealism of the Left, it would be a good idea to think… Read More The decline of idealism

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India’s Silent Emotive Majority

Will love, compassion, and care hold similar velocity to counter-mobilise rightwing Hindutva? Ajay Gudavarthy Democracies across the globe are undergoing a deep churning and we do not know, as yet, if this will eventually settle down into a more inclusive social equilibrium challenging old and conventional understanding of social change, or remain stuck as a… Read More India’s Silent Emotive Majority

11th July 2023 Dilip

SC cancels ED chief Sanjay Mishra’s 3rd extension, says it was illegal

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the Union government’s decision to grant a third extension of tenure to Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra and termed the mandate “illegal”, even as it affirmed the 2021 amendments in the pertinent laws to extend the tenure of the directors of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)… Read More SC cancels ED chief Sanjay Mishra’s 3rd extension, says it was illegal