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DOCUMENTS: BOOKS: IMAGE & SOUND: Editor’s Picks: (Cover Page Artwork Credits: Henri-Laurens (1918))
DOCUMENTS: BOOKS: IMAGE & SOUND: Editor’s Picks: (Cover Page Artwork Credits: Henri-Laurens (1918))
मध्यमार्ग का अवसान : दिलीप सिमियन (Translated by Suman Keshari)The Broken Middle 1984 की हिंसात्मक घटनाओं को मुख्य रूप से सहमति की राजनीति और साझा भारतीय राष्ट्रवाद के आदर्श के विघटन के रूप में देखा जाना चाहिए। जब साम्प्रदायिक शत्रुताएँ समाज में व्यापक रूप से फैलती हैं, तो वे (प्रत्यक्षतः अथवा अवचेतन ढंग से) सामाजिक चेतना को छिजाते… Read More मध्यमार्ग का अवसान: दिलीप सिमियन (EPW, November 2014)
न्याय व्यवस्था की स्वतंत्रता, जवाबदेही और सुधार” I प्रशांत भूषण I 1,657 views Premiered on 28 Jan 2024 पुण्यातील २२व्या लोकशाही उत्सवात तिसऱ्या दिवशी “न्याय व्यवस्था की स्वतंत्रता, जवाबदेही और सुधार” या विषयावर अॅड्. प्रशांत भूषण यांनी उपस्थितांशी संवाद साधला. #Prashantbhushan I #Demecracy Festival I Democracy Festival 2024 I LokshahiUtsav I #Nyay#Justice#chiefjusticeofindia#Lokshahi_Utsav_Pune#adani#CJI#RanjanGogoi Transcript Follow along… Read More न्याय व्यवस्था की स्वतंत्रता, जवाबदेही और सुधार I प्रशांत भूषण I
NAM will not destroy capitalism; it will only try to make it die quietly Harry Harootunian If the news from Japan during the last decade has concentrated on the depressing symptoms of decline of what once had been hailed as a miracle model of capitalist development, the announcement last year of the establishment of the… Read More The New Associationist Movement
By Dan Bilefsky The Japanese philosopher was the recipient of the $1 Million award for 2022, which is given to thinkers whose ideas have “provided wisdom and self-understanding in a rapidly changing world.”.. Mr. Karatani had promoted a modern form of “reciprocity” he had observed in ancient Ionian culture and that he had sought to apply… Read More Kojin Karatani Wins Berggruen Prize (2022)
क्या हुआ जब राम स्वप्न में आए? कुलदीप कुमार रात सपने में रामजी ने दर्शन दिए. मैं डायरी में कुछ लिखने का कठिन प्रयास कर रहा था. एक हाथ में कलम थी और दूसरे में मैग्नीफाइंग ग्लास. अचानक लगा कि कमरा किसी दिव्य सुगंध से भर उठा है. सिर उठाया तो देखा कि रामचंद्र जी… Read More तुलसी ने लिखा था ‘संत हृदय नवनीत समाना’, आज होते तो ‘संत हृदय बुलडोज़र समाना’ लिखना पड़ता
How “anti-terror” laws used to silence meaningful dissent and solidarity with oppressed peoples. ~ Arîn Qereçox In January 2019, I travelled to Syria to learn about the revolution unfolding in the country’s north since 2012. At the time, we called it the Rojava Revolution, as the land being held by revolutionary forces was roughly the… Read More Kurdish solidarity crackdown
“I’m very excited and honoured to serve as the editor-in-chief of openDemocracy. I’ve long been a fan of openDemocracy’s global footprint and editorial commitment to rigorous investigations and incisive coverage of the biggest stories of our time. As newsrooms around the world are threatened by censorship, intimidation and economic disruption, the cause of independent media… Read More openDemocracy appoints Aman Sethi as editor-in-chief
Sam Gelder A Romany Gypsy woman will take on the government at the High Court next week over its “discriminatory” Policing Act. Wendy Smith has been granted permission to challenge part of the 2022 Police, Crime and Sentencing Act (PSCS) that introduced powers to fine, arrest, imprison and seize the homes of Gypsies and Travellers… Read More Romany Gypsy woman takes UK government to court over ‘discriminatory’ policing
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, held public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case South Africa v. Israel on 11 and 12 January 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court.… Read More South Africa’s case against Israel’s ‘genocidal conduct’ at UN Court of Justice / Worldwide demonstrations in support of Palestine