Subhash Gatade First posted August 06, 2017 For a section of people – whose number is diminishing fast – it is a moment of nostalgia when idealism was in air and sacrificing oneself for the cause of emancipation of humanity was looked at with respect, whereas for a larger section which is being intoxicated with… Read More RIP Bhiku Daji Bhilare: the man who saved Gandhiji’s life in 1944
Manipur has been in turmoil since May 2023. Clashes between the northeastern Indian state’s Kuki and Meitei communities have resulted in their complete segregation. A viral video from the state emerged on 19 July highlighting the impact of this violence. The BBC’s Anshul Verma and Soutik Biswas spoke to the people of Manipur to understand… Read More Lives interrupted: The cost of violence in Manipur | BBC News India
This documentary about the veteran broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar is less an inspiring tale than a wake-up call for India In the opening moments of Vinay Shukla’s documentary “While We Watched,” its subject, the veteran Indian news anchor Ravish Kumar, stands in a partly demolished building and wonders, “When you find yourself all alone, whom… Read More ‘While We Watched’ Review: A Lament and a Battle Cry
By Joe Hernandez; Daniel Estrin Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved controversial changes to the judiciary, part of a package of proposed actions that’s roiled the country in protests in recent months and sparked opposition from broad swaths of Israeli society. The vote in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, capped a monthslong campaign by Israel’s far-right government to… Read More Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage
@ravishkumar.official भारत में किताबों की कितनी ऐसी दुकानें होंगी जिनकी सारी किताबों को अगर आप एक क़तार में लगा दें तो वो तीस किलोमीटर लम्बी हो जाएँगी। न्यू यॉर्क शहर में स्ट्रैंड बुकस्टोर में इतनी सारी किताबें हैं। और पढ़ने वाले भी कम नहीं हैं। हम सोचते हैं कि अमरीका में बर्गर-कोक ही चलता है… Read More हिटलर पर किताबों का ख़ज़ाना | Strand bookstore in NYC
It is crystal clear that it is the March 27 ruling of the Manipur High Court to award ST status to the majority Meitei community (mostly Hindu) that led to mass protests by Zo-Kukis in early May which in turn led to violent attacks by Meitei vigilante groups and then a spiral of violence on… Read More Radical Socialist Statement on Manipur
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
When the Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb in 1949, US President Harry Truman ordered American scientists to embark on a new programme to build a hydrogen bomb, whose nuclear explosion could be 1,000 times more powerful… Oppenheimer, the government’s chief scientific advisor on nuclear policy and defence, objected on moral and practical grounds, reportedly telling… Read More ‘The father of the atomic bomb’ spent his final days as a Caribbean castaway
Federal prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results have evidence to charge the former president with three crimes, including section 241 of the US legal code that makes it unlawful to conspire to violate civil rights, two people familiar with the matter said. The potential charges detailed in a target letter sent to… Read More Trump under investigation for civil rights conspiracy
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
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