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• Kamala Harris And India’s Laws Against "Love Jihad" | Rajmohan Gandhi

  22 January
  by Rajmohan Gandhi *
  December 28, 2020
  The unpredictable impact of Trump’s post-defeat temper on Georgia’s January 6 Senate runoffs intrigues me as I wait and watch in Illinois. Also fascinating, and of course noticed by many, is the similarity  (...)

• Challenges to Modi Government in 2021 and beyond | P S Jayaramu

  22 January
  by P. S. Jayaramu
  By all accounts, the year 2020 was a bad year for India and the Modi Government as it faced the twin challenges of the health and economic pandemic. The year that has gone by also led to a heightening of unemployment as a  (...)
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  Arrest warrant against senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Statement by the Editors Guild of India | Jan 21, 201

  22 January
  Editors Guild of India
  PRESS STATEMENT
  The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the use of intimidatory tactics by powerful corporate houses against journalists to prevent media scrutiny. The case in point is the non-bailable arrest warrant  (...)

• Kerala’s Culture of Misogyny | Sukumaran C V

  22 January, by Sukumaran C.V.
  A new generation Malayalam actress has recently revealed a groping experience through her Instagram account. She says in the post: “I am not the one to rant often on social media. But what happened today is something I can’t seem to let go. Two  (...)

• Gone are the days when stars of cinema had spine | Humra Quraishi

  22 January, by Humra Quraishi
  MUSINGS - January 20, 2021
  First things first. Where are the Bollywood stars and starlets who played the role of farmers! I do realize they were make-believe portrayals, more along the fairy tale strain. What, with them singing and dancing in  (...)

• Whither the Paradise on Earth? It’s a freezing hell actually, courtesy State apathy | MA Sofi

  22 January
  by MA Sofi At the very outset, let us get to the nub of the problem. Institution building is a vital component of nation building. The creation of such premier educational institutions as TIFR, IISc, ISI’s, IIT’s, JNU etc. and now the  (...)

• Citizens’ Commitment to Harmony, Mutual Help, Equality and Justice Will Provide Hope in Difficult Times | Bharat Dogra

  22 January, by Bharat Dogra
  India has been passing through exceptionally difficult times. Millions have faced increased hunger, deprivation and disruption of livelihood. Many people are saddened more than before by discrimination and hostility based on religion. All this  (...)

• Photo of PC Joshi - first general secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1935–47, who was removed in an ugly purge

  22 January
  see also:
  P.C. Joshi: A Political Journey by Bipan Chandra https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article503.html
  Chakravartty, Gargi (2007). P.C. Joshi: A Biography, New Delhi: National Book Trust, ISBN  (...)
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  Review of Abul Barkat’s On the larger canvas of society-economy-state | Mizanur Rahman

  22 January
  by Mizanur Rahman
  বড় পর্দায় সমাজ-অর্থনীতি-রাষ্ট্র: ভাইরাসের মহাবিপর্যয় থেকে শোভন বাংলাদেশের সন্ধানে (Boro pardaay shomaaj-orthoniiti-rastro bhairaaser mohabiparjoy theke shovon bangladesher shondhane) [In search of a transition from the virus-driven disaster to a decent  (...)

• Truth and Beauty | Sagari Chhabra

  22 January, by Sagari Chhabra
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  In the deep forest By the gushing stream Two friends conversed, While they traversed, The woods. ‘It’s there in each flower, In the heart of the nectar, Within the pollen dust, unsaid; At godhuli time, This landscape of mine: Trees, plants  (...)

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