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• Stan Swami - The Man who loves his Brother | John Dayal

  17 October, by John Dayal
  In one of those coincidences, the 83 year old Stan Swamy was arrested by India’s high profile National Investigations Agency about the same time that another octogenarian, Francis, was declaring that all men [and women] in the world are brothers,  (...)

• Combating Identity Politics Through Class Consolidation | Vijay Kumar

  17 October
  by Vijay Kumar *
  The present circumstances offer a great opportunity to do political mobilization on the basis of class consolidation. India is a society of a curious admixture of class and caste, and even Left Parties stood compelled to take  (...)

• Bihar Assembly Elections Likely to Throw a New Social Alliance | Arun Srivastava

  17 October
  by Arun Srivastava
  This time the electoral battle line is blurred. It lacks clarity. Though the electioneering has started and the prominent leaders have already started holding public meetings, it is a grey haze that blurs the electoral scene.  (...)

• Tanishq Advertisement Controversy: Women are Objectified by Communal Extremists | Bhumika Rajdev

  17 October
  by Bhumika Rajdev *
  16.10.2020
  Tanishq, the jewellery brand of India received severe backlash from the social media users due to its new advertisement projecting an inter-faith household. Netizens attacked Tanishq for glorifying the idea of  (...)

• Registration of Press And Periodicals Bill, 2019 Has Provisions To Curb Press Freedom | Jwalika Balaji

  17 October
  by Jwalika Balaji
  October 14, 2020
  The press is one of the first lines of defence that actively engages in criticising the government for its actions and policies.
  It is integral to democracy, as it provides all the requisite information about  (...)
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  Statement by participants of the Mahila Ekta Yatra regarding the chargesheet filed by Delhi Police in FIR 59/2020

  17 October
  We strongly contest criminalisation of women’s expression of peaceful dissent and participation as citizens in Indian democracy
  The women-led peaceful protests against the CAA, NRC and NPR became a powerful symbol of democratic resistance,  (...)
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  AITUC condemns Government decision to demerge Nagarnar Steel Plant from NMDC and then to sell it - Press Release, Oct. 16, 2020

  17 October
  All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) AITUC Bhawan 35-36, D.D.U. Marg, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-110002
  16th October, 2020
  National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) had acquired 1980 acres of tribal land in  (...)

• Film Review: Shakuntala Devi – A Problematic Portrayal That Barely Touches Upon Her Genius | Soumya Mishra

  17 October
  by Soumya Mishra *
  August 5, 2020
  The Vidya Balan starrer film Shakuntala Devi, which is based on the life of the eminent late genius Shakuntala Devi was released on the OTT Amazon Prime a couple of days ago. The film begins with a disclaimer  (...)
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  Book Review: Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism’ by Theodor W Adorno | Gustavo Racy

  17 October
  Theodor W Adorno Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism
  Polity Press, Cambridge, UK and Medford, MA, 2020. 100 pp. $12.95 pb ISBN 9781509541454
  Reviewed by Gustavo Racy
  The transcription of Adorno’s reflection on the (then) new right-ring  (...)

• UN at 75 | Santhosh Mathew

  17 October
  by Santhosh Mathew
  Dag Hammarskjöld the second secretary general of the United Nations famously opined that the very purpose of its [UN] creation was not to take to heaven instead it saves humanity from hell. United Nations has reached another  (...)

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