Table of Contents, Mainstream, April 16, 2022

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, April 16, 2022
• India’s Agribusiness Firms Consolidate Power| Pritam Singh
• Agitated Lankans Could Learn From Their Calm Indian Counterparts | Badri Raina
• Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India: Hate brings ruination | Faraz Ahmad
• A.R. Wadia (1888-1971) - Remembering a Liberal Educationist | Murzban Jal
• Congress: Internal discord, outside expectations | Prem Singh
• The Rise of Communal Nationalism | TJS George
• Par-Tapi-Narmada River Link Project Should be Fully Withdrawn | Bharat Dogra
• Once communal strife spreads, only vultures survive | Humra Quraishi
• Russia’s assault on Ukraine - An appeal to everyone who speaks Russian
• The ongoing Ukrainian conflict and its implications for world order | PS Jayaramu
• Energy Geo-Politics, Russia-Ukraine War & India’s Energy Future | Hiranmoy Roy and Anil Kumar
• Let’s teach our children about peace | Rahul Mukherji and Beena Sarwar
• Maulana Hasrat Mohani: A Synonym for Syncretism | Sajad Hasan Khan
• Review: Women’s Labor in Bangladesh
• Photo: Sriram Lagoo, Shabana Azmi, and Mrinal Sen during film shoot of Ek Din Achanak
• A photo of Beatrice Webb, socialist and labour historian
• Video: How democracy can be renewed in post-pandemic times - Amit Varma, and Kavita Krishnan
• Music: A Vava Inouva (1976) song by Idir

Editor’s Picks:

• "It is bad": Survivors count costs of South Africa’s devastating floods by Rogan Ward
• WHO Deleted India’s Air Pollution Data from its New Air Quality Database – Why? by Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Jyoti Pande Lavakare
• Mexico’s fight to sue US gun manufacturers for $10bn by Bernd Debusmann Jr

* (Cover page artwork credits: Leon Gischia - composition (1960))