Table of Contents - Mainstream, Oct 22, 2022

In this Issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Oct 22, 2022
• Thinking Gandhi and Democracy in India | Wani & Naik
• Experiences of Women Naxals from Odisha & AP | Barik & Nanda
• Who feels Guilty? | Subhash Gatade
• Navigating the transgender community | Anushka Singh Parihar
• Unemployment Report Summary | Arun Kumar
• Tribute MM Puri | Ranbir Singh
• Russia: Leading anti-nuclear camapaigner under fire

DOCUMENTS:

• Supreme Court Staying Acquittal of Prof. Saibaba & others sets a dangerous precedent | PUCL
• On Bilkis Bano convict release affair - Socialist Party (india) Press Release
• Kashmiri Journalist Not allowed to Travel - Statement by Press Club of India
• Statement from General Insurance Employees All India Association

BOOKS:

• Reporting at its Courageous Best | M.R. Narayan Swamy
• Review: Raghavan on Vijayan’s Midnight’s Borders

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Photo: Pharmacy in Madrid during Spanish Civil War (1937) | Juan Miguel Pando Barrero
• Video: Thoughts on the Fascist Movement in India | Arundathi Roy
• Music: La Petite Fille De La Mer | Vangelis

Editor’s Picks:

• Female sterilisation: Last resort, only choice
• India criticised over arbitrary travel bans after photojournalist blocked from Pulitzer trip
• Where does Bangladesh Stand Today in South Asia - Politically, Economically? discussion between Ayesha Siddiqua and Editor Mahfuz Anam
• ‘A clash of two Brazils’: presidential election divides voters – even gangsters
• Explainer-Strikes at French nuclear plants - what’s at stake?

* (Coverpage Artwork Credits: Paul Klee, Portrait of an Equilibrist (1927))