Table of Contents - Mainstream, Nov 12, 2022

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Nov 12, 2022
• Is EWS reservation an appeasement of upper caste? | Faraz Ahmad
• Himachal Pradesh elections: Will the rhythm of democracy survive? | Prem Singh
• Government setting bad precedent by questioning the judiciary | Arun Srivastava
• Ela Bhatt (1933 - 2022) | Sagari Chhabra
• How to Pay Tribute to Ela Bhatt | Bharat Dogra
• Aruna Asaf Ali & Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: Revolutionary Women in the Freedom Struggle | Chaturvedi and Raju
• Airport in Azamgarh – Development or Destruction? | Yadav, Dhuru and Pandey
• On Ranking & Regulation of Management Institutions | Dhameja & Dhameja
• Developing nations bear the brunt of climate change | Soma Marla
• The ecological crisis in the Arctic Ocean | Letizia Tedesco
• How the Gulf oil & gas states will play their hand at COP27 | Manal Shehabi
• After Lula’s Narrow Victory: Return to Democratic Capitalism or an Ongoing Rightwing Insurgency in Brazil? | Jörg Nowak
• Birth of an Alternative Development paradigm | Sunil Ray

DOCUMENTS:

• Radical Socialist Statement on the Legalisation of the EWS Quota
• CPI Press Release - Refer SC Verdict on EWS to Full Bench
• Tragetting of Media by Governor of Kerala - Statement by Editors Guild

BOOKS:

• A White Woman’s Secret War for South Africa | M.R. Narayan Swamy
• Review: Ramesh on Dewan’s Misreading the Bengal Delta

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Photo: Lula da Silva in Brazil (May 1, 1981) by Jesus Carlos
• Photo: Memorial for refugees of Spanish Civil War at the Rivesaltes internment camp
• Video: The truth about hydrogen | DW
• Film: Paris 1919 Directed by Paul Cowan (2008)

Editor’s Pick’s:

• Bhagwat Eclipsed
• Sports: Where The Weak Take On The Mighty And Humble Them
• EWS Reservation makes a mockery of the Constitution and its spirit!
• In Every State With Abortion on the Ballot, Voters Defended Reproductive Rights
• Is There a Future for Russian Independent Media?
• Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from Kabul parks

* (Cover Page Artwork Credits: Fragmnet from Study for the Painting Intake (1964) Drawing by Bridget Riley)