Table of Contents - Mainstream, Mar 11, 2023

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, March 11, 2023
• TIPRALand was a ruse to surreptitiously help the BJP in Tripura polls | Faraz Ahmad
• Christian Show of Unity, Anger Catches BJP by Surprise | John Dayal
• Omnipresent Caste | Manusanipalli and Pandey
• Aadhaar and Disempowerment | Arup Kumar Sen
• Can RSS be compared to Muslim Brotherhood? | Ram Puniyani
• Common Salt Intake Health Risks Very High In India | Gyan Pathak
• Bringing Civility Back in Politics | Ranjan & Kumar
• Remembering the Socialist Leader, Karpoori Thakur | Prem Singh
• As the WPL Starts, Don’t Look Back in Anger | Aparajita
• Hijabian Choice | Murzban Jal
• The Red Roar: Promises and Possibilities | Shubham Sharma
• Celebrating love: Beyond borders and boundaries of religion, caste, and nationality | Saman Shafiq
• The War in Ukraine | Sagari Chhabra
• The Political Theatre Behind Philippines Police Cleansing | Jensen & Hapal
• The UN Vote: India has No Choice | Papri Sri Raman
• Metaphor In Orbit (Science is Not All Social Relations) | Hilary Rose & Stephen Rose

BOOKS:

• Review of Prakash Singh’s book on Police Reforms | Subramanian
• Indian History or Propaganda? | M.R. Narayan Swamy
• When The Other Moves Into Limelight | Radhakanta Barik

IMAGE AND SOUND:

• Painting: The Little Girl in Blue | Amrita Sher Gil (Dec 1934)
• Photo: Dostoevsky’s St. Petersburg view from Raskolnokov’s window (1967) | Inge Morath
• Music: I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts | Freddy Martin
• Video: Guy Standing and Yanis Varoufakis speak on the need for Basic Income

Replugged from the past issue:

Message from a Ukrainian left group to the 11th party congress of CPI-ML-Liberation (Feb 2023)

* (Cover page artwork credits: Arthur, 6 March 2023)