Table of Contents - Mainstream, Apr 8, 2023

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, April 8, 2023
• Science As a Cultural Ideal | Ravi Sinha
• Sankey Road, Bengaluru: Governments are hostile to peaceful protests | S G Vombatkere
• Declare Right to Health a Fundamental Right | Arun Mitra
• Gender equality - how near & far are we as a largest democracy | Girija KS
• Covid 19 and Domestic Violence | Amit Kumar
• Concerned about his image, Modi’s ways of improving it! | Faraz Ahmad
• Modi’s pats CBI on the back while 14 opposition parties complain of misuse of the agency | Arun Srivastava
• Why Two Ministries Have Been So Reluctant to Spend Their Allotted Funds? | Bharat Dogra
• The Convulsive Journey of the Naga Peace Process | Reet Balmiki
• Should Khandayats Be Called Backward Again? | Radhakanta Barik
• Pakistan: Aurat March 2023 keeps going despite hurdles | Abdullah Zahid
• Release of our colleague Evan Gershkovich! A letter from Russian independent journalists
• How low-paid workers in Madagascar power French tech’s AI ambitions | Clément Le Ludec & Maxime Cornet

DOCUMENT:

• Arbitrary Suspension of social media accounts of Journalists Statement by EGI
• Concerned Historians Statement on the Recent Changes Made by the NCERT in School Textbooks
• Reverse Deletions in NCERT Text Books - Statement from CPI (M)
• For justice & accountability in Joshimath! - Statement by CDNP

BOOKS:

• Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Struggle: Inside Stories | Deepti Priya Mehrotra
• The Art of Collecting Priceless Books | M.R. Narayan Swamy

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Caricature - Tribute to Suneet Chopra | Jayaraj Vellur
• Photo: Brick-making women worker at Rajasthan canal | Sebatiao Salgado
• Music: The Click Song (1960) | Miriam Makeba
• Video: Mission Mind Control (1979) | ABC News

Editors Picks:

• Has Modi Pushed Indian Democracy Past Its Breaking Point?
• University Campuses in India Will Be a Tool in the Hands of Hindu Nationalists
• Govt recommends CBI probe against Oxfam India for alleged FCRA violations
• Because my friend Annie is Pakistani!
• 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out

* (Cover page Art Work Credits: Victor Brauner pour Jose Maria (1961))