Table of Contents - Mainstream, May 13, 2023

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 13, 2023

[Post-Election Commentary 2023 Karnataka Polls ]

Rout of BJP and Rise of Congress - 2023 Karnataka Elections | Cartoon by Jayaraj Vellur

• Congress Party’s Comprehensive Victory in Karnataka | P.S. Jayaramu
• 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections disprove the TINA factor | Faraz Ahmad
• 2023 Karnataka Election: empathy versus hatred | Radhakanta Barik

• Karnataka electorate cast their franchise | P. S. Jayaramu
• Prime Minister Modi Using a Religion, For Votes Offends Law, and Mixes Religion With Politics | S N Sahu
• Why does the President Legislate? | Gireesan and Bendre
• Wireless & 5G—Concerns for Health, Environment & Children | Bharat Dogra
• Risks in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome | Bhattacharjya & Amaresha
• Crime and Indulgence | Faraz Ahmad
• Proud to be the daughters of this nation but how safe are we . . . | Girija K S
• How I stayed the deportation of Pakistanis | Justice Katju
• Tagore’s ecological philosophy | Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
• Kanungo’s style of politics: An Obituary Note | Radhakanta Barik
• Obituary: Zarina Bhatty (1933 – 2023) | Sagari Chhabra
• Ukraine War & Why a Ceasefire Is the First Step Toward Peace | Phyllis Bennis
• Believing and Making People Believe | Michel de Certeau

DOCUMENT:

• Sexual Harassment of Women Wrestlers - NFIW Letter to the Speaker Lok Sabha to Suspend the MP involved

BOOKS:

• China’s Challenge to America | M.R. Narayan Swamy
• Sharma’s Review of The Rafale Deal by Ravi Nair & Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
• Newton’s Review of Melody Jue, Rafico Ruiz, eds., Saturation

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Photo: Miriam Makeba, Kenneth Kaunda, Dorothy Masuka, & Harry Belafonte (1963)
• Painting: Françoise Gilot - Indian Village Rajasthan, 1977
• Audio: Mahmoud Darwish
• Music: Mais Que Nada · Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66

* (Cover Page Artwork Credits: Oscar Schmeller pencil drawing 1930)