Table of Contents - Mainstream, May 20, 2023

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, May 20, 2023
• India: Crisis of Democracy or that of its Political Leadership? | Nilofar Suhrawardy
• Ranajit Guha (1923-2023) and his Legacy | Karli Srinivasulu
• Manipur at the Crossroads after Inter-Ethnic Clashes of May 2023 | Ajailiu Niumai
• Challenges before the newly elected government in Karnataka | Girija K S
• 2023 Karnataka Election Verdict and a Shifting Political Discourse | Badre Alam Khan
• RSS’s Politics of Hindutva losing its appeal | Arun Srivastava
• Why do Modi and BJP defy the ancient Shankara order? | M.R. Narayan Swamy
• Psychological Distress among Salt Pan Workers of Marakkanam | Supriya Bedi
• Reading Capital in Precarious Times | Arup Kumar Sen
• Why the Hindutva Brigade has suddenly gone mute in case of the recent exposure of an espionage case in DRDO? | Subhash Gatade
• Need for Decentralisation Version 2.0 | J.B. Rajan & T.P. Haribabu
• Proposed settlement of legal claims over health hazards of talcum powder | Bharat Dogra
• US Banks Failure: Its Impact & Lessons for India | Dhameja, Dhameja, Khattar
• Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty & inequality – new research | Debnath & Bardhan
• A Woman Wrestler Speaks | Sagari Chhabra
• Spring Time for Thai Democracy | Patawee Chotanan
• The Menace of “National Socialism” | Max Nettlau

DOCUMENTS:

• Teachers & Peasants in Solidarity with Rights activist Navsharan Singh
• 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections: The Karnataka Verdict and the Future — Statement by Radical Socialist
• Joint Statement: Protecting nuclear arms control is a global imperative

BOOKS:

• Savita and Bhim Rao Ambedkar: A Most Unusual Partnership | Deepti Priya Mehrotra
• Risks and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change | K N Ninan
• Review: Last among equals by M.R Sharan | Aamir Raza
• A comprehensive document on strides of the Indian army during the Second World War | Joydip Ghosal

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Cartoon: Proposed Car Model for Congress-Ruled States | Subhani
• Photo: Jawaharlal Nehru placing a wreath at the Atom Bomb Memorial, Hiroshima, 1957
• Photo: Train Station of Limoge, France (1954) | Raoul Hausmann
• Audio: Zia Mohyeddin reads Toba Tek Singh by Sadaat Hasan Manto
• Video: UNOpenScience 2023 - Day 3 Virtual Address - Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs

* (Cover Page Artwork Credits: untitled, H Kapoor, May 2023)