Table of Contents - Mainstream, Sept 16, 2023

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Sept 16, 2023
• ISRO Myth and Reality | Papri Sri Raman
• Learnings from Chandrayaan-3 | Gireesan & Chathukulam
• Fading Trust in Teaching-learning Process | Indranil De
• Delhi University & the Rise of a Necropolis | B Madhavan
• Re-imagining our Religion | Arup Kumar Sen
• Mystery behind Trudeau’s delayed departure | Faraz Ahmad
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• G20 New Delhi Summit: Case of Missing Priorities | Dipankar Bhattacharya
• G20 with a hope and a prayer | Jawed Naqvi
• Dissecting the New Delhi G20 Summit | P. S. Jayaramu
• G20’s failure to commit to abolition of nuclear weapons - IDPD
• Modi used of G20 summit for self-projection | Arun Srivastava
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• A Tale of Two Prime Ministerial Candidates | Gopal Krishna
• NDA Vs INDIA | Thirunahari Seshaiah
• How the Indian Constitution advances the Hindu state | Roy & Sambaraju
• Why the West is Reluctant to Name the Biggest Culprit of the Libyan Disaster | Bharat Dogra
• How Racist Ideas Spread in France - Seven Rules | Jacques Ranciere

BOOKS:

• Review of Guha’s History and Collective Memory in South Asia, 1200-2000 | Sreenivasan
• Review of Prabhakar’s The Crooked Timber of New India | Joydip Ghosal

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Caricature: Tribute to Walter Alfred | Jairaj Vellur
• Painting: The Street (2013) by Fernando Botero
• Photo: Battered statue of Stalin in the streets of Budapest during the 1956 uprising
• Music: Bob Dylan - Motorpsycho Nightmare
• India Love Project - 2023 Global Pluralism Award Finalist
• Animation Film: Mukund and Riaz by Nina Sabnani (2005)

Editor’s Picks:

• The Long Struggle of India’s Sanitation Workers
• Inside Indian Energy and Mining Giant Vedanta’s Campaign to Weaken Key Environmental Regulations
• Remembering Habib Tanvir, the master of modern Indian theatre
• Did Muslim Invasions Subjugate Hindu Women?
• Sri Lanka’s Catholics ’can’t accept’ new Easter bombing inquiries
• Luis Rubiales resignation a win for Spain’s women’s team
• Srebrenica: A Serbian scientist’s long quest to name the dead
• US and Vietnam ink historic partnership in Biden visit, with eyes on China
• UAW strike: Workers walk out at US motor industry giants
• A Hidden Reason Cities Fall Apart
• Party and State in China

* (Coverpage Artwork Credits:Carlos Mérida - Mujeres de Metepec (Women of Metepec) 1922 )