Table of Contents - Mainstream, Nov 4, 2023

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Nov 4, 2023
• Fostering Socio-Economic Growth: Indian Immigrant Remittances | S N Tripathy
• Chhattisgarh: The Ghosts of Bastar will Decide | Papri Sri Raman
• The Constitutional Irrelevance of Sanatana Dharma | Andimuthu Raja
• Locating Caste Survey of Bihar in the Context of President K R Narayanan’s Vision on Affirmative Action | S N Sahu
• India’s First Metadata Case | Gopal Krishna
• Sisodia bail: Strange are the ways of the apex court | Faraz Ahmad
• RSS Blames Foreign Forces for Manipur Violence | Arun Srivastava
• Need to amend the Karnataka State Universities Act 2000 | P S Jayaramu
• Data Aversion? | Atul Sarma
• Israel — Yesterday and Today | S G Vombatkere
• The metamorphosis overdue | Sukumaran C V
• There is no perfect solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict | Pritam Singh
• A war where humanity is on trial now | Sonia Gandhi
• Stop The War! | Sagari Chhabra
• US & UK’s Support for Canada Against India | Nilofar Suhrawardy
• Why the APEC Summit in San Francisco is significant | Bharat Bhushan
• Why Ecosocialism? For a red-green future | Michael Lowy

DOCUMENTS:

Three Statements from India for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

• Statement by IDPD
• Statement by CPI & CPI(M)
• PUCL Statement for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

BOOKS:

• Review of O’Keeffe’s, Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Cartoon: This book is empty! | Nala Ponnappa
• Video: Easily Overlooked Dangers of a Soft Tyranny by Hartosh Singh Bal
• Documentary: Eyal Weizman explains the Architecture of Violence
• Music: Holm (A Dream) - Emel Mathlouthi

Editor’s Picks:

• India’s espionage spree
• Memories of Bishan Bedi — a man of integrity, wisdom and wit
• Restoring the ecological health of the Himalayas
• Palestine and Israel: Historical, Legal and Moral Issues
• A recording from Words Against Wars, New Delhi
• Why Israeli Jew Uri Davis joined Fatah to save Palestine
• Exchange Rate
• Karan Thapar Interviews: Israel-Palestine Conflict 2023
• A Dangerous Conflation - An open letter from Jewish writers
• Alex Danzig: Fears grow for much-loved historian kidnapped by Hamas
• Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett and More Stars Demand Joe Biden Call for Israel-Gaza Ceasefire: ‘Compassion Must Prevail’
• Ilan Pappe: There is still time to stop the Gaza genocide
• Germany must face its issues over Israel and the past. Silencing a Palestinian author won’t help
• China Invested $1 Trillion to Gain Global Influence. Can That Go On?

* (Cover page artwork credits: Pablo Picasso - Personnage de profil (Jacqueline), December 13, 1960 )