Table of Contents - Mainstream, Nov 11 & Nov 18, 2023

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Nov 11 & Nov 17, 2023
• 2023 State polls - Toughest contest for the Congress in Rajasthan | Papri Sri Raman
• Pakistan Must Stop the Forced Deportation of Afghan Refugees | Bharat Dogra
• Ill-effects of Politicisation of India’s Armed Forces | S G Vombatkere
• Remembering the Titans of Secular India | Sukumaran CV
• MSME’s in India | Arun Kumar
• On Hinduism: Clarifying Some Confusions | T. Vijayendra
• Nitish’s transformative move on inclusiveness for the poor has big implications | Arun Srivastava
• Air Quality Crisis in Delhi and Agroecological Alternatives | Soma Marla
• Political Leadership in Karnataka: A Brief Overview | P. S. Jayaramu
• The Health of Indian Democracy: A Critical Diagnosis | Ria Pillai
• Reading Israel’s Brutality in the Gaza Strip | Arup Kumar Sen [13974]
• Killer Haze of Delhi & Rubble of Bombed-out Gaza | Humra Quraishi
• Who is the greater, Alexander the Great or Fleming? | AK Sinha
• India’s confusing messages on Israel-Palestine | A K Ramakrishnan
• US support for Israeli apartheid aggression against Palestinians smacks of racism | Faraz Ahmad
• Ritual Slaughter—Still Criticized… and Supported | Martha Rosenberg
• Ukrainian Letter of Solidarity with Palestinian people
• IPES Food Statement on siege in Gaza, Oct 24, 2023

DOCUMENTS:

• Statement from India’s Trade Unions on Move to Export Indian Workers to Israel to Replace Palestinian Workers
• All India Solidarity With Narmada [public petition]
• Long Live Palestine, Death To The Occupation [a public petition]

BOOKS:

• Thomas Klikauer’s Review of Machines Behaving Badly

IMAGE AND SOUND:

• Photo: Faiz Ahmed Faiz with Yasser Arafat in Beirut
• Photo: Agrasen’s Baoli, Hailey Road, New Delhi
• Audio: Andrew Doyle - Why Free Speech Matters
• Music: Mi Revalueshanary Fren | Linton Kwesi Johnson

Editor’s Picks

• India’s Beatles
• India’s water situation is alarming
• The work women want: Read economics laureate Goldin’s research to understand the troubles of India’s female labour force
• The one thing George Orwell’s 1984 got wrong
• Avi Shlaim on Israel-Palestine History
• For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces
• Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech
• Power and Catholicism were inseparable in Poland. The fall of populists mirrors that of priests
• Tuberculosis: First time infections rise to 30-year high

* (Coverpage artwork credits: Gottfried Honegger - ‘Biseautage B.Z. 400’, 1966 )