Table of Contents - Mainstream, Dec 16, 2023

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 16, 2023
• New Constitution: A Fig Leaf for Hindu Rashtra | Vijay Kumar
• Diplomatic blow to India as Biden turns down invite | M K Bhadrakumar
• High-Interest Microfinance by NBFCs: A Challenge to Commercial Banks | S S Sangwan
• Urban Poor Finding It Increasingly Difficult to Meet Basic Needs | Bharat Dogra
• Climate Crisis, Human Suffering, & Hope: A Global Perspective | S N Tripathy
• Citizens Memo on Elections / Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer | Humra Quraishi
• Revisiting Pathaan | Alok Ranjan, Sanjana K.S.
• Ahimsa’s Song | Sagari Chhabra [14092]
• Sri Lanka: The Future of Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism | Shashik Silva & Ammaarah Nilafdeen
• Why don’t we do what matters? The world should demand that Norway uses its oil wealth for a green future | Erik Solheim
• A contribution to debate on left renewal and transformation

DOCUMENTS:

• PUCL Statement on Expulsion of Mahua Moitra | 13 Dec 2023

BOOKS:

• Subramanian’s Review of India’s National Security Challenges Edited by NN Vohra

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Cartoon on Food Court | Nala Ponnappa
• Cartoon: People of Gaza (Dec 2023) | Gros
• Photo: Jawaharlal Nehru at the International Congress against Colonial Oppression and Imperialism, Brussels (1927)
• Music: Lost Land by Rain Sultanov
• Talk: Data Can Be Dangerous - Risks & Harms | Dr Alexa Hagerty
• Documentary: States of independence - the scramble for Africa

Editor’s Picks:

• What sealed BJP’s victory in the Hindi heartland
• Brinda Karat writes: Mahua Moitra is a political opponent. As a woman, I stand with her
• Article 370: Understanding history, legal contexts and why it matters
• SC verdict on Article 370, and its impact on asymmetric federalism
• Ominously anti-federal: On the Supreme Court’s judgment on Article 370 and J&K’s special status
• Video interview: CPM leader Y. Taragamani on Amit Shah’s allegations & the SC ruling on Article 370
• Is Bangladesh heading toward another ’one-sided’ election?
• Juergen Habermas Contradicts His Own Ideas When It Comes to Gaza
• Latin America’s Resurgent Right
• Republicans to meet allies of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán on ending Ukraine aid
• The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement
• Xi Jinping vs. Genghis Khan: CCP expands efforts to colonize history of the Mongol people by disappearing Chinggis himself
• The Forgotten Dreams of History-from-Below
• Javier Milei’s Agenda

* (Coverpage artwork credits: Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson - Loading the Ship (1917) Lithograph)