Table of Contents - Mainstream, Dec 23 & Dec 30, 2023

In this Issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 23 & Dec 30, 2023
• Reflections on Indian Politics | P. S. Jayaramu
• Randipua Ananta: an Ethnographic text | Radhakanta Barik
• Hazards of Toxic Tides in Sukinda Valley | S N Tripathy
• India’s turnaround on Palestine has more than meets the eye | M K Bhadrakumar
• The role of unions in the era of gig work | Anjali Chauhan
• As Modi’s man, Arif opportunity to settle old scores with SFI | Faraz Ahmad
• Tribute to Mohini Giri | Gautam Sen
• Ehtesab - The bogey of accountability | Faraz Ahmad
• Politics of UID/Aadhaar & digital totalitarianism - Interview with Gopal Krishna
• Boycott Israeli Products/Firms in India - End Occupation of Palestine | Kobad Ghandy
• Notes on the Dismissal of an Office Clerk in Late Colonial Malabar | Sreejith K
• Twenty-First Century Socialism | Harriet Fraad, Richard D. Wolff

DOCUMENTS:

• Jharkhand Mid-Day Meal Scandal
• Drop the UAPA Charges against youth arrested in Parliament Jumping Case! - PUCL Statement 20 Dec 2023

BOOKS:

• Review: Subramanian on ’Phantom Lovers: Two Novellas’ by Achala Moulik
• Review: Emily Laurent-Monaghan on ‘Pleasure Erased’ by Catherine Malabou

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Photo: Men reading “El Machete.†, 1927 | Tina Modotti
• Video: ’The Constitution of India: Check And Balances’ by Justice RF Nariman
• Audio: Ecology and Socialism’ | Raymond Williams
• Music: National Arab Orchestra - Building Bridges Through Music

Editor’s Picks:

• Reign of Faith
• People’s Manifesto 2024 - Vikalp Sangam
• Fali S Nariman writes: Where the Supreme Court went wrong on Article 370
• Radha Kumar says Supreme Court Ruling on Removal of Article 370 is Disturbing
• No jobs and a bleak future: Has the political class failed India’s youth?
• Pangs of Unemployment: Invoking Bhagat Singh
• Governing the economics of the common good
• Confronting the climate crisis in Africa: just transitions and Extinction Rebellion in Nigeria and South Africa
• Germany’s commitment to Israel
• Far-right ‘tradwives’ see feminism as evil
• Antonio Negri, Philosopher Who Wrote a Surprise Best Seller, Dies at 90
• How Much Vitamin D Do You Need to Stay Healthy?

* (Coverpage artwork credits: Paul Klee - Moonrise - 1915)