Table of Contents - Mainstream, March 30, 2024

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In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, March 30, 2024
• Nehru’s contribution to India’s Economic Development | Arun Kumar
• History Repeats Itself With A Difference J P Gadkari
• Farmers’ Protests and the MSP Dilemma | S N Tripathy
• Debating Modernity, Colonialism, & Categorisation of ‘Tribes’ in India | Chhotelal Kumar
• Hounding of the Opposition / Election Process / Protest in Ladakh | Humra Quraishi
• Whither Higher Education of Scheduled Castes in Kerala | Shaju V. Joseph
• Resonance of Odisha’s Rich Legacy in Our Time as the State Celebrates its Foundation Day on 1st April | S N Sahu
• Our Dear Moses from Hind | Murzban Jal
• Unweave That Shroud | Sajla Chawla
• Rohingya conundrum: Stateless, helpless and unwanted | Bharat Bhushan
• On Passion | T Vijayendra
• Nepal’s federal journey | Anindya Jena
• The Kids of the Islamic State: A Childhood Stolen | Jewan Abdi
• Diplomatic Lapses of the US and Russia! | Nilofar Suhrawardy
• Rwanda’s Resurrection from the Scars of Genocide | Chathukulam, et. al.
• Soviet History: Anton Vlasov’s 1920 letter to the Central Committee

BOOKS:

• Review of Tripathi & Arun’s edited Volume on Democracy in Trouble | Bharat Dogra

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Drawing: Illusion of Democracy | Sagari Chhabra
• Photo: Protest of Mothers of the Disappeared, in Argentina
• Swedish women’s rights song about forgotten women [Eng subs]
• Audio: Nadine Gordimer Reads from “The Ultimate Safari†| 2007
• Video Reportage: Has India’s Media Been Captured? | India Report

Editor’s Picks:

• India’s Poor Will Not Be Wished Away
• India says new law saves persecuted refugees. Rohingya ask ‘Why not us?’
• Yamini Aiyar laments the damage done to Indian democracy under Narendra Modi
• Under-Construction Work Sites, Sewers Becoming Death Traps
• What two arrests reveal about our democracy
• ‘Billionaire Raj’ Is Pushing India Toward Autocracy
• Larger Meaning of Left Alliance’s Victory in JNUSU Elections
• A short history of bhang in India
• ‘Annihilation of Caste’ and the Struggle for Water Equality
• India pharma quality lapses force U.S. to look to China for lifesaving drugs
• ‘The Bad Stock’: Nazi Eugenics and the Growth of Anthropology in Delhi
• Pakistan: Bahria Town —catch me if you can
• Revealed: documents shed light on shadowy US far-right fraternal order
• Rio Police Chief Arrested for Killing Marielle Franco
• Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva presented a plan with racial equality policies
• Peter Osborne on Marxism and neo-naturalism
• Why archaeologists must speak up for Gaza
• Critics fear catastrophic energy crisis as AI is outsourced to Latin America
• Does apple cider vinegar really help with weight loss?

* (Coverpage Artwork Credits: Yuri Annenkov - Portrait of Boris Pasternak (1921))