Table of Contents, Mainstream, July 20, 2024

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In this issue

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, July 20, 2024
• Farmers’ Movement and Save Constitution Campaign Impact Haryana General Election Results 2024 in Big Way | Mahabir Jaglan
• Bypoll results encouraging but . . .| J P Gadkari
• The Impacts of Development on People | S.G.Vombatkere
• An Honest Bicycle | T. Vijayendra
• Samvidhan Hatya Diwas: A Political Manoeuvre by the BJP | Ahmed Raza
• Challenges faced by the Congress Government in Karnataka | P. S. Jayaramu
• Assembly Polls Endorse Rahul Gandhi’s pro-Common Man Stance | Arun Srivastava
• Why Babadom Flourishes: Insecurity is the Core | Ram Puniyani
• Relative Economic Performance of UPA and NDA Governments | Ajit Kumar Singh
• From Anne Mascrene to None: Lok Sabha and the Political Under Representation of Women from Kerala | Sonu Vincent
• Reduction of sleeper and general class coaches in railways an anti-poor move | Anandi Pandey and Sandeep Pandey
• It is time for an Investigation on the functioning of India’s jails / Love’s Prisoners | Humra Quraishi
• Exam debate betrays India’s next generation of leaders | Deepanshu Mohan 14839
• India Should Deal With New Oli Govt Of Nepal With Open Mind Ignoring China Obsession | Arun Kumar Shrivastav
• USA-China Trade Relations during 2018-2022: Issues and Challenges | Anil K Kanungo & Ujjvala Kanungo
• Trump Survives- Security “Lapses†&/or Apparent Assassination Attempt? | Nilofar Suhrawardy
• Authoritarianism and Self-Creation | Silas Crane

DOCUMENTS:

• NAPM condemns the horrific spree of mob lynchings across the country after the Lok Sabha election results
• NAJAR condemns the crackdown on advocates in Kashmir! | July 19, 2024
• Withdraw Criminal Cases against Palestinian Solidarity | CPIM
• ’This Budget will be judged by what it does to revive and rejuvenate India’s MSMEs’ | Jairam Ramesh, Gen. Sec. Communications, AICC

BOOKS:

• Revisiting the 1943 Bengal Famine | Arup Kumar Sen
• Review of Aruna Roy’s ‘The Personal Is Political’ | Sagari Chhabra
• Burn Manipur, Burn! Documenting State-Sponsored Brutalities | M.R. Narayan Swamy
• To reclaim our country’s soul | Joydip Ghosal

IMAGE & SOUND:

• Photo: Richard Serra, Promenade at Monumenta 2008, Grand Palais, Paris 14643
• Film: Bhuvan Shome | Mrinal Sen (1969)
• Odi Euterpe: Italian Monody From the Early 17th Century - Dalla porta d’oriente | Rosa Dominguez

Editor’s Picks:

• The Absurdity of Observing ‘Samvidhan Hatya Divas’
• Casting The Net Too Wide
• Partisan Historiography Is Perilous—Diplomacy Must Not Succumb To Political Optics
• Why is militancy on the rise in Jammu?
• Liberalisation’s killing machines
• Contractualisation of Academic Labour
• Review of the 18th Lok Sabha Elections – June 2024 CC Report | CPIM
• Ambani wedding: ’In India, the pomp of CEOs has replaced that of kings’
• That Stinking Rich Fat Guy’s Wedding
• A gov’t defence lab illegally built a chariot for a temple. Modi gov’t hushed up the scandal
• Why are camels declining in India, particularly Rajasthan
• Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi’s unlawful marriage convictions overturned by Pakistan court
• Godmen, like Fascist Leaders, Feed on Fear and Propaganda
• Leaving Syria’s civil war to be a mercenary in Africa
• Where Does He Come From?
• The rage of Ukraine’s army wives
• How Israel Lost America
• Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that
• Inhibition of IL-11 signalling extends mammalian healthspan and lifespan
• Circles ’Neath Your Eyes
• Bird flu could become a human pandemic. How are countries preparing?

* (Coverpage Artwork Credits: Harsh Kapoor, untitled photo collage, June 2024