Mainstream Weekly
Table of Contents, Mainstream, Aug 3, 2024
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Mainstream, Vol 62 No 31, August 3, 2024
In this issue
- Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Aug 3, 2024
- Will there be a Change of Guard in Karnataka?| J P Gadkari
- Letter regarding the lifting of the "ban" on Govt. employees taking part in the activities of RSS | E A S Sarma
- Should Government Employees be Allowed to Join RSS?| Ram Puniyani
- Making the People of the Kashmir Valley Second-Class Citizens | Arup Kumar Sen
- Observations on Kashmir Today | Suresh Khairnar
- Ambani Wedding: The Need for State-Regulation in Indian Capitalism | Gilbert Sebastian
- Public perception on Naveen Today | Radhakanta Barik
- Knowledge Without Borders | Sunita Samal
- Understanding New Modes of Environmental Governance | Prakash C.J
- Union Budget 2024-25: Twists and Turns | Atul Sarma
- Energy Sector Initiatives in Union Budget 2024-25 | Hiranmoy Roy and Anil Kumar
- New India, Old Beginnings! | Subhash Gatade
- The Psychological Structure of Fascism | Georges Bataille
DOCUMENTS:
- Restrictions on journalists inside the Parliament| Statement by DUJ
- Union Budget 2024-25 - Press statement by Platform of Central Trade Unions
- Press release on Waynad Disaster 30 July 2024 | AIKS
BOOKS:
- Review of Aruna Roy’s Memoir | Bharat Dogra
- Review of Jaya Mehta (Ed.) Russian Revolution and the Indian Freedom Struggle | K.S.Chalam
IMAGE & SOUND:
- Photo: Karabo Mooki - Soweto Skateboarders (2016)
- Music: Bulldozer Raj - Song in Bengali by various artists
- Wounded Hills: A documentary on the environmental issues of the Western Ghats
- Documentary: In Search of Palestine - Edward Said’s Return Home
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[rouge]Editor’s Picks:[/rouge]
- Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger
- ‘Wayanad is proof Govts have no interest in protecting nature’
- The ‘flying rivers’ causing devastating floods in India
- 50 jobs, 30 years: The unseen labour of an Indian female worker
- Dead ‘Maoist’ talking: The aftermath of a security operation in Chhattisgarh
- Nobody knows what I know’: how a loyal RSS member abandoned Hindu nationalism
- How PSU Bharat Immunologicals went from polio hero to zero. No vaccines, unpaid workers
- Indian Railways flip-flops between luxury facilities and mass travel needs
- Election Commission Must Respond to Doubts Raised Over Lok Sabha Polls by VFD Report
- Deepening the degrowth planning debate
- Israel’s Self-Destruction
- ‘I can’t justify this military operation any more’: the IDF reservists refusing to return to Gaza
- Freed Russian dissidents refused to sign plea for mercy from Putin
- Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought
- Atomic Fallacy: Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis
New Books of Note:
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* (Coverpage Artwork Credits: Atsuko Tanaka - Untitled Painting (1956)