Table of Contents, Mainstream, Dec 7 to Dec 28, 2024

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In this issue:

• Letter to the readers, Mainstream, Dec 7 to Dec 28, 2024
• Undertones of Parliamentary Election Schedule | Amal Mandal
• The ongoing controversy regarding places of worship! | Suresh Khairnar
• Logistical comparison of the EVM & the ballot paper | Faraz Ahmad
• A Bengali Nationalist’s Search for ‘Civic Consciousness’| Arup Kumar Sen
• ‘Threat Culture’ or Epidemic of Intimidation in Bengal’s Society | Manas Mukul Bandyopadhyay
• Tribute to Jeremy Seabrook | Bharat Dogra and Madhu Dogra
• Donald Trump & the US right he represents Versus Indian rightist forces | Arun Srivastava
• The Rise of the “Wife of” Content in Social Media | Disha
• Analysing 2024 Assembly Election Results of Jharkhand & Maharashtra | K. Gireesan
• Sambhal Mosque, Ajmer Dargah — How far back can we go? | Ram Puniyani
• Sambhal, Ajmer Sharif & the spreading communal virus | Humra Quraishi
• A Day Off for Cricket in the Early Days of the Republic | Sreejith K
• Anthropology beats economics: How people in flood-prone region help each other: The Case study of Odisha | Radhakanta Barik
• Where are we today? And where is the RSS? | Suresh Khairnar
• Indian women decry ‘politics on the womb’ | John Dayal
• Oh, My God! | J.L Jawahar
• Forest Governance in Protected Areas: A Review of Laws and Practice | C. R. Bijoy
• Rough Edges of AI Technologies in Warfare | Manoj Kumar Mishra
• What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ? Islamist advance in Syria | Sara Harmouch
• The Syrian Conflict and the Rise of Extremism | Abdul Wasi Popalzay
• Winners and losers in Syria | M K Bhadrakumar

DOCUMENTS

• Doctors call for end to wars & safety of healthcare facilities in war zones
• Statement Against Martial Law in South Korea

BOOKS

• The Parasol Women of Kerala | Papri Sri Raman
• Review of Breyfogle & Brown eds., Hydraulic Societies | Jenia Mukherjee
• Review of Nehru’s India by Aditya Mukherjee | Bhavuk

IMAGE & SOUND

• Photos from NREGA workers protest, Delhi on Dec 5-6 2024
• Cartoon: Do not touch | Nala Ponnappa
• 1764 Map of Jafna City & Fort in Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
• Photo: Salaspils Memorials, Letonia (1967) | Gunars Asaris and Olgerts Ostenbergs
• Video: Geometries of Imperialism in the 21st Century by Etienne Balibar
• Music: Song of Bangladesh | Joan Baez (1971)

Editor’s Picks:

• Bhopal: 40 Years of Injustice
• The Rubble
• Mosques Under Siege: Are ‘Respectable Hindus’ Willing to Be Held to Account?
• Is Press Freedom Better Protected in Democracies? Internet Shutdown and Journalism in India
• What are the likely implications of the US Adani bribery case?
• BANI demands asbestos free schools and public buildings like Calcutta High Court and Indian Railways
• We must respond firmly to the anti-Bangladesh campaign in India
• Bangladesh set to wipe Mujibur Rahman’s image off banknotes, new ones to feature July uprising
• Historian Irfan Habib condemns religious violence in Bangladesh
• Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza
• Nobel Peace Prize winner says UN failing to bring IS to justice
• Swapo could be the next former liberation movement to lose its grip on power
• Global Wage Report 2024-25
• Teaching rats to drive taught scientists about joy

Books of Note:

• Wanting Something Completely Different with Jairus Banaji (Rab-Rab Press, 2023, 168 pages, ISBN 9780201379624)

• Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education by Augustina S. Paglayan (Princeton University Press, Nov 19, 2024, 384 pages | ISBN: 9780691261270)

• Relocating Development Economics: The First Generation of Modern Indian Economists (Cambridge University Press, December 2024, Online ISBN: 9781009438209)

• Renewing Destruction: Wind Energy Development, Conflict and Resistance in a Latin American Context by Alexander A. Dunlap (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, June 2019, Pages: 244, paperback ISBN: 978-1-78661-066-9)

• ‘Everyday health’, embodiment, and selfhood since 1950 (Editors) Tracey Loughran, Hannah Froom, Kate Mahoney, Daisy Payling (Manchester University Press, 2024, 440 pages, ISBN-10: 1526170655, ISBN-13: 978-1526170651)

• Shipping Lords and Coolie Stokers: Class, Race, and Maritime Capitalism in the Early Twentieth Century by Ravi Ahuja (Verso, Dec 2024, 256 pages, ISBN: 9781804293515)

* (Coverpage artwork credits: Femme à la guitare par Maria Blanchard (1917)