Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 9, Mar 1, 2025

In this issue:

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream
• CPM Invisibilising Fascism | Nalini Taneja
• Nehru’s Linguistic Cosmopolitanism | Arup Kumar Sen
• The Power of Mother-Language | Bandyopadhyay & Nag
• Struggle for True Freedom | Sagari Chhabra
• Need for Caution while Expanding Himalayan Highways | Bharat Dogra
• Student Clubs & College Elections of Delhi University | Sridhar, Pandey, Dadheech
• Trump and Economic Nationalism | Soma Marla
• Need for a special law to protect minority rights | KS Subramanian
• The State of Satirical Comedy in India | Survesh Pratap Singh
• Anatomy of a Train Journey | Sreejith K
• Social Wealth Must Belong to Those Who Created It | Louis-Auguste Blanqui

DOCUMENTS:

• IMSD condemns the assassination of the world’s first openly gay Imam
• Argentine court decision a positive step towards justice for the Rohingya — Statement by Defend Myanmar Democracy

BOOKS

• Iran Stands at a Dangerous Crossroad | M.R. Narayan Swamy
• Review of Scheinbaum’s The Darker Side of Social Media | Arun Kumar & Jyoti Yadav

IMAGE & SOUND

• Music: Philip Glass- Prophecies | Faysal Kadow
• Video: Anti Colonial Constitutionalism & India’s Democracy | Prof Sugata Bose

Editor’s Picks:

• Delhi: Law and Disorder Stifling Dissent in Jamia Millia
• Trees axed for Kanwar Yatra route by U.P. Govt. without final approval, FSI tells NGT
• India, Hindutva and History
• Activist Anjali Bharadwaj Reacts On RTI Reply That Reveals Cost Of Modi’s 3 Trips Abroad In 2024
• Why a mega river-linking plan has sparked massive protests in India
• Deadly cost of hyper-competitive education
• From ‘Indian’ to ‘Malaiyaha’ A call for identity recognition
• Myanmar: Why is junta shutting down internet?
• Younger generations have forgotten the history of Bangladesh’s birth: Filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel
• In memoriam: Sisira Jayasuriya, 1946-2025
• How to stop turmeric from killing people
• How TikTok Helped Germany’s Left to a Surprise Election Showing
• On Left Internationalism
• In Its Fight Against Fascism, Israeli Academia Remains Blind to a Basic Truth
• China’s Counter-Histories
• Retotalising Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction to its History

Books of Note:

• Commoning Labour and Democracy at Work When Workers Take Over by Dario Azzellini and Marcelo Vieta (Routledge, July 14, 2025, 290 Pages | ISBN 9780367442224)
• Fascism in America: Past and Present Editors: Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Janet Ward (Cambridge University Press, September 2023, Paperback ISBN: 9781009337434)

* (Cover page artwork credits: Technical drawing from Wikipedia page on organic chemistry — Maitotoxin by Charlesy - Own work, CC0)