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TEXT OF TRANSCRIPT: THE LADY AND THE GENERAL
BBC Correspondent Jonathan Head reports from Yangon, Myanmar:
Aung San Suu Kyi, a (...)
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Making sense of Myanmar’s coup | Mikael Gravers
12 February 2021by Mikael Gravers *
2 February 2021
Early in the morning on 1 February 2021, the Myanmar armed forces (Tatmadaw) arrested President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, along with other high-ranking National League for Democracy (...) -
Reading “Asiatic” Despotism | Arup Kumar Sen
12 February 2021, by Arup Kumar SenMarx’s reading of the Asian societies, particularly his concept of the “Asiatic mode of production”, has led to controversies in the political and academic communities at different points of time. A scholar, Kimio Shiozawa, argued: “Marx’s view of (...) -
Ageing dams are ‘ticking time bombs’ | Ranjit Devraj
12 February 2021by Ranjit Devraj
[NEW DELHI] Perched high up in the Western Ghats, adjacent to Kerala’s famed Periyar wildlife sanctuary, is a 126-year-old dam that has dangerously outlived the 50 years of life intended for it by colonial British engineers.
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WSS Statement condemning the arrest and custodial sexual violence by the Haryana Police against labour organiser Nodeep Kaur [Feb 2, 2021]
12 February 2021[TEXT OF STATEMENT RELEASED BY WOMEN AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND STATE REPRESSION (WSS) ON FEBRUARY 2, 2021 - contact E-mail: againstsexualviolence[at]gmail.com]
WSS strongly condemns the arrest and custodial sexual violence perpetrated by the (...) -
Concern over ED raids at newsclick.in - Statement by the Editors Guild
12 February 2021The Editors Guild of India
PRESS STATEMENT
February 10, 2021
Editors Guild of India statement on ED raids at the office of NewsClick.in, and residences of its senior journalists and officials
The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned about (...) -
India: Statement of Delhi Union of Journalists Against Targeting of Newsclick and Critical Media Voices by the Government Deserves Wider Support | Bharat Dogra
12 February 2021, by Bharat DograThe prompt and timely statement issued by the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) on February 9 against the targeting of online news and opinion portal Newsclick (as well as the targeting of other independent and critical media voices) by the union (...) -
In My Own Voice: And then they came for me . . .
12 February 2021, by Sagari ChhabraOn 30th January I drove to Gandhi Smriti to pay my respects to Bapu – a man who led the freedom struggle and laid down his life for us. I was denied entry as it was being ‘visited by VVIPs’. So I drove on to the Press Club of India where there was (...) -
Hindu Nationalism; From Genesis to Present Rule: An Overview | Ram Puniyani
12 February 2021, by Ram Puniyaniby Ram Puniyani
As per Indian Constitution India is a secular democratic Country. Lately Hindu nationalism has started impacting the nature of state and citizenship in a very strong way. As Indian Nationalism developed during freedom movement, (...) -
Persevere | Badri Raina
12 February 2021, by Badri RainaWhen people of my hoary age Fight for life at the embattled border, Undeterred by the bitter of the chill, Or by the strangulations wrought by order Of authority deaf to human sound, Smirking reptilian at their plight, Is it meet that I look for (...)
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