by Bharat Bhushan
Prime Minister Modi has described the just-completed third tier local body elections to the District Development Councils (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) as realisation of Mahatama Gandhi’s vision of “Gram Swaraj”. However, (...)
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The Kashmir valley has rejected PM Narendra Modi’s ’Gram Swaraj’ | Bharat Bhushan
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COVID has blurred the lines between waged, coerced and trafficked labour in India | Subir Sinha
2 January 2021by Subir Sinha
21 December 2020
Labourers in India barely made ends meet before the pandemic. Many are now facing catastrophe.
Numerous news outlets and activist groups in India have reported an increase in trafficking, bonded labour, and (...) -
US Presidential Elections: Abki Baar Biden Sarkar | K N Ninan
2 January 2021by K N Ninan
Joseph R. Biden, Jr and Kamala Harris created history by clinching the 2020 US Presidential elections. The electoral college which met on December 14 officially confirmed the election results with Biden getting 306 electoral votes (...) -
What Happened in the American Elections? | Archishman Raju
2 January 2021Joe Biden has been confirmed as the Presidential-Elect by the Electoral College of the United States even as Donald Trump is yet to concede the election. This American election, taking place as it did during a pandemic, large protests and a (...) -
Federalism As A Lynchpin Of Democracy Lesson From The U.S. Election | Vijay Kumar
2 January 2021by Vijay Kumar
One of the lessons from US Presidential election is that the robust federal principle of American Constitution has succeeded in rescuing the democracy from well orchestrated attempt to undermine it by paving the way for fascism (...) -
Report on Webinar: Rethinking the Role of Local Governments in a Post Covid 19 World | Asha Buch, V Rekha and Jithin Mathew
2 January 2021by Asha Buch, V Rekha and Jithin Mathew *
In the five-day (10 to14 December, 2020) international webinar on Rethinking the Role of Local Governments in a Post Covid 19 World, 65 papers were presented on a vast variety of subjects. Scientists, (...) -
Refugee Crisis; Pierre Cardin passes on | Humra Quraishi
2 January 2021, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
December 30, 2020
Humra Quraishi
I have never believed in ushering in the new- year on a frilly note. Somehow find it silly to go cooing ‘happy new year’ when there’s that dearth of happiness all around. And as this year comes to a close (...) -
Rethinking the Role of Intellectuals | Arup Kumar Sen
2 January 2021, by Arup Kumar SenIn his Prison Notebooks, Antonio Gramsci addressed the fundamental question of formation of intellectuals in a social formation: “Are intellectuals an autonomous and independent social group, or does every social group have its own particular (...) -
The Shudra Civilization | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
2 January 2021, by Kancha Ilaiah ShepherdIndia is a nation of second largest population in the world. China is the first largest populated nation with a land size bigger than India. India’s population according to 2011 census was 1210.2 million and China’s population was 1347.3 (...) -
Appropriating Tagore as a Hindu Nationalist: Chancellor Modi’s Pre-Election Address to Visva - Bharati | Aurobindo Ghose
2 January 2021, by Aurobindo GhoseVisva - Bharati University founded in 1921 just completed a hundred years. Located at the Abode of Peace, Shantiniketan, it has however seen much disturbance and violence between the civil society and the Varsity authorities over the past (...)
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