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Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 5, Feb 1, 2025
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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Feb 1, 2025
1 FebruaryLetter to the Readers of Mainstream
India’s Union Budget for 2025 is currently under presentation and discussion. The budget shows Modi’s Govt’s Pavlovian pro-corporate refrain on ‘ease of doing business’ while unemployment levels remain high and (...) -
The Diasporic Dilemma | Bhavuk and Prashansa Upadhyay
1 FebruarySince 2003, the 9th of January each year is celebrated as Pravasi Bhartiya Divas or Non-Resident Indians Day. The day marks the return of the single most influential Indian emigrant, Mahatma Gandhi, from South Africa on this day in 1915. The (...) -
Centennial Tribute to the Stormy Petrel of Indian Celluloid | Jayanta Kumar Ghosal
1 FebruaryRitwik Ghatak who hit the Indian Cinema like a tornado, once said about his joining in film, “My joining in films has nothing to do with making money. Rather it is out of volition to express my pains and agonies for my suffering people. I do not (...) -
Dreaming the Republic | Sagari Chhabra
1 February, by Sagari ChhabraOn 26 January 2025 - Republic Day - one’s thoughts go back to those who fought for India’s freedom and those who framed the Indian Constitution. Having spent the better part of my life recording so many freedom fighters their faces and memories (...) -
The Paradox of Grief: Is It Too Soon to Be Happy? | Disha
1 February, by DishaAbstract?? This article explores the complex emotional landscape of grief, focusing on the guilt that often arises when we experience happiness after losing a loved one. It explores the paradox of feeling joy while still mourning, asking how (...) -
The film Article 370: A Rationalising Project for the Abrogation of ‘Article 370’ from India’s Constitution | Amit Kumar
1 FebruaryFILM REVIEW
Movie: Article 370 Director: Aditya Suhas Jambhale Date of Release: 23 Feb 2024 (Theatrical) & 19 April 2024 (OTT)
Keywords: Kashmir, Article 370, B.J.P. (Bhartiya Janata Party), Nationalism, National Interest, (...) -
USA: The Don Disapoints None | Jayant Gadkari
1 February, by J P GadkariJanuary 29, 2025
From 20th January onwards when the 47th U S President Donald Trump has taken his oath of office, he has neither disappointed his admirers nor his critics. The American Don has proved himself to be true to his declared intentions (...) -
Notun Ihudi: Jewishness as a code and its representations in post-partition Bangla intellectual and political production? | Arka Sen Chakraborty
1 FebruaryAbstract
The question “who is a Jew” predominates a majority of the discourses around the Judaic community and has done since the time that a popular and motivated enquiry into Jewishness first began. While the Diaspora itself cannot be (...) -
Both Israel, Hamas have lost the horrific Gaza bloodbath | M.R. Narayan Swamy
1 February, by M R Narayan SwamyIsraeli is patting its back, and loudly, after almost decimating the Hamas in Gaza and the Hezbollah in Lebanon and contributing to the ouster of Basher al-Assad in Syria. The Hamas is jubilant that it survived the savage and punishing Israeli (...)