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Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, July 27, 2024
27 JulySince 1966 there had been a ban in place on government employees participating in activities of organisations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that propagates Hindutva supremacism & the Jamaat e Islami that pushes an Islamist (...) -
Celebrating Sovereignty of People | Suranjita Ray
27 July, by Suranjita RayThe election verdict for the 18th Lok Sabha saw celebrations across the country. The celebration was not confined to the victory of the political party or parties that would form the government. The mandate was also celebrated by many for (...) -
Why fewer cities are game to host the Olympics | Alexandre Faure
27 JulyParis marks a shift in the way the IOC awards hosting rights for the Olympics.
The way cities host the Olympic Games is changing.
Staging the event has become such a burden, fewer cities are interested in going to the trouble.
It has meant the (...) -
This Bengali ritual is a cure for loneliness | Ananya Chatterjee
27 JulyAs an antidote to loneliness, the Bengali adda culture has no equal.
Adda is a way of life and key to happiness for many Bengalis.
Adda can be characterised as the practice of friends gathering together for extended and informal conversations. (...) -
Toward an Explanation of the Radical | David S. D’Amato
27 JulyIn his introduction for Ivan Illich’s Celebration of Awareness, Erich Fromm defined radicalism not as “a certain set of ideas,” but as an approach or an attitude:
To begin with this approach can be characterized by the motto: de omnibus (...) -
The Union Budget 2024-25: Primacy of Political Compulsions | P. S. Jayaramu
27 July, by P S JayaramuJuly 24, 2024
The Union Budget was presented by the Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman on the 23rd of July 2024. This was a Budget, in a true sense, prepared under the compulsions of Coalition Government as tbe BJP could not get a majority (...) -
RSS-BJP Struggle for Hindu Hridaya Samrat Intensifies | Arun Srivastava
27 JulyMARXISTS, COMMUNISTS AND those who claim to be ardent followers of Marxist-Leninist ideology ought to take a few lessons from the latest RSS action; dump Narendra Modi – the public face of the saffron ecosystem – to protect and preserve the basic (...) -
Budget 2024-25: An Aura of Words for States other than Bihar & Andhra Pradesh | SS Sangwan
27 JulyThe transfers to all states through Finance Commission Grants is lower by 6 % in BE over the revised estimates of 2023-24. Even it has decreased by about 20 % in the last year. Under discretionary grants, the allocation has increased by about 18 (...) -
Yes, the Subaltern Speaks! | Ajay Kumar Mishra
27 JulyIntroduction
My encounter with a subaltern voice comes from an anecdote involving a poor, widowed Dalit woman, approximately 55 years old, mother to four daughters, who arrived barefoot to secure college admission for one of her daughters. Upon (...) -
Tribute to Samar Bagchi | Suresh Khairnar
27 July, by Suresh KhairnarIt must have been 1990-91 after I became friends with Samar Da. We used to sometimes go to Calcutta Coffee House to hang out. One day we were both sitting at a corner table in the coffee house. After some time, three-four youngsters, including a (...)