2025

• Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 12, Mar 22, 2025
  22 March

  * Open Letter to Director General, Rosatom, Russia | S. P. Udayakumar
  * Portrait of Paul Nizan | Jairus Banaji
  * ’Beyond Genocide’ directed by Tapan Bose, Suhasini Mulay and Salim Shaikh

• What’s in a Name? A Surname, Apparently | Disha
  22 March, by Disha
  Abstract
  This article explores the challenges of living without a surname in a world that expects one. The author, Disha, shares personal experiences of struggling with official documents, online platforms, and academic recognition due to the  (...)
• Politics of Language in Contemporary India | Arup Kumar Sen
  22 March, by Arup Kumar Sen
  Very recently, the language debate has taken a distinctly political turn in India. The present political regime of the BJP at the centre is currently locked in an intense language debate with Tamil Nadu, where the ruling DMK has been contesting  (...)
• AIPF debates futuristic impact of AI on society | Anil Rajimwale
  22 March, by Anil Rajimwale
  Intellectuals, social thinkers and activists from all over India gathered in Patna on February 7-9 in an all India seminar-cum-workshop to discuss in detail the growing impact of artificial intelligence on science, technology, and on theory and  (...)
• Manipur’s Woes: Solutions Ahead | Manas Mukul Bandyopadhyay & Gouri Sankar Nag
  22 March
  Manipur, a state in Northeastern India, has a unique socio-economic and cultural identity shaped by its history, geography and diverse population, and thus Manipur occupied a distinct place in India’s Northeast. Actually, the woes of Manipur are  (...)
• Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath government conspiring against the people | Sandeep Pandey, Salim Khan
  22 March, by Sandeep Pandey
  In Ayodhya the God descended and departed. A temple was built at his birth place. It is claimed that this temple was demolished to build a mosque. The mosque was demolished by Hindutva forces and a temple has now been built. In the process  (...)
• Sambhal Mosque Must Not Be Disputed Site | Ishrat Husain
  22 March
  March 4, 2025 is going to be a turning point in the history of Sambhal Jama Masjid case as the Allahabad High Court agreed to refer to the Sambhal Jama Masjid as a "disputed site." The court also instructed the stenographer to use the term  (...)
• India needs to de-weaponise misinformation | Pradip Thomas
  22 March

  Indian law needs to fix the meaning of fake news and misinformation and needs to be tied to the public interest rather than to the interest of the State.
  Countries around the world are scrambling to create effective laws against fake news

• The Fall of the Indian Stock Market of Oct 24 - Feb 25: Fundamentals at the Weakest? | Sharad Ranjan, D Narayana
  22 March
  The story so far
  Following the peak in September 2024, market indices in India have exhibited a consistent downward trend. The stock prices, particularly those categorized as mid- and small-caps, have fallen considerably. The crash has severely  (...)
• Why Karat lets Modi/RSS off the Fascism hook? | Faraz Ahmad
  22 March, by Faraz Ahmad
  Prakash Karat, the coordinator of the Politburo and Central Committee of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has circulated the Draft resolution for the 24th party Congress of the CPM scheduled next month in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
  In the  (...)

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