‘We Love Life If We Find a Way to It’: Palestinian Poet Mahmoud Darwish’s Enduring Absences
The path to enduring peace is through remembering the humanity of others, especially those who may be on the other end of our political beliefs.
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Quantum Physics Isn’t as Weird as You Think. It’s Weirder
Quantum physics’ oddities seem less surprising if you stop thinking of atoms as tennis balls, and instead more like waves pushing through water.
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Largest Pro-Palestine Protests in History; Growing Diplomatic Backlash Against Israel’s War on Gaza – 3 Articles
‘The Largest Pro-Palestinian Protest in U.S. History was “a Turning Point.” Now it’s Spreading’; ‘Hundreds of Thousands Join London March to Demand ‘Cease-Fire Now’ in Gaza’; Also: Increasing number of countries breaking ties with Israel in protest over its intense assault on Gaza.
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Genocide of Palestinians by Israel, One of World’s Most Militarized Countries, No Surprise
Israel is a settler-colonial power that was founded in a paroxysm of violence in 1948 and has initiated conflict dozens of times since then. Diplomacy, compromise and negotiation are simply not part of its DNA.
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The Horror, the Horror
There are no words to express what we are witnessing. In the five weeks of horror this is one of the pinnacles of horror. President Joe Biden will go down in history as an accomplice to genocide. May the ghosts of the thousands of children he has participated in murdering haunt him for the rest of his life.
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The Power of Human Solidarity
The tide of anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment throughout the world, which seems to be on the rise, demands a historical revision of relations between Muslims and Jews. An almost forgotten episode during World War II can shed light on this issue.
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Jawaharlal Nehru and the Dissenting Congressman
On his birth anniversary, a great-nephew of Acharya J.B. Kriplani reflects on what his and Nehru’s relations say about the late Congress leader’s ability to deal with dissent and criticism.
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RBI, Narendra Modi and the Subtle Art of Ignoring Concerns
In 2016, the RBI had accurately predicted both the damage and the lack of benefit of the demonetisation. Was it heard? No.
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Air Pollution: It Is Not Just the Farmers Who are Responsible – 2 Articles
Historically, stubble burning contributes only 6% to the pollution, yet the public is quick to make the farmers the scapegoats, and not the policymakers. Also: Urgent action is needed to tackle multiple sources of pollution, from vehicles to construction to stubble burning.
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Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Causes 20% of All Deaths
Fossil fuel pollution kills more people each year than HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined.
