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However much the Sangh parivar may try now to impose its intolerant religious diktats by using her name, Kali in Bengal had been traditionally worshipped as a goddess of rebellion against all such repressive orders.
By addressing prejudices head-on with an open mind, blues musician Daryl Davis has succeeded in convincing over 200 KKK members and other White supremacists to disavow their allegiances.
Vimal Bhai breathed his last on 15 August at AIIMS, Delhi. He will be remembered for a long time for his contributions to many ecological and social movements, especially the movements against several ill-planned hydro-electricity projects in Uttarakhand.
As we celebrate the birth centenary of Tukaram (Annabhau Sathe) we not only see the relevance of his writings at that time but even today.
Rachakonda Viswanatha Sastri (Raavi Sastri) (30 July 1922 – 10 November 1993), India’s Gorky, was a great Telugu writer whose birth centenary celebrations are presently going on in Telugu states. Reviewing the works of Ravisastri is like doing a social audit, said one judge.
Mahatma Gandhi said about Basaveshwara, “Eradication of untouchability and dignity of labour were among his core concepts. One does not find even a faint shade of casteism in him. Had he lived during our times, he would have been a saint worthy of worship.”
Sahir’s lyrics for the Hindi film ‘Didi’ (1959) continue to have great contemporary relevance.
English translation of Pakistani poet, human-rights activist and feminist, Fahmida Riaz, oft-quoted nazm, “Tum bilkul hum jaise nikle”.
The high level of killing often reported in history or later archaeology is contradicted in the earliest archaeological findings around the globe. The most ancient bones and artifacts are consistent with the title of Margaret Mead’s 1940 article: “Warfare Is Only an Invention—Not a Biological Necessity.”
Lost Illusions by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) is a monumental novel, a turning point in modern literature. Xavier Giannoli has done a remarkable job of interpreting and adapting it into a film of the same title.
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