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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Shakespeare work is usually depicted as apolitical, devoid of any radical or subversive messages. It is a mistaken belief; his plays reflect the ills of rising capitalism and emergence of the bourgeois individual: cutthroat and egotistical – this can be seen in characters from Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth.
In 1930, Tagore visited Albert Einstein at his home in Berlin. The two proceeded to have one of the most stimulating, intellectually riveting conversations in history, exploring the age-old friction between science and religion. An excerpt from one of their conversations.
Organizers are rediscovering how song culture can help lead the way to social change.
Aseemun’s repertoire, with its easy mix of folk, ritual, spiritual and pious, bespoke a syncretic tradition that is fast becoming anachronistic in India.
Biopiracy and biolooting are widely prevalent, and rarely, if ever, tackled. A major reason for this is weak laws in various biodiversity rich countries, or the lack of effective implementation of biodiversity protection laws even when they exist, as is the case in India.
Shelley was probably the greatest English Romantic poet. The critic Harold Bloom described him as “a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem”. But he was much more than that: he was also a passionate revolutionary.
A short poem.
The IMF claims that it is supporting biodiversity, as its economists are able to measure the monetary value of an elephant and the value of a whale. The ruling class might be able to calculate those values, but it is clear that they are unwilling to foot the bill to save the planet.
Remembering C. P. Cavafy’s famous poem, ‘Waiting for the Barbarians.
“In Odisha, Seed Banks are Bringing Back Traditional and Organic Methods of Farming”; and “Sustainable Agriculture: Bringing Indian Farmers on Board”.
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Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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