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A compressed version of the lecture that retired JNU scholar, professor Vijaya Ramaswamy, was to deliver in Chennai recently. According to media reports, the event was cancelled in the wake of objections from rightwing activists.
Thousands of people formed a human chain around the UK Parliament on October 8 to demand freedom for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Actions in solidarity with the imprisoned journalist were held across the world, including in Morocco, Brazil, Australia, and the US.
Book Review: Ramin Jahanbegloo and Pooja Sharma, ‘Living in Truth: The Gandhian Paradigm’: The time has come to see Gandhi as primarily a political thinker, and to engage with him the way we would critically engage with a political philosopher.
PM Modi’s claim that Nehru did nothing to keep alive the memory of Bose is false to the core. Also: The syncretism that Gandhi, Bose, Nehru believed in is the hallmark of the Indian culture and governance.
Across India, over 36,480 houses were demolished, and 207,106 people were forcibly evicted by central and state governments in 2021, according to a new report by the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN). Also: How Demolitions are Deepening the Despair of India’s Poor.
The tax system heavily favours large corporations, and has become even more so in recent times.
This is a retrogressive draft Bill, which will boost the monopoly power of a handful of telecom companies over the internet and legalise the government’s 360-degree surveillance of citizens.
Over the last year, 1,710 government-run primary schools have been shut down in Assam, in the name of merger with nearby schools. Also: ‘Over-Crowded’ Classrooms, Girls Dropping Out: Delhi Govt Comes Under Fire Over Merger of Schools.
In contrast to all the great Hindu preachers, we have people today – some incredibly clad in saffron – constantly tormenting and verbally and physically attacking minorities.
On the insidious role the financial markets play in the military industrial complex.
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