Bicentennial Congress of the Peoples of the World: A Brief Report
The Congress took place in the spirit of deepening the commitment to unity among the peoples of the Global South, which was the dream of former president Hugo Chávez.
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Rabindranath – Finding Peace and Acceptance Through Art
His life and philosophy is the anthem that calls to every human and tells them to keep hope, to find peace in solitude, to accept the anguish and embrace the distress, and to finally find a home in the ship of creativity, that aids this tormented mind to find its happy place in the confines of four walls.
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Three Poems
You Will Not Speak; One Day I Saw My Girl; A Spark
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Shahu Maharaj: Why He Matters Today as Much as a Century Ago
At a time when caste supremacy and religious intolerance corrode the idea of India, when power is being used to further sectarian interests, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj’s legacy lights the path ahead.
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Modi and Shah’s Humiliating Walk Back on Kashmir Is Proof of Their Failed Policy
That the Centre’s plans had spectacularly failed was clear last year as militancy continued unabated, there was no progress on attracting business investments and major Kashmiri parties performed better in the DDC elections than the BJP’s allies.
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Modi Govt’s Policy to Reduce Oil Imports: Subsidise the Rich, Burden the Poor!
Rice meant for the poor will be sold at subsidised rates to privately-owned ethanol distilleries. The industries will be given cheap loans and exempted from Environmental Clearances.
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Why Even Capitalists are Now Pitching for Cash Transfers
The absurdity of conservative economic policy leading to shortage of people’s purchasing power is now becoming clear, even to capitalists, though not to Modi government.
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Farmers’ Agitation Enters Eighth Month: Newsreports
In a spectacular show of strength, on 26 June, farmers’ organisations protested in front of the houses of governors and observed ‘Save Agriculture, Save Constitution Day’ in more than 20 states and union territories against the central Farm Laws and for a legal guarantee of MSP.
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Five Questions on the Shameful Proceedings Against Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, Asif Iqbal
The process has shown scant respect for human rights, rule of law and justice.
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Famished: Why Indians are Still Starving 75 Years After Independence
India ranked among the ten largest food producers globally. Yet, India’s rank in the Global Hunger Index has been falling over the years. Why is India unable to distribute food to its own people?
