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Thousands of demonstrators took to Mali’s streets on January 14. What is the general context in which these demonstrations took place? What are the positions of the actors in the crisis? How did international actors react, including France and Russia?
Muskan Khan, a 19-year-old student, lived an ordinary life in the south Karnataka town of Mandya before an extraordinary moment of courage and resistance brought her national fame and converted her moment of bravery into an iconic image. She talks about her hijab, her values and everyone’s freedom to choose in this interview.
On February 18, 1946, a group of naval ratings mutinied at the shore establishment and naval base HMIS Talwar, which triggered an insurrection against the British Empire involving other Indian naval ratings, soldiers, police personnel and civilians.
Two press releases urging the state administration to respect democratic values and stop the harassment of journalists in the name of national security.
Gandhi was aware that intellectual labour was necessary for the culture of the mind and accepted the necessity of a division of labour, but not the idea that bodily labour had to be confined to one class and intellectual labour to another class.
In his speech, India’s first president speaks about the importance of non-violence and Gandhian ideals of truth and tolerance.
A great new film, Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood tells us of the myriad ways in which the US military influences Hollywood into making films that effectively do propaganda for the military and the CIA. Film producers even agree to “weave in key talking points.”
Vivekananda was not a traditional Hindu monk as the Sangh Parivar makes him out to be. He was a modern ascetic with a scientific and materialist outlook. A brief outline of some of his views.
Not only has Cuba succeeded in vaccinating 93% of its population, including children – a figure more than most developed countries – with its indigenously developed vaccines, it has also started sending these vaccines to other countries that have approved them.
On 22 December, a broad coalition of more than 40 organisations vociferously demanded that the Bill be withdrawn as the Government of Karnataka is trampling upon the constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of religion, privacy and dignity.
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