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EDITORIAL: VIKSIT BHARAT (DEVELOPED INDIA) AND VISHWA GURU (WORLD SAGE): PROPAGANDA AND REALITY
Vinod Mubayi
Two slogans repeated endlessly by Modi regime cohorts, the godi (lapdog) media in India, and Modi himself in recent years are: “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India) by 2047 with a multi-trillion-dollar economy and “Vishwa Guru” (World Sage) that could refer to either Modi or the country, under his rule of course. Events in the last year have thrown doubt on the validity of these slogans.
Read more…ISRAEL’S BRUTALITY IN GAZA, INDIA’S PIN-DROP SILENCE
Zoya Hasan
October 7, 2024 marked one year of Israel’s war on Gaza and its relentless bombing of the Gaza Strip killing nearly 42,000 people. The prime victims of the heartless war have been civilians, women and children in Gaza, West Bank and now Lebanon; 16,705 Palestinian children have been killed, the largest in any conflict in one year.
Read more…SITARAM YECHURY: THEORETICIAN OF PRAXIS AND THE PRACTITIONER OF THEORY
Nellore Narasimha Rao
Prabhat Patnaik summed up comrade Yechury’s personality in a single sentence “His affability, his lack of habit to put on airs, his gentleness and his modesty are legendary.”
Read more…POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDIA’S HEALTH SECTOR: THE RG KAR HOSPITAL TRAGEDY
Amit Sadhukhan
‘Justice for RG Kar’, Kolkata, the ‘cultural capital of India’, has written new slogans reaching socially conscious academic spaces, especially the medical institutions of India.
Read more…AS PRIME MINISTER, INDIRA GANDHI DEALT WITH SOME SEEMINGLY UNSURMOUNTABLE CHALLENGES
Aditya Mukherjee
(This article was originally published on October 31, 2018).
The assassination of Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 was described by India Today then as the passing away of “a giant among pygmies” leaving the country in “shock, disbelief, anger”.
Read more…PEOPLE’S MEDIA AGAINST MONOPOLY CAPITAL: A CONVERSATION WITH P. SAINATH
Hadia Akhtar Khan
Hadia: P. Sainath is an award-winning writer, journalist and activist. Currently based in Mumbai, he serves as the founder and editor of People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), which is an independent, multimedia, digital platform which showcases the stories of rural people and their impact on Indian politics and more. Hi Sainath!
Read more…THE GHOSTS OF GAZA
Vaishna Roy
They say history repeats itself. But one did not imagine it would come full circle in less than 80 years, when our memories are still leaching shock at the extent of the horror unleashed during the Holocaust when more than six million Jews were exterminated.
Read more…PAKISTAN’S FUTILE BAN ON THE PTM FAILS TO STOP A MAJOR CONSOLIDATION OF THE PASHTUN STRUGGLE
Hurmat Ali Shah
Hazrat Naeem Wazir, better known as Gilaman Wazir, would post his evocative poetry about Pashtun rights on Facebook, where it would be widely shared. He was often seen at gatherings of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), where his sing-song voice was heard advocating for Pashtun rights.
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