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Why is Chandrapur Wary of Vedanta?
Why is Chandrapur Wary of Vedanta Copper Mines? The Social Cost of Mineral Wealth Recently Vedanta company has procured two mining leases for the extraction of copper in Chandrapur district. According to the Directorate of Geology and Mining, Vidarbha region produces 75% of the total minerals in Maharashtra and Chandrapur district alone produces around…
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Congress Needs to Coordinate with Civil Society at Grassroots, not Just the Top
Congress Needs to Coordinate with Civil Society at Grassroots, not Just the Top Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, the two pillars of the India Against Corruption Movement (IAC) walked alongside Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Jodo Yatra and one could not but wonder at the irony of the situation. The IAC was singularly responsible…
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Tomb of Sand: Love that Defies Definitions and Boundaries
Tomb of Sand: Love that Defies Definitions and Boundaries This review is late because I wanted to read the Tomb of Sand before writing about it, and reading Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell took me quite some time. The delay is not because the book is a fat…
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Parmila Singh, the Benarasi Banglewali in Charminar
Parmila Singh, the Benarasi Banglewali in Charminar We were recently at Hyderabad’s iconic Charminar, thrilled to be at the timeless market which caters to everything a woman’s heart desires – from sequined sarees to strings of pearls to embroidered purses to glittering toe-rings and colourful dupattas and of course the beautiful Hyderabadi bangles. A…
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Two Political Poems by Prabhu Rajgadkar
Shaharateel Dukre (Swines of the City) and Bokyanchi Sabha (The Meeting of Tomcats) are two recent political poems of Prabhu Rajgadkar. Both poems use animal imagery to directly comment on contemporary politics and the situation of the common people. In Shahrateel Dukre the poet narrates his meeting with a group of swines who roam city…
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Vidarbha – the Punyabhoomi of Progressive Civil Society Movements
Vidarbha – the Punyabhoomi of Progressive Civil Society Movements On 14 November I was at Sewagram for a meeting of civil society leaders from across Maharashtra. Before the meeting started I visited Bapu Kuti where there was a large group. From the dress of the men – Khadi kurtas and saffron caps, I immediately recognized…
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वंदनीय राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी महाराज: गावाची नी मानवाच्या विचारांची केली स्वच्छता
वंदनीय राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी महाराज गावाची नी मानवाच्या विचारांची केली स्वच्छता नतमस्तक त्या महामानवास रचिली ज्यांनी “ग्रामगिता”. तुकडोजी महाराजांचे पूर्ण नाव माणिक बंडोजी इंगळे. आई चे नाव मंजुळादेवी. त्यांचा जन्म 30 एप्रिल 1909 रोजीअमरावती जिल्ह्यातील यावली या छोट्याश्या गावी झाला. त्यांचे आजोळ वरखेड. त्यांना बालपणापासून ध्यानधारना आणि कीर्तन यात आवड होती. त्यात ते रममाण होत असत.अंधश्रद्धा…
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Why are Adivasis Resisting Kanhalgaon Sanctuary + EcoSensitive Zone?
Why are Adivasis Resisting Kanhalgaon Sanctuary + EcoSensitive Zone? Sanctuarising Adivasi Communities There is no doubt that conservation of wildlife and environment are of prime importance, but conservation has to be balanced with the right to life and livelihood of local people especially Adivasis who worship nature and depend on the forests for their very…
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What are the Implications of BJP’s current Stand on Separate Vidarbha?
What are the Implications of BJP’s current Stand on Separate Vidarbha? There is one old viral video that crops up on the social media feed every now and then, which shows Devendra Fadnavis the Deputy Chief Minister and Sudhir Mungantiwar the Minister for Culture, Forests and Fisheries making powerful speeches demanding Separate Vidarbha State.…
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Formation (Erasure Poetry)
Formation (Acknowledgement: This poem written in the genre of ‘Erasure Poetry’ has used the book ‘Indian Pottery’ (2004) by S.K. Mirmira as the Matrix Text.) I Earth went on cooling Cooled and solidified into solid substance called “rock” Huge pits accumulated with water Sea and ocean Massive, molten Granite, Basalt, Quartz Primitive sediments Sandstone, lime-stone,…
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