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Review of Indo-Afghanistan Relations
Bilingual Edict of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka at Kandahar written in Greek and Aramaic Review of Indo-Afghanistan Relations Taliban has marched into Kabul, victorious after an interregnum of two decades of US-backed state-building in Afghanistan. What is surprising is the rapidity of the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, perhaps, even more anti-climactic than that…
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“This Could Have Been the Second Khairlanji”
“This Could Have Been the Second Khairlanji” Eknath Narayan Huke (70) and Prayagbai Eknath huke (64) accused by co-villagers of practising black magic Witch-Hunt in the 21st Century On 21st August a family of seven people were attacked by a violent mob of the same village and tied to pillars after being accused of being witches…
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Farewell Dr.Gail Omvedt: Inspiring Scholar-Activist and a Poet’s Beautiful Muse
A Personal Farewell to Dr.Gail Omvedt Inspiring Scholar-Activist and a Poet’s Beautiful Muse Dr. Gail Omvedt, a renowned sociologist and activist who dedicated her life to seeking, describing and forging ‘Begumpura’ died on 25th August 2021, just a couple of weeks after her eightieth birthday and I was surprised at the grief I…
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Mission Vatsalya: Little Succor to Maharashtra’s Covid Widows
Mission Vatsalya Little Succor to Maharashtra’s Covid Widows Kanchan, one of the 20000 Covid widows in Maharashtra p.c. Heramb Kulkarni Maharashtra government’s Women and Child Development Department has initiated a Mission Vatsalya for the widows whose husbands have died of Covid-19 and also for children upto the age of 18 years who have lost…
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What ‘Moves’ the Politician?
What ‘Moves’ the Politician? There is an increasing tendency amongst politicians to either avoid or dismiss citizens’ protest. Whether it is the Prime Minister addressing protesting farmers derogatorily as ‘andolanjeevis’ or the Guardian Minister’s dismissive attitude towards agitating Covid warriors in Chandrapur – it is apparent that our political masters are not ‘moved’ by the…
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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! – Intricate Plot but No Dazzling Deductions
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! – Intricate Plot but No Dazzling Deductions The main problem with Dibakar Banerjee’s 2015 film Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is that in the film Byomkesh practically does not do any detecting at all – he does more leg work than brain work. Detectives like Sherlock, Feluda and Byomkesh are special because they are sharp – their…
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Re-reading Annihilation of Caste in the Context of the Caste Paradox
Re-reading Annihilation of Caste in the Context of the Caste Paradox First Edition of Annihilation of Caste, 1936 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste (AOC) is a seminal text published in 1936 which can be compared to the Communist Manifesto in terms of its philosophical importance. It is an anti-caste manifesto as much as the latter is an anti-class manifesto. It was written…
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Let’s Face It: We are a Society that Hates its Labourers
Let’s Face It: We are a Society that Hates its Labourers MGNREGA labourer, Mul taluka, Chandrapur Twenty years ago there was a word used by the villagers in Chandrapur to describe the months of September and October – haadok. “Haadok suru ahe” – they would say – the haadok is going on. The word haadok came from haade or…
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In the Wake of the Farmers’ Movement: MSP and Beyond (Part –I)
In the Wake of the Farmers’ Movement: MSP and Beyond (Part –I) First lockdown: crops could not reach the market, farmers stood amidst acres of rotting vegetables In 2017 farmer protests in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and other States placed agricultural pricing at the centre of…
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In the Wake of the Farmers’ Movement: MSP and Beyond Concluding Part
In the Wake of the Farmers’ Movement: MSP and Beyond Concluding Part Kalyan’s Bumper Paddy Harvest: Sit on it and Wait for a Good Price! The experiences of farmers in different regions of the country regarding the MSP and the APMC system are very diverse. Even within the same state, farmers growing different crops have…
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