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Heralding in the Hindu Rashtra … one bit at a time
Heralding in the Hindu Rashtra … one bit at a time Diwali celebration in District Court Chandrapur All those who were deeply concerned that the BJP-RSS would usher in their dream project of Hindu Rashtra by amending the Constitution and replacing the words ‘secular, socialist’ in the Preamble, with the words ‘Hindu Rashtra’ should now understand that…
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Sardar Udham and Jai Bhim – Shades of Righteous Anger
Sardar Udham Singh (Vicky Kaushal) in Jallianwala Bagh This festive season brought two emotionally and ideologically charged films on Amazon Prime, both based on true events – Sardar Udham and Jai Bhim. In the first film Sardar Udham Singh waits twenty one years to assassinate Michael O’Dwyer, the erstwhile Lieutenant Governor of Punjab who had masterminded the Jallianwala…
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विद्यापीठांमध्ये बौद्धिक अवकाशाचे जाणूनबुजून संकुचन
विद्यापीठाच्या अभ्यासक्रमातून लेखक आणि पाठयपुस्तके किंवा त्यातील भाग वगळणे हे अलीकडील कृत्य उघड राजकीय कृत्ये आहे. दिल्ली विद्यापीठाने महाश्वेता देवी, बामा आणि सुकीर्थरिनी यांचे साहित्य आणि कन्नूर विद्यापीठाने एम.एस. गोळवलकर आणि व्ही.डी. सावरकर यांचे साहित्य काढून टाकले आहे. साहजिकच, वर्गात बसून जागतिक परिप्रेक्षाविषयी चर्चा करण्याचे दोन विद्यापीठांमध्ये भिन्न दृष्टिकोन आहेत. पहिल्या वर्गातील विद्यार्थी सशक्त स्त्रीवादी साहित्य वाचण्यापासून…
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Aryan Khan, Health Department Exam Mess and Media
Aryan Khan, Health Department Exam Mess and Media Thank heavens Aryan Khan was granted bail. At least now the media, which has exhausted itself running after Aryan, will pay attention to the plight of the 5 Lakh unemployed youth in the rural areas, who have fallen victim to the exam mess created by Maharashtra’s State…
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जय भीम… चिन्ना मट्टामी प्रकरणातील नायक पारोमिता गोस्वामी
चिन्नाची आई जब्बेबाई, भाऊ पांडू, पारोमितासोबत, नागपूर हायकोर्टाचे बाहेर (२००२) काल जय भीम पाहिला. देशभर चर्चेत असलेल्या या सिनेमातील एक—एक दृक्ष्य माझे स्मृतीपटलावर येत असतानाच, चिन्ना मट्टामीची आठवण येत होती. मी जय भीम पाहतोय कि, चिन्ना मट्टामी प्रकरणात पारोमिता गोस्वामी यांची भूमिका स्मरण करतोय हे कळेनास झालं. चित्रपटातील सुर्या, मला श्रमिक एल्गारच्या लढावू नेत्या पारोमिताच…
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First Posting: Nathu La
2/Lt. P. Goswami with a friendly pup, ankle-deep snow, Nathu La, 1964 In early 1964 Second Lieutenant (2/Lt. to be brief) Prangopal Goswami, a freshly minted subaltern from Officers’ Training School, Pune was posted to Nathu La – the highest mountain pass in the world. It was his first posting and he felt exhilarated, strong…
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दक्षिण छत्तीसगड:एक अनुभव
नारायणपूर येथे जाण्यासाठी दोन मार्ग आहे.एक गडचिरोली – मानपूर – भानूप्रतापपूर – नारायणपूर; दुसरा मार्ग नागपूर -भंडारा-देवरी -राजनांदगाव-अंतागढ -नारायणपूर. पूर्ण चौकशीनंतर आम्ही राजनांदगाव मार्ग निश्चित केला. गडचिरोली मानपूर पावसाळ्यात खूपच खराब झाल्याचे कळले होते.आमच्या टीम मध्ये गोसेखुर्द धरण विस्थापितांसाठी संघर्षरत कार्यकर्ते विलास भोंगाडे, मी,जननी श्रीधर, समीक्षा गणवीर, हिंगणघाटचे पुंडलिक तिजारे,मारेगाव तालुक्यातील सावंगी येथील सरपंच अभिजीत मांडेकर हे होते.आमच्यापैकी…
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In Defense of Salman Khurshid
I was quite shocked at the flippant manner in which the author of ‘Dubious Gyan…’ has treated the sensitive subject of brutal violence fuelled by a section of political Hindutva in the country. The author is right that the political Hindutva has won their decisive majority in the Parliament through democratic elections. This is indeed…
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Countering the ‘Azadi was Bheek’ Propaganda Remembering the Revolutionaries of Chimur
Countering the ‘Azadi was Bheek‘ Propaganda Remembering the Revolutionaries of Chimur The bestowing of a Padmashree, the fourth highest civilian award conferred by the Republic of India, means that the statements issued by Kangana Ranaut can no longer be dismissed as the ravings of a lunatic. In fact it is a matter of concern that her latest averments…
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Gadchiroli (A Poem)
Gadchiroli An ancient tale reverberates Of epic battle, blood and gore A Dharmayuddha that brothers fought Slitting throats for land and throne. Widows wailed amidst pyres lit Who could say which side had won? Men lay dead all around Here a father, there a son. Eons passed, the battle persists The same fury, the same bloodlust…
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