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Judgment at Nuremberg (Film Review)
Judgment at Nuremberg Why did Judges Capitulate to Hitler? Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) written by Abby Mann and directed by Stanley Kramer is a black and white movie that communicates the truth in black and white. The film shows the trial of four Nazi Judges and one Nazi prosecutor and the predicament of Judge…
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The Unbearable Ugliness of West Bengal Politics
The Unbearable Ugliness of West Bengal Politics Sandeshkhali – the name has become synonymous with the chilling story of political goondas belonging to TMC, allegedly arm-twisting local people for land-grabbing and raping women in the name of party politics. It fills us with resentment to hear women narrate how the goondas called them at midnight…
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‘My Pursuit for No Caste, No Religion’
‘MY PURSUIT FOR NO CASTE, NO RELIGION’ Being born to a Baniya Hindu family, It was both a privilege as well as a disability for me. From the cradle itself, this society has taught me about the superiority of my Caste as well as my Religion, which was forced upon me owing to my birth…
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Caste Census – Challenges of Controlling the Long Term Spin
Caste Census – Challenges of Controlling the Long-Term Spin Bihar is the first state to complete the caste census and bring out the results showing that OBCs and EBCs comprise more than 60% of the population while Scheduled Castes comprise about 20% of the population, Scheduled Tribes less than 2% of the population and…
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Dhammachakra Anupravartan Din – The Unique Utsav
Dhammachakra Anupravartan Din – The Unique Utsav It is well-known that Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar converted with hundreds of thousands of his followers to Buddhism on 14 October 1956 at Nagpur. The day after that Babasaheb travelled to Chandrapur, and here too his followers converted to Buddhism on 16th October 1956. Every year, masses of Dr.…
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Bangladeshi Students Protest : A Conversation
Bangladeshi Students Protest : A Conversation I had a long conversation with my friend, (I have purposely not named him), who teaches in a private university in Dhaka. We talked about the on-going Bangladeshi students’ protest has taken a bloody turn leaving several students dead. His voice was grim on the other side –…
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The Fall of Sheikh Hasina and the Rise of ….?
The Fall of Sheikh Hasina and the Rise of ….? Sheikh Hasina has fallen, the question is who will rise in her place? When the quota movement began, I spoke to my Bangladeshi friends and wrote in support of the Bangladeshi students’ struggle against unjust quota system. The crackdown by the Sheikh Hasina government…
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Acquisitions & Mergers : Fadnavis Style
Acquisitions and Mergers: Fadnavis Style In the process of shaking the core of Maharashtrian politics, Devendra Fadnavis has started to re-write the rules of political engagement in the state. Let us take the most recent example – it is obvious that the two Thackeray brothers are circling each other, assessing the pros and cons of…
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Caste Mobilisation in Chandrapur District Bar Association Elections
Why Caste Mobilisation Matters in Chandrapur District Bar Association Elections Modern Elections, Old Inequalities: Caste as Strategy in the Chandrapur District Bar Association (CDBA) Elections Elections are a divisive time for the voters in general. We consider elections as a mechanism through which the electorate exercises its voting rights to elect their representatives. This is…
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सुधीर भाऊंच्या स्मार्ट सिटी स्वप्नाची माती होणार??
Vidarbha Gazette September 21, 2022 सुधीर भाऊंच्या स्मार्ट सिटी स्वप्नाची माती होणार?? * मूल येथे प्रस्तावित रेल्वे मालधक्का प्रकल्पास तीव्र विरोध * सर्व पक्ष आणि सामाजिक संघटना एकवटले मागील काही वर्षात वेगाने विकसीत होत असलेले, आणि स्मार्ट शहराचा लूक आलेले, भांऊच्या, म्हणजे राज्यांचे सांस्कृतीक कार्य व वने मंत्री सुधीरभाऊ मुनगंटीवार यांचे मूल शहराच्या स्मार्ट सिटीचे…
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