Monthly Archives: November 2018
It is Sinful to Kill a Mockingbird
EXCERPT
To Kill a Mockingbird is a richly textured text that is sure to influence readers for more than a hundred years to come. The classic won the author Harper Lee the Pulitzer Prize in 1960.
Killing of Tigers in the Name of Safety
REPORTAGE
The tigress Avni was recently killed and her two cubs are seen to be roaming about lonely in the forests of Maharashtra while two others cubs have been crushed by a train in Chandrapur.
MeToo Allegations Against AIR Employees
NEWS
Last week the AICACU wrote a letter to Maneka Gandhi to probe into the matter of negligence that women who filed complaints of sexual assault against the permanent employees of All India Radio faced and requested her to hold a through probe.
Politics of Statues, Name-Change and Nationalist Symbols
POLITICS
The singing of the national anthem in cinema halls has been now accompanied by the proposed installation of 100-ft tall tricolours in the 75 busiest railway stations across India.
Shahidul-Alam’s Arrest: Critical Crisis in Bangladesh’s Democracy
SPOTLIGHT
Bangladesh’s well-known photojournalist was arrested in the wake of mass public movements in Bangladesh against unsafe roads. His camera captured the momentum of the streets and captured public discontentment.
CBI Invokes UAPA against Accused in Narendra Achyut Dabholkar Murder
REPORTAGE
Narendra Achyut Dabholkar was an Indian social activist and rationalist who was murdered in 2013 for consistently working against superstition and black magic in Maharashtra.
At Rishikesh: A Cup of Coffee with Thich Nhat Hanh and Jiddu Krishnamurti
SPECIAL ESSAY
In this rhythmic piece the author has reflected on his engagement with the two gifted spiritual masters of our times.
Kerala Emphasises Education at the Core of Development
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
At a time when states such as Uttar Pradesh are busy renaming districts in the name of religious affinity, the state of Kerala has walked on an altogether new model of development by introducing its citizens to education through the State Literacy Mission.
Capitalism is killing the world’s wildlife populations, not ‘humanity’
ENVIRONMENT
Capitalism – particularly in its neoliberal form – is an ideology founded on a principle of endless economic growth driven by consumption, a proposition that is simply impossible.
Somalia Bomb Blast: 53 Killed and more than 106 injured
AROUND THE WORLD
The death toll in Somalia has risen to more than fifty while more than hundred civilians remain injured after extremists detonate bombs near a bust hotel in Mogadishu.