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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

POLITICS
- POLITICS
  
  Sachin Pilot No Longer Deputy CM of Rajasthan as Power Tussle Intensifies
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 14/07/2020 0
  
  CM Ashok Gehlot led Congress government has been made vulnerable after Sachin Pilot’s revolt and the dwindling numbers may aggravate the crisis in Rajasthan’s politics.
  
  NEWS
  
  With prizes, food, housing and cash, Putin rigged Russia’s most recent vote
  
  Regina Smyth - 13/07/2020 0
  
  When Russians voted in early July on 200 constitutional amendments, officials rigged the election to create the illusion that President Vladimir Putin remains a...
  
  POLITICS
  
  Rajasthan in Crisis as Sachin Pilot & Over a Dozen Congress MLAs in Talks With BJP
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 12/07/2020 0
  
  Deputy chief minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot is said to be in touch with the BJP according to recent media reports that suggest possibility of government topple in the state
  
  COMMENTARY
  
  Nagaland is More Than Dog Meat, Does Mainstream India Care to Know?
  
  Tulip Longchar - 11/07/2020 0
  
  The Nagaland government has put a ban on the import and sale of dog meat which has been a delicacy in the region, infuriating the Naga community and deepening its tensions with mainstream India.
  
  COMMENTARY
  
  COVID-19 Has Paved Way for a Heightened Threat of Reverse Migration
  
  Faiza Sherwani - 11/07/2020 0
  
  With towns and cities drying up of employment amid the pandemic, reverse migration has made its arrival clear before authorities.
OPINION
- All EDITORIAL LETTERS
  
  OPINION
  
  Problematising the Evaluation System, the Absurdity of Conducting Exams Amid the Pandemic
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 13/07/2020 0
  
  With the government keen on conducting final year examinations for final year students even amid the pandemic, lets rethink evaluation.
  
  OPINION
  
  Maid, Domestic Helper, Servant or Worker: Terminology That Cannot Obfuscate Structural Exploitation
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 08/07/2020 0
  
  No matter what terminology we choose, the exploitation and inherent hierarchy that separates mental and physical domains of work gets highlighted in the way we treat those who aid us in domestic chores.
  
  OPINION
  
  Making Sense of the Pandemic & the Ushering in of a New World Order
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 05/07/2020 0
  
  Instead of the imagining, hoping and creating the post-COVID times in the language of ‘normal’ past, there is a need to affirm the crisis so that the space for new possibilities can be explored.
  
  OPINION
  
  Reservations in Promotions – Not a Fundamental Right?
  
  Ruchira Das & Chetan Anand - 04/07/2020 0
  
  The commentary is a response to the recent Supreme Court judgement on reservation in promotions that challenges the position of reservation in the Constitution making it no longer a right to social justice but a completely discretionary power of the State to grant it.
CULTURE
- CULTURE
  
  Ancient History & Lessons in Compassion for the Pandemic
  
  Malavika Binny - 12/07/2020 0
  
  The following article looks at history to search for answers to some of the most pressing questions that the whole of humankind is faced with amid the pandemic.
  
  CINEMA
  
  Bulbbul: From Toe Rings to Iron Rods, India’s Obsession With ‘Controlling’ its Women
  
  Sriti Ganguly - 10/07/2020 0
  
  Bulbbul is a film that takes us on a journey that is at once mythical and supernatural, historic and scary.
  
  ARTS
  
  Is the Trending ‘Cancel Culture’ Here to Stay?
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 10/07/2020 0
  
  Cancel culture is the popular practice of withdrawing support for or canceling out public personalities and companies on social media if they say or engage in something considered objectionable or offensive.
  
  ARTS
  
  Shillings, gods and runes: clues in language suggest a Semitic superpower in ancient northern Europe
  
  Robert Mailhammer - 08/07/2020 0
  
  Remember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important items and concepts are...
  
  ARTS
  
  Music, Poetry and Art Sound Like “Hope” as the Pandemic Pushes Us into Isolated and Lonely Existences
  
  Jeuty Thakur - 06/07/2020 0
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has locked us up in isolated and lonely existences, art alone can enable us to redefine and find meaning in life and deal with the changed reality around.
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EDUCATION
- EDUCATION
  
  Parenting at the time of a Pandemic/When Parents Grow Up With Their Children, That’s When Good Parenting Takes Place
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 13/07/2020 0
  
  The boredom of being confined indoors, an overpowering worry for the wellbeing of the family and a toppled work schedule may seem harrowing, but empathy and understanding are keys to great parenting.
  
  EDUCATION
  
  Parenting at the time of a Pandemic/ The Joy of Doing Nothing
  
  Uttara Bhansali - 11/07/2020 2
  
  In this series on parenting at the time of a pandemic, here is yet another reflection that makes us see a mother's deep communion with her child. We also see the world through the child's eyes...
  
  EDUCATION
  
  Interview | “For me, coming to Rishi Valley is a very natural transition”, says Professor Meenakshi Thapan
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 10/07/2020 0
  
  Meenakshi Thapan was Professor of Sociology at Delhi School of Economics. And her book Life at School:An Ethnographic Study has enriched the domain of sociology of education in India, and inspired young students and researchers to take active interest in the dynamics of educational institutions, knowledge and curriculum. In a conversation with Professor Avijit Pathak, she has narrated her academic journey, her meeting with Jiddu Krishnamurti, her engaged communion with the spirit of Krishnamurti's educational philosophy, and her decision to devote herself to Rishi Valley school after her retirement from Delhi University
  
  EDUCATION
  
  Parenting at the time of a pandemic/ Don’t Romanticize Parenthood
  
  Priya Naik - 08/07/2020 1
  
  In this series on parenting at the time of a pandemic, Priya Naik narrates her engagement with her two children, and reflects--with a critical insight- on the meaning of being a mother at a time when the discourse of 'new-age parenting' is filled with an 'egoistic celebration of children'.
  
  EDUCATION
  
  Parenting at the time of a pandemic/ A Journey Inwards
  
  Roopa Rathnam - 06/07/2020 0
  
  In this series on 'parenting at the time of a pandemic', a mother recalls her moments with her daughter, and reflects on the process of rediscovering the world together: from online learning to the treasure within.
SPOTLIGHT
- SOCIETY
  
  Altering Forms of Social Exclusion & Marginality Amid the Pandemic
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 13/07/2020 0
  
  In an unequal society like ours, has the pandemic intensified the exiting societal cleavages?
  
  COMMENTARY
  
  COVID-19 Has Paved Way for a Heightened Threat of Reverse Migration
  
  Faiza Sherwani - 11/07/2020 0
  
  With towns and cities drying up of employment amid the pandemic, reverse migration has made its arrival clear before authorities.
  
  HEALTH
  
  Children of Migrant Workers Deprived of Nutrition & Vaccines as Anganwadis Remain Dysfunctional
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 10/07/2020 0
  
  Children from vulnerable families across India are being deprived of nutritious food and vaccines as anganwadis remain shut and the health system finds itself over-burdened and fragile.
  
  FOOD
  
  “No One Should Die of Starvation When the Godowns are Overflowing” Say Right to Food Activists
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 09/07/2020 0
  
  The PDS system often leaves out the undocumented poor but the universalisation of the scheme could prevent starvation deaths in times of the pandemic.
  
  SCIENCE
  
  Footprints on the Moon and cemeteries on Mars: interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman
  
  Alice Gorman - 04/07/2020 0
ECONOMY
- ECONOMY
  
  Generating Large Scale Eco-Employment: The Need for Regeneration and Global Effort
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 11/07/2020 0
  
  Poor and developing countries can tackle unemployment by a steady and sustained expenditure towards generating eco-employment opportunities.
  
  IN-DEPTH
  
  Lack of Documents and Registration Deprive India’s Migrant Class of State Offered Benefits & Welfare Schemes
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 06/07/2020 0
  
  India’s migrant workers are integral to its economy, but indivisible in its policies and schemes. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the loopholes that cripple the system and deprive its workers.
  
  ECONOMY
  
  For Uttar Pradesh’s Poverty Stricken Migrant Workers, “Coronavirus is Better Than Hunger”
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 29/06/2020 0
  
  Hundreds of Uttar Pradesh's 30 lakh-migrant workers who returned back during the lockdown are going back to cities like Mumbai for employment even though it puts their lives at risk.
  
  ECONOMY
  
  ‘Reverse Quarantine’ Deprives Over Four Lakh Elderly MGNREGA Workers in Kerala
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 12/06/2020 0
  
  Kerala has put its senior citizens under reverse quarantine, this will deprive over four lakh elderly MGNREGA workers of employment.
  
  ECONOMY
  
  Women in the Informal Sector Worst Hit by Lockdown, Suggests ISST Study
  
  Danielle McCarthy - 27/05/2020 0
  
  Women working in the informal sector are faced with unprecedented hardships amid the lockdown that only highlight and underline a highly gendered cultural ethos based on discriminatory practices.
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Home cooking means healthier eating – there’s an opportunity to change food habits for...

Danielle McCarthy - 28/04/2020 0

Food isn’t just about nutrients for humans. Food brings joy through its tastes and flavours. Food connects us to those around us, to nature and our own unique cultures and experiences.

Radhika Govindrajan’s Animal Intimacies: a Tale of Difference and Ineffable Affinity

THE NEW LEAM - 02/04/2019 0

Book Review /Animal Intimacies: Beastly Love in the Himalayas unravels the complex layers of modernity, superstition, faith and tradition in the villages of central Himalayas.

Food democracy: why eating is unavoidably political

The Conversation - 15/12/2018 0

FOOD Corporate control of the global seed sector is one symptom of an undemocratic food system that favours transnational agribusinesses.

Samskar: A journey of self-exploration

THE NEW LEAM - 03/05/2018 0

FROM THE BOOKSHELF Samskara is a book that opens the critical eye of the reader for brahminical oppression and puts forward a perspective of seeing the world that Is modern and skeptical. Mohammad Zafar

Can Droughts be averted?

Ramanujam Meganathaan - 09/03/2018 1

Growing water crisis and mismanagement of water resources is certainly a concern that neither the nation-state nor the local communities can ignore, the book throws light into the complexities and debates involved. Dr. Ramanujam Meganathan

Mr. Modi, Children are not Warriors

Avijit Pathak - 09/02/2018 1

FROM THE BOOKSHELF In this brief review essay, Professor Avijit Pathak has reflected on Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi's new book Exam Warriors (Penguin Books), and with absolute humility advised him to rethink what he has written in this well packaged product.

Revisiting Silent Spring

THE NEW LEAM - 20/12/2017 0

FROM THE BOOKSHELF Excessive use of chemicals and insecticides in agriculture not only degrade land and water resources but adversely impact human health too. With inadequate attention being paid to alternatives in agriculture a book like Silent Spring continues to have its relevance even after many years of its publication. Mohammad Zafar

Anonymity Runs in Women’s Blood

THE NEW LEAM - 16/12/2017 0

EXCERPT Virginia Wolf’s A Room of One’s Own (1929) is a classic feminist essay. We are reproducing a small segment of this iconic text. It makes us see and feel how difficult it was (or is) for a woman to find her space and unfold her creativity.

A Plea Against the Ruthlessness of Developement

Editorial Staff - 25/09/2017 0

Humanity and nature must work in coordination to make sustainable living a possibility. With our tendency of excessive exploitation of nature and a desire for reckless growth we are bound to cause immense destruction to nature and subsequently to our own civilization. An alternative discourse is that of ecofeminism: a voice against the hegemony of aggressive developemntalism and a plea for sustainable futures. Here is an engaging excerpt from the book ‘Soil Not Oil’ by Vandana Shiva.

The wonder of science

THE NEW LEAM - 14/08/2017 0

Even in the age of Internet one should not be deprived of touching a book, feeling its reality, reading it, and sharing it. And...

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