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Mullaperiyar: Dam nuisance
A lifeline for Tamil Nadu is now life-threatening in Kerala. K.A. Shaji explores arguments for and against a new dam K.A. Shaji Published: 30 Aug 2026, 4:05 PM Ever heard of Colonel John Pennycuick? You’ll find a statue of him in faraway Surrey — donated by Tamil Nadu. It was the then M.K. Stalin government…
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Sravasti Dasgupta 4 hours ago While the rhetoric of infiltration has become central to the BJP’s campaign, Santhal Pargana residents who spoke to ‘The Wire’ labelled it election propaganda. The Rajmahal railway station. The BJP in Rajmahal is projecting ‘infiltration’ as the biggest issue this election. Photo: Sravasti Dasgupta Barhait/Rajmahal/Pakur/Dumka, Jharkhand: The muddy waters ran deep,…
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RAMONA WADI – Freelance journalist, political analyst, book reviewer, blogger Full text of my speech on “CHILE BETWEEN CONTINUITY AND RUPTURE” I will start with a quote by Victor Jara – one with several interpretations that sets the scene for a discussion of memory frameworks in Chile departing from la nueva canción Chilena. Brutally tortured…
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RAMONA WADI – Freelance journalist, political analyst, book reviewer, blogger For interviews I have given on Palestine, please see the “Interviews” section on this website. “The Wound Before Winter” – from my art series Impressions of Palestinian Memory in Watercolour, published in the Palestine Chronicle. My art feature, “Impressions of Palestinian Memory in Watercolour”, published in…
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Khaled Adnan’s hunger strike in 2012 was the impetus for Visualising Palestine’s enduring project which depicts Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian experience of living under colonial rule. Unlike the statistics we are used to associating with Palestine, which render Palestinians faceless numbers with no identity, Visualising Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation (Haymarket Books, 2024)…
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Explores the profound questions around what it means to be conscious and how our sense of self is shaped by the brain. Seth, a leading neuroscientist, brings together insights from philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience to explain the mystery of human consciousness. Here are ten key lessons from this compelling work: 1. Consciousness as a Controlled…
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