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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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Trump’s America First policy echoes the ambivalence that emerged after the Second World War among many American policymakers towards the defence of Europe.United States Marine Corps soldiers roll up the American flag. Credit: Michele Ursi / Alamy Stock Photo ‘The prime obligation of the defence of Western Continental Europe rests upon the nations of Europe,’…
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“A quarter-century since the demise of the USSR … the marks of the October Revolution remain … The Revolution proved that the working class and the peasantry could not only overthrow an autocratic government but that it could form its own government, in its image. It proved decisively that the working class and the peasantry…
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Vijay Prashad 03 November 2024Culture The road to Aracataca in northern Colombia runs alongside the Caribbean Sea, and if you travel there in the spring or the autumn, your car will be followed by thousands of yellow butterflies. These phoebis philea flutter along Route 45: a motorway lined with red flowers which leads to the birthplace of…
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How an obsessive hatred of immigrants and people of color and deep-seated fears about the empowerment of women led to the Klan’s rule in Indiana. By Annette Gordon-Reed November 9, 2024 Illustration by Ben Wiseman This article is part of a series of reflections responding to the 2024 election. Read more » It is common, when…
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Published by Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT), New Delhi Shubham Sharma·October 2, 2024 Does a ‘reconsideration’ of Gandhi confirm the considerations or bring out new perspectives? Shubham Sharma reviews Gandhi Reconsidered. — “I disbelieve history so far as details of acts of heroes are concerned. I accept broad facts from history and draw my own lessons…
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