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  • Farmer hounded by loan sharks to sell kidney

    A Facebook community and a WhatsApp group set Roshan Kule on the road from Chandrapur to Cambodia, via Kolkata. PARI investigates. The Minthur series: Part II – Organ Trafficking Author Jaideep Hardikar Editor Harshita Kalyan Photo Editor Binaifer BharuchaSee all credits On his modest smartphone, Roshan Sadashiv Kule opens his Facebook account and scrolls through…

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  • In Defense of the Work Ethic

    BYPAUL CRIDER Conservatives have often embraced the work ethic in order to attack the poor and unemployed. In her latest book, the philosopher Elizabeth Anderson argues for reclaiming the concept, explaining that its origins lie in a radical critique of the idle rich. Review of Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers and How…

  • The debate over the ‘caste question’: How minorities’ reservations were decided by the Constituent Assembly

    In the drafting of the Indian Constitution, minority rights, particularly for Scheduled Castes and Tribes, sparked significant debates. The Constitution eventually granted reservations for Scheduled Castes and Tribes, but not for religious minorities, influenced by concerns about separatism and the changing post-Partition conditions. Written by Srijana SiriNew Delhi | Updated: February 7, 2024 20:35 IST The…

  • Songs based on Vallalar’s poetry released

    Vallalar was a secular saint and tried to secularise Saivite philosophy. He challenged the Dharma Sastras, says ACJ Chairman Sashi Kumar January 31, 2024 12:16 am | Updated 08:44 am IST – CHENNAI THE HINDU BUREAU ACJ Chairman Sashi Kumar launching the Anbenum Peruveli website at the event held on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU A…

  • Until Tomorrow, Comrades: An Antifascist Novel in Brilliant English Translation

    by Jacques LaPere (Dec 01, 2023) Topics: Fascism  Marxism  Movements  Revolutions Places: Europe  Portugal Jacques LaPere is a retired professor, literary critic, and translator. He currently resides in northern California. Manuel Tiago (Álvaro Cunhal), Until Tomorrow, Comrades, trans. Eric A. Gordon (New York: International Publishers, 2023), 432 pages, $21.99, paperback. If ever there were a more urgent moment to read a novel due to the…

  • 30 Key Moments In Black Music History

    POSTED ON TUESDAY, FEB 6, 2024 7:22AM BY AZRA RAZA From Ticketmaster DISCOVER:

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