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Maria Popova: The Secret Behind 20 Years of Daily Writing
The writer behind the legendary blog “The Marginalian” David Perell May 13, 2026 vMaria Popova is famous for her personal blog, The Marginalian, where she’s published more than six million words. All the nights I’ve spent reading her writing were like an entry point into intellectual curiosity. She’s introduced me to more writers and ideas than just…
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The Koregaon ‘Dalit Victory’ That Wasn’t ARAVINDAN NEELAKANDANTuesday, January 2, 2024 4:40 pm IST Bhima Koregaon Victory Pillar (Knitin777/Wikimedia Commons)The projection of the Koregaon event of 1818 as a Dalit victory is not an alternative reading of history.It is instead a rehashing of colonial propaganda that is not based on facts. The so-called ‘new’ Dalit…
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N D JAYAPRAKASH·DECEMBER 23, 2023 While the pursuit of justice for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims has been a harrowing experience, the positive signs that emanate now and then restore hope that justice will be rendered at some point in time, writes N.D. Jayaprakash. — Prologue Through an unprecedented Order dated November 28, 2023, the High Court…
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What is happening in Gaza is more than a spur-of-the-moment decision; it is part and parcel of the Zionist project. Thomas Fazi Jan 3 ∙ Preview Ethnic cleansing — the forced or “pressured” removal of an ethnic, racial or religious group from any given area with the intent of making the latter ethnically homogeneous —…
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Ramachandra Guha: From a Kerala port, a citizens’ report provides proof of ‘destructive development’
A study by group of scholars comprehensively shows how the Vizhinjam seaport will bring more harm than benefit. Ramachandra Guha Dec 31, 2023 · 07:30 am Of all the Indian states I know, Kerala has the most active civil society organisations that flourish independently of governments and political parties. These groups work in many spheres,…
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How did Marxism become Marxism? PETER E. GORDONSHARE This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue. In the years leading up to the outbreak of the 1905 revolution in Russia, Eduard Bernstein—the spirited German advocate of socialist revisionism—warned his Marxist colleagues about the dangers of an “almost mythical faith in the nameless masses.”…
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