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There is a striking irony in the way Sitaram Yechury is being remembered today.
K A Shaji in Facebook Pinarayi Vijayan and the Kerala CPI(M) leadership speak of Yechury as a towering communist, an exceptional parliamentarian and a great defender of secular India. But when Yechury was alive, the CPI(M) unit in Kerala, by then firmly under Pinarayi Vijayan’s iron grip, was among the strongest forces resisting him. This…
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2 min read 10 Jan 2024, 10:01 PM ISTJoin us Written By Saurav Mukherjee Regarded as a pro-China leader, Muizzu is visiting China amid tensions with India over derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Modi that led to a spate of cancellations of reservations by Indian tourists. Amid a diplomatic row with India over derogatory remarks by his…
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M.K. Bhadrakumar | 10 Jan 2024 The Arab psyche is convinced that an enduring final settlement of the Palestine problem cannot be postponed indefinitely. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in AlUla, January 8, 2023 The expectation raised by the United States in allowing a UN Security Council…
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02/01/2024 NIVEDITA MENON 15 COMMENTS Guest post by VIVEK KUMAR (Translated by Nivedita Menon from a widely circulating post earlier attributed to Saroj Mishra, on social media, originally in Hindi. UPDATE: We have since heard from the author himself. This post was written in 2010 by VIVEK KUMAR (Vivek Asri) and so we have made the necessary…
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If prices are rising, it is by design. A blatant attempt is being made to transfer your money to a chosen few. As a consequence of poor economy, tax collection is poor and leaves a huge gap between income and expenses of the government. It has to resort to borrowing to fill the gap. Out…
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JANUARY 11, 2024 Liu Hongjie (China), Skyline, 2021. Dear friends, Greetings from Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Late last year, a colleague sent me a letter decrying some of my writings about China, notably the last newsletter of 2023. This newsletter is my response to him. ** The situation in China is the cause of a great deal of…
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