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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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Pres Putin: “I wish to express my sincere condolences to all Israelis and citizens of other nations who lost family members in the October 7 attacks. But it is clear to us that innocent people should not be held accountable for crimes committed by others. The fight against terrorism cannot be carried out according…
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BY MARIA POPOVA Many celebrated writers have championed the creative benefits of keeping a diary, but no one has put the diary to more impressive practical use in the creative process than John Steinbeck (February 27, 1902–December 20, 1968). In the spring of 1938, shortly after performing one of the greatest acts of artistic courage — that of…
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Originally published: Red Flag on October 18, 2023 by Luka Kiernan (more by Red Flag) | (Posted Oct 19, 2023) Capitalism, Class, Health, ImperialismAmericas, Global, United StatesNewswire, ReviewChris van Tulleken Review of Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop? By Chris van Tulleken. Cornerstone Press; 384 pages. Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff…
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Bishan Singh Bedi: A connoisseur’s delight, man of uncompromising principles, IPL cynic, proponent of better pay for cricketers Bishan Singh Bedi was known to call a spade a spade; ‘If Muralitharan doesn’t chuck, then show me how to bowl,’ he had once said. Written by Tushar BhaduriUpdated: October 24, 2023 07:21 IST File photo of former…
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