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Claustropolis: 1984
“Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…
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EMILY WILSON Dec 31, 2024 A few guiding principles of my translation practice: 1. If the original uses a traditional poetic verse form (or several such forms), the translation should find a way to honor and echo this feature – for instance by using a traditional meter in the translation. Something important is lost if…
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By James Doughney Published 5 January, 2025 LINKS – International Journal of Socialist Renewal is a journal for a post-Cold War left. It is a journal that rejects the Stalinist distortion of the socialist project; takes into account ecological questions; is committed to taking steps to bring together the forces for socialism in the world today; a…
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Filed: Disability Forthcoming Books Health Marxism Mental Health Social Security Welfare state By David Matthews, author of The Class Struggle and Welfare: Social Policy under Capitalism “To use Marxist terminology we need to see the ‘welfare state’ as a dialectical formula, one that arises from class struggle as inherently part of the state itself, which arrives through a conflict between labor and capital.” So…
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Published on:08 Jan 2025, 12:22 amSudipto Mondal features Gauley Bhai in this What’s Your Ism? special. Their journey from Kalimpong to Bengaluru isn’t just about music—it’s about survival, resistance, and reclaiming identity. Their sound is a weapon, their songs a protest, and their stage a place of hope. Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Join…
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Qurban Ali 5 hours ago 5 min read During the Janata Party’s rule, communal riots took place in Aligarh and Jamshedpur. Limaye, despite being the general secretary of the ruling party, strongly condemned its members for their involvement in these riots. Madhu Limaye (second from left) with Ramdhari Singh, Mani Ram Bagri, Ram Manohar Lohia,…
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