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3 days ago

Behind the attempt to de-spiritualise Ambedkar now

Amit Shah's statement in the parliament on Dr BR Ambedkar, God and Heaven on December 18, 2024 is neither spontaneous nor a slip of tongue. Now Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge have taken a strong position on Ambedkar's Constitution vs Manu Dharma Shastra, caste census and the removal of the 50 percent cap on reservation. His spiritual reference to Ambedkar, …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

Terms of Trade: Will the 21st century have a Keynes and Kalecki?

Hindustan Times

This is the last edition of Terms of Trade for 2024. Thompson’s killing seems like a pre-meditated act to seek retribution for the company’s – United Healthcare is one of the largest health insurance companies in the US – practices of denying health insurance claims, which are bound to have inflicted significant economic misery on customers at a time of …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Swarna Andhra Vision 2047 aims development beyond caste and religion: PK

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan has said the Swarna Andhra Vision 2047 document has been meticulously crafted, taking into account the recommendations of numerous intellectuals. Through Vision 2047, the state aims to achieve development beyond considerations of caste and religion, he said while participating in the 'Amara Jeevi Potti Sriramulu Atmarpana Dinotsavam at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram here. Sriramulu was …

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1 week, 1 day ago

How complicated is brain surgery actually?

Live Mint

Neurosurgeons are typically portrayed in one of two ways in popular culture. “Gray Matters", an engrossing new book, goes on a tour through different types of brain surgery, from seemingly crude emergency treatments for traumatic injuries to high-precision surgeries to implant electrodes that provide relief from obsessive compulsive disorder. Most of the book documents the history and practicalities of brain …

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1 week, 1 day ago

How ‘India’s New Right’ is the result of individual endeavours, not societal or governmental – Firstpost

Firstpost

What separates the new Right from the old is that while the previous generation largely operated within the parameters defined by their intellectual adversaries, the current ones are redefining and rewriting their own path. Abhijit Majumder’s book, India’s New Right: Powering the Current Wave of Nationalism and Civilisational Revival, further exposes the ludicrousness of the notions—Left and Right. So, we …

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2 weeks ago

Telangana Talli Reflects Our Culture, Ethos: CM

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday hailed the decision of the Congress government to install a statue of Telangana Talli at the Secretariat, describing the likeness of the statue and depiction as a reflection of the emotions, aspirations of the people of Telangana, and their culture. Revanth Reddy, in a statement in the Legislative Assembly on the first …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

One Nation One Election bill likely in this Parliament session: Sources

India Today

The government is gearing up to introduce the 'One Country, One Election' Bill, potentially in the ongoing session of Parliament or the next, sources said. The bill, aimed at synchronising elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, has received cabinet approval based on the recommendations of the former President Ram Nath Kovind-led committee, signalling the government's commitment to advancing …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Telangana Government to Unveil Telangana Talli Today

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy would unveil the Telangana Talli statue at the Secretariat on Monday. The 20-foot height statue, Telangana Talli, resembles an ordinary woman of Telangana. The beneath of the statue, it was also designed with fisting hands indicating the Telangana struggle and unity of the people. The statue was designed by the Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Common man has the power to change T.N.’s politics, says Annamalai

The Hindu

The common man has the power to change Tamil Nadu’s politics, said K. Annamalai, Tamil Nadu president of Bharatiya Janata Party, in Coimbatore on Sunday. Speaking at the valediction of A3, a two-day conclave, organised by Voice of Covai, he said that in the last three months, a successful actor had entered politics and a “failed actor had become the …

Politics Tamil Nadu Common Man

1 month ago

Donald Trump and the intellectuals: How do we navigate the darkness ahead?

Salon

More than a half-century ago, Noam Chomsky’s seminal essay, "The Responsibility of Intellectuals," appeared in a Feb. 23, 1967, special issue of The New York Review of Books. They will uncritically embrace and revivify the assertions expressed in the 2017 National Security Strategy and 2018 National Defense Strategy documents, which can be summarized this way: We face a world characterized …

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1 month ago

OFMK Kids Shine at Virtual Book Fair India 2024

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Children from Ordnance Factory Medak AVNL Estate left an indelible mark on an international audience during the closing ceremony of the Virtual Book Fair India 2024. Representing India’s classical arts, Bharatanatyam students Kumari G. Likhita Gayatri and Kumari S. Srija delivered stunning performances that were recorded and broadcast globally under the banner of Vissa Nilayam, a voluntary organisation founded …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

CM Hemant Soren retorts, says no need to answer every BJP query

New Indian Express

“These people are intellectuals and think that those who are poor and not so educated would believe what they are saying,” said Soren. “I do not make forecasts, you might have better insight,” he said, emphasizing his preference to stay focused on governance rather than speculative statements. When asked about a BJP slogan, “If they are divided, they will be …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

He may be capable of random cruelty and stupidity, but Trump is no Nazi dictator

The Independent

The election of Donald Trump was, despite everything, a sign of the health of the American democratic process. When I wrote my book The Next Civil War, trying to reckon with the perils facing the American Republic, I studied and met with all manner of far-right groups in the United States. Many are worried about the powers behind Donald Trump …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Punjab: Sikh scholars bat for political, religious punishment to Sukhbir

Hindustan Times

A majority of Sikh scholars and intellectuals on Wednesday suggested both political and religious punishment for Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was declared tankhaiya, in an indication of a decision involving his leadership. Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh had called a meeting with the Sikh scholars, intellectuals and veteran journalists to take their opinion on punishment to …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Activists Demand Review of Musi Riverfront Development Project

The Hindu

Civil society activists and intellectuals from across the country have called for a review of the Musi Riverfront Development Project, urging a comprehensive assessment of its impact on the environment, people's rights, and the overall socio-economic well-being of the community. The petition demands a detailed project report, legal compliances, and public consultations before any further progress is made.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump news: His real Republican predecessor died 100 years ago. We should learn from him.

Slate

The story of Georgia’s political firebrand Tom Watson will never be a defining national myth. Watson was the most charismatic leader of the late-19th-century political thunderclap that came to be known as American populism, and his story resonates with the full promise and peril of the American project—he can be understood without exaggeration as the heroic scion of the Boston …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

China Daily

2024 No.3, by Shen Xiaotong "Shen Xiaotong's artistic career has traversed the 40-year evolution of China's contemporary art scene," said Xing Yu, curator of the artist's Beijing solo. Quoting the Freudian theory of psychoanalysis, Xing highlighted that the artist's latest creation had departed from his early conceptual paintings rooted in the id, to the literati-style painting driven by the super-ego. …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dialogue with Confucius: Mutual Learning Among Civilizations

China Daily

CULTURAL FESTIVAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO INFLUENCE OF CONFUCIUS The 2024 China International Confucius Cultural Festival is kicking off on Friday in Qufu, a county-level city in Jining, East China's Shandong province. With the theme of "Dialogue with Confucius, Mutual Learning Among Civilizations", this year's event is mainly hosted by the Shandong provincial government, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Cultural festival plays tribute to influence of Confucius

China Daily

The 2024 China International Confucius Cultural Festival is kicking off on Friday in Qufu, a county-level city in Jining, East China's Shandong province. Key platform Over the past few years, the global online memorial has become an important opportunity and platform for people to learn about Confucius and traditional Chinese culture, organizers said. To promote traditional culture overseas, this year's …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76

The Independent

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it's Japan — not the US — that's the bigger draw

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Taiwan’s modern-day democracy took struggle and …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it’s Japan — not the US — that’s the bigger draw

Associated Press

TOKYO — One by one, the students, lawyers and others filed into a classroom in a central Tokyo university for a lecture by a Chinese journalist on Taiwan and democracy — taboo topics that can’t be discussed publicly back home in China. AP video by Mayuko Ono “If you are just going to Japan to preserve your money,” Wang said, …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

A.G. Noorani was a fearless author who spoke truth to power

The Hindu

One of India’s finest intellectuals, Abdul Ghafoor Noorani, a renowned Constitutional expert, a distinguished lawyer, and a political analyst, is no more. He called Narendra Modi the “Tughlaq” of our times for his Central Vista project in 2020 just as he had equated Indira Gandhi’s actions with those of Adolf Hitler when writing about the Emergency. Likewise, on the jacket …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

People, activists, politicians of Sagar oppose projects intended to divert Sharavathi river

The Hindu

Representatives of various organisations and environmentalists in Sagar have resolved to fight against the Sharavathi Pumped Storage project and the proposed diversion of the Sharavathi to Bengaluru. Akhilesh Chippali, an environmentalist, said the project to divert Sharavathi water to Bengaluru was proposed in 2019. ‘Harvest rainwater’ Mr. Chippali suggested that an effective mechanism to harvest rainwater would be one of …

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Behind the attempt to de-spiritualise Ambedkar now

Terms of Trade: Will the 21st century have a Keynes and Kalecki?

Swarna Andhra Vision 2047 aims development beyond caste and religion: PK

How complicated is brain surgery actually?

How ‘India’s New Right’ is the result of individual endeavours, not societal or governmental – Firstpost

Telangana Talli Reflects Our Culture, Ethos: CM

One Nation One Election bill likely in this Parliament session: Sources

Telangana Government to Unveil Telangana Talli Today

Common man has the power to change T.N.’s politics, says Annamalai

Donald Trump and the intellectuals: How do we navigate the darkness ahead?

OFMK Kids Shine at Virtual Book Fair India 2024

CM Hemant Soren retorts, says no need to answer every BJP query

He may be capable of random cruelty and stupidity, but Trump is no Nazi dictator

Punjab: Sikh scholars bat for political, religious punishment to Sukhbir

Activists Demand Review of Musi Riverfront Development Project

Donald Trump news: His real Republican predecessor died 100 years ago. We should learn from him.

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

Dialogue with Confucius: Mutual Learning Among Civilizations

Cultural festival plays tribute to influence of Confucius

Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76

For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it's Japan — not the US — that's the bigger draw

For many investors and intellectuals leaving China, it’s Japan — not the US — that’s the bigger draw

A.G. Noorani was a fearless author who spoke truth to power

People, activists, politicians of Sagar oppose projects intended to divert Sharavathi river