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5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Hindu on Books newsletter: remembering pt nair, ‘barefoot’ chronicler of Calcutta; talking to brinda karat and more

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. In reviews, we talk to Brinda Karat about her monograph on women, violence and Hindutva, we read Alpa Shah’s book on the Bhima Koregaon-accused, and writers, artists, and activists reflect why fair and inclusive representation of queer identity in Indian literature continues to be a distant dream and what they …

Women Pride Month Books Violence Case Hindu Calcutta

6 months ago

Young women must know the wider issues impacting their day-to-day lives: Brinda Karat

The Hindu

Brinda Karat’s Hindutva and Violence Against Women came at peak polling time, when every day brought with it an unsettling feeling that members of the ruling party would say something so nasty, we wouldn’t be able to heal from the wounds. The “mangalsutra bhi bachne nahin denge ” comment by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was blame twisted so out of …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu on Books | Percival Everett revisits Huckleberry Finn, Brinda Karat on Emergency, World Poetry Day and more

The Hindu

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The acclaimed American writer Percival Everett is out with his new book, James, a revisiting of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told through the point of view of Huck’s slave companion, Jim. In reviews, we read Mani Shankar Aiyar’s memoir on Rajiv Gandhi, Stephen Alter’s book on India’s …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Decoding how PM Modi hacks EVMs, Part 2: Why Sonia Gandhi had a problem with MNREGA reforms and how Modi revolutionised employment, labour sector

Op India

In June 2020, Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he is trying to give the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Act “a new appearance, by integrating it with the Prime Minister’s pet programmes like Swacchh Bharat and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.” I was wondering what is the problem if MNREGA is being “integrated” with other programs. In …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan gives a befitting reply to CPIM's Brinda Karat

Op India

As relations between the Kerala government and Governor Arif Mohammed Khan deteriorated, the Governor snubbed CPI Politburo member Brinda Karat in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. This is a couple of days after Brinda Karat, senior leader and Politbureau member of the Communist Party of India, slammed Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, saying it would be more suitable for the Governor of …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

'Fight 2024 polls from BJP': Brinda Karat dares Kerala guv Arif Mohammed Khan

Hindustan Times

CPI leader Brinda Karat on Tuesday took a sharp jibe at Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan amid his protracted verbal exchange with the state government over pending university bills, saying he should contest the 2024 general elections from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Taking her party's line that the governor interferes in the Pinarayi Vijayan government's affairs at the behest of …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

CPI(M) to not attend Ram Temple inauguration event in Ayodhya, party leader Brinda Karat explains why

Hindustan Times

The Communist Party of India will not participate in the inauguration ceremony of Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, senior party leader Brinda Karat said. CPI leader Brinda Karat “Our party will not attend the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal also snubbed the BJP by calling the whole issue surrounding the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Hate speeches | SC adjourns Brinda Karat's plea for FIR against BJP's Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma to Oct 3

The Hindu

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned till October 3 the hearing on the plea of CPI leader Brinda Karat challenging the Delhi High Court's order dismissing a petition against the trial court's refusal to order registration of an FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Pravesh Verma for their alleged hate speeches over anti-CAA protests. On June 13 last year, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Adjourns Brinda Karat's Plea For FIRs Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speech

Live Law

Today's hearing was adjourned at the behest of Delhi police, despite the petitioners opposing the request. Background Communist Party of India leaders Brinda Karat and KM Tiwari approached the Delhi High Court in a criminal writ petition after a trial court refused to accept their plea for registration of first information reports against the BJP leaders. In August 2020, a …

Justice Delhi Court Hate Speech Order Delhi Police Hearing

1 year, 4 months ago

NewsClick Chinese funding: How Vijay Prashad, nephew of Brinda Karat, is central to Neville Roy Singham's network

Op India

The Newsclick Chinese funding controversy has exposed how media tools are being used by China to manipulate public opinion about the communist regime. https://t.co/ZockzM4rV0 — Vijay Prashad August 7, 2023 According to the New York Times exposé, Tricontinental was one of the nonprofit companies that received funding from Neville Roy Singham and promoted Chinese propaganda. Vijay Prashad, a key name …

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1 year, 5 months ago

CPM's Brinda Karat attacks Mamata Banerjee a day after grand opposition meeting, says democracy in Bengal needs to be saved

Op India

On 19th July 2023, Communist Party of India leader Brinda Karat said that TMC’s dictatorship was seen in Bengal during the Panchayat elections. It is because they know that the biggest challenge against the BJP rule is created now.” #WATCH | Communist Party of India leader Brinda Karat says, "In the opposition meeting, we held a discussion to save the …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Grants Time To Delhi Police To Respond To Brinda Karat's Plea Seeking FIR Against BJP Leaders For Alleged Hate Speeches

Live Law

The Supreme Court, on Monday, granted time to the Commissioner, Delhi Police to file a counter affidavit in a plea filed by Communist Party of India leader Brinda Karat seeking registration of FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for allegedly delivering hate speeches in 2020. A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna was considering the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

BREAKING | Supreme Court Issues Notice On Brinda Karat's Plea Seeking FIR Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speeches

Live Law

The Supreme Court today issued notice on a petition filed by Communist Party of India leader Brinda Karat seeking registration of FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for allegedly delivering hate speeches in 2020.A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna was considering the special leave petition filed against the Delhi High Court’s order of. The …

Supreme Court Court Order Speech Ipc Bjp Fir

1 year, 11 months ago

Watch: Bajrang Punia asks Brinda Karat to leave stage at protest site

Hindustan Times

Brinda Karat, a Communist Party of India leader, on Thursday reached Delhi's Jantar Mantar where wrestlers continued their sit-in protest for the second day demanding action against the Wrestling Federation of India chief and other officials against alleged sexual exploitation of several athletes but was asked to leave the stage by Olympian Bajrang Punia. In a video shared by news …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Supreme Court Bench Refers To Justice KM Joseph's Bench Brinda Karat's Plea For Hate Speech FIR Against BJP Leaders

Live Law

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and M M Sundresh has observed that the petition filed by CPI leader Brinda Karat, seeking registration of FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma for alleged hate speeches in 2020, be listed before the bench headed by Justice K M Joseph before whom similar matters are pending.During Monday’s hearing, …

Justice Hate Speech Hate Speech Fir Bjp Leaders Sanjiv Khanna

2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court Dismisses Brinda Karat's Plea Seeking FIR Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speeches

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the criminal writ petition filed by CPM leader Brinda Karat and politician KM Tiwari against a trial court order rejecting their plea for registration of FIRs against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for allegedly delivering hate speeches in the year 2020.Justice Chandra Dhari Singh was of the view that although the …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Jahangirpuri demolition: Our peace bulldozed into despair | OPINION

India Today

A sleepy town in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri that has been the symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity for decades became the hotbed of controversy following a recent Ram Navami procession that led to attacks on religious minorities right under the nose of the police administration. In fact, false cases were registered against the victims themselves and later, bulldozers razed the homes of minorities …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Standing on 28,000 dead bodies in WB, Brinda Karat objects to a bulldozer

Op India

How often does it happen that mainstream media, social media, journalists, politicians and five star activists all come together to kick up a storm over a municipality bulldozing illegal construction? If you ask me, by far the most unprecedented thing yesterday was CPM’s Brinda Karat trying to block bulldozers in Delhi. I don’t know the exact details of this gory …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Brinda Karat moves SC against Jahangirpuri anti-encroachment drive

Op India

Communist Party of India Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking compensation for the alleged victims of the Jahangirpuri anti-encroachment drive. Her petition comes a day after she had reached Delhi’s Jahangirpuri to ‘implement’ the Supreme Court order that stayed the anti-encroachment drive. Within an hour after the Supreme Court had ordered to …

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2 years, 8 months ago

'You Need Bulldozer to Remove Chairs, Tables?' Top Quotes as SC Extends Delhi Demolition Stay

News 18

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered status quo till further orders over the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s anti-encroachment drive in the capital’s troubled Jahangirpuri area which was rocked by communal violence on Hanuman Jayanti last week. It is not a forum for politics and this forum is to show that rule of law prevails.” Kapil Sibal: I want stay …

Delhi Supreme Court Court Demolition Muslims Notice Bjp

2 years, 8 months ago

Jahangirpuri demolition: Where is the Opposition?

India TV News

Highlights Nine bulldozers rallied in to demolish the illegally encroached areas Left leader Brinda Karat stood in front of one of the bulldozers The drive was later stopped after SC ordered to stop the demolition Wednesday morning was not like a normal day for many residing in the Jahangirpuri area of the national capital. Reason: Govt's anti-encroachment drive The bulldozers …

Delhi Demolition Stop Drive Jahangirpuri Brinda Karat

3 years, 3 months ago

‘Why has Govt not used its majority in House to pass Women's Reservation Bill?’: Brinda Karat

Hindustan Times

Twenty-five years after it was first introduced in Parliament, the Women’s Reservation Bill is yet to become a reality. In an interview with Hindustan Times, the Communist Party of India ’s politburo member and former MP, Brinda Karat, talks about whether this proposed law is still relevant, and the significance of reservation for women in politics. We were all so …

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3 years, 3 months ago

CPM’s Brinda Karat underscores significance of women’s reservation bill in conversation with HT

Hindustan Times

This Sunday, it will be 25 years since the first time the Women’s Reservation Bill was introduced in Parliament. Karat: Firstly, I think it’s positive that regional parties, such as the TMC, the Biju Janata Dal, the YSR Congress, have been successful in giving a better representation to women compared to the national parties. So, again I think, numbers was …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Brinda Karat Slams BCI for Terming Letter to CJI Over Rape Remarks 'Malicious Attack' on Judiciary

News 18

Hitting out at the Bar Council of India for its support to the Chief Justice of India over his remarks while hearing a case where he asked a rape accused if he was willing to marry the victim, CPI politburo member Brinda Karat said the issues raised in the resolution of the BCI have wider implications for the struggle for …

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The Hindu on Books newsletter: remembering pt nair, ‘barefoot’ chronicler of Calcutta; talking to brinda karat and more

Young women must know the wider issues impacting their day-to-day lives: Brinda Karat

The Hindu on Books | Percival Everett revisits Huckleberry Finn, Brinda Karat on Emergency, World Poetry Day and more

Decoding how PM Modi hacks EVMs, Part 2: Why Sonia Gandhi had a problem with MNREGA reforms and how Modi revolutionised employment, labour sector

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan gives a befitting reply to CPIM's Brinda Karat

'Fight 2024 polls from BJP': Brinda Karat dares Kerala guv Arif Mohammed Khan

CPI(M) to not attend Ram Temple inauguration event in Ayodhya, party leader Brinda Karat explains why

Hate speeches | SC adjourns Brinda Karat's plea for FIR against BJP's Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma to Oct 3

Supreme Court Adjourns Brinda Karat's Plea For FIRs Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speech

NewsClick Chinese funding: How Vijay Prashad, nephew of Brinda Karat, is central to Neville Roy Singham's network

CPM's Brinda Karat attacks Mamata Banerjee a day after grand opposition meeting, says democracy in Bengal needs to be saved

Supreme Court Grants Time To Delhi Police To Respond To Brinda Karat's Plea Seeking FIR Against BJP Leaders For Alleged Hate Speeches

BREAKING | Supreme Court Issues Notice On Brinda Karat's Plea Seeking FIR Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speeches

Watch: Bajrang Punia asks Brinda Karat to leave stage at protest site

Supreme Court Bench Refers To Justice KM Joseph's Bench Brinda Karat's Plea For Hate Speech FIR Against BJP Leaders

Delhi High Court Dismisses Brinda Karat's Plea Seeking FIR Against Anurag Thakur & Parvesh Verma For Alleged Hate Speeches

Jahangirpuri demolition: Our peace bulldozed into despair | OPINION

Standing on 28,000 dead bodies in WB, Brinda Karat objects to a bulldozer

Brinda Karat moves SC against Jahangirpuri anti-encroachment drive

'You Need Bulldozer to Remove Chairs, Tables?' Top Quotes as SC Extends Delhi Demolition Stay

Jahangirpuri demolition: Where is the Opposition?

‘Why has Govt not used its majority in House to pass Women's Reservation Bill?’: Brinda Karat

CPM’s Brinda Karat underscores significance of women’s reservation bill in conversation with HT

Brinda Karat Slams BCI for Terming Letter to CJI Over Rape Remarks 'Malicious Attack' on Judiciary