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Environment

  • Earth Day: Enemies and Opportunities
    Wes Jackson | 21/04/2022
  • From Rachel Carson to Monsanto: The Silence of Spring   
    Colin Todhunter | 18/04/2022
  • Sham of Public Hearing in Mali Parbat
    Devendra and Arjun | 16/04/2022

Featured Stories

  • How People Can Change the World—JEPESD Path of Social Movements

    How People Can Change the World—JEPESD Path of Social Movements

    by Bharat Dogra — 04/05/2022

    Many thoughtful people of world are now concerned deeply about aggravation of several serious problems led by life-threatening environmental problems and accumulation of weapons of mass destruction. At the same time they realize that the earlier problems of inequalities and injustice are also worsening in many contexts. As life-nurturing conditions of our planet are also threatened there is greater urgency[Read More…]

  • Greening the Red: Towards sustainable menstruation in India

    Greening the Red: Towards sustainable menstruation in India

    by Bulbul Prakash — 04/05/2022

    Gone are the days when menstruation, one of our country’s major taboos, was spoken with a ‘hush’ or a ‘shh’ in our society. With films like ‘Padman’, ‘Phullu’, ‘Period. End of Sentence’, the sanitary pads have suddenly gone mainstream. But let’s not forget the fact the country still has limited acceptance with menstrual cups and the discussion around sustainable menstrual[Read More…]

  • Aerial view of Farellones ski resort without snow on August 10, 2021 in Santiago, Chile. The Andean region faces historically low snowfall as a consequence of climate crisis. (Photo by Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)

    Drastic Water Rationing Restrictions In Chile As Drought Enters 13th Year

    by Countercurrents Collective — 04/05/2022

    Chile authority has imposed new water restrictions for the capital city of Santiago, a city with six million population, as the country enters its 13th year of drought. Claudio Orrego, the governor of the Santiago metropolitan region said: “And we are in an unprecedented situation in Santiago’s 491-year history where we have to prepare for there to not be enough water[Read More…]

  • Adapting to Drought

    Adapting to Drought

    by Robert Hunziker — 04/05/2022

    America’s western metropolises are thriving in the midst of the fiercest drought in over 1,000 years. Not all climate change/global warming news is negative. Positive pushback to global warming is real and happening right under our collective noses. Still, climate scientists wring their hands in despair over the failure of the corporate-controlled world to come to grips with climate change’s[Read More…]

  • During the Zionist arrest campaigns

    During the Zionist arrest campaigns

    by Dr Salim Nazzal — 04/05/2022

    I received several reactions to the memoirs that I published successively on the pages of the countercurrents. Some blame me for waiting a long time to write about that period, and they are right. But let us remember the proverb that says it is better to be late than Never. However, I must admit that I tried to write about[Read More…]

  • The Economic Consequences of the War

    The Economic Consequences of the War

    by Rajan Menon — 04/05/2022

    Why the Conflict in Ukraine Is a Disaster for the Poor of This Planet In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove controversial indeed. In it, he warned that the draconian terms imposed on defeated Germany after what was then known as the Great War — which we[Read More…]

  • Ukrainian tanks move down a street in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

    Scenarios of Russian war outcome

    by Jon Kofas — 04/05/2022

    When the US became involved in both world wars in the 20th century, all sides knew the outcome would be in favor of US allies. However, they had no idea of the length nor could they guess that the terms of the Paris Peace Treaty of 1919 would be the first long-term cause of WWII, any more than anyone could[Read More…]

  • Twitter: The first global Godi Media?

    Twitter: The first global Godi Media?

    by Shantanu Dutta — 04/05/2022

    We all know by now, the all too familiar term Godi Media. A media which has been purchased by a particular economic or ideological entity either explicitly through a formal accusation or through other ways of inducement or coercion. Either way, the media identity; be it a print medium or a digital one ceases to report or analyse news in[Read More…]

  • Can We Abandon Pollutive Fossil Fuels and Avoid an Energy Crisis?

    Can We Abandon Pollutive Fossil Fuels and Avoid an Energy Crisis?

    by Richard Heinberg — 04/05/2022

    Similar to the two navigational hazards mythologized as sea monsters in ancient Greece—Scylla and Charybdis—which gave rise to sayings such as, “between the devil and the deep blue sea” and “between a rock and a hard place,” modern energy policy has its own Scylla and Charybdis. On the one hand is the requirement to maintain sufficient energy flows to avoid[Read More…]

  • Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein

    Neo-Colonialism: Born in the USA!

    by Brian Victoria — 04/05/2022

    While the meaning and practice of “colonialism” hardly needs to be described, the meaning of “neo-colonialism” is far less understood. This is because neo-colonialism is much less evident to the eye, unless, that is, one cares to look for it. Let us begin our search with the dictionary definition of the term. Merriam-Webster defines “neo-colonialism” as: “The economic and political[Read More…]

India

Greening the Red: Towards sustainable menstruation in India

Greening the Red: Towards sustainable menstruation in India

04/05/2022 — Bulbul Prakash

Gone are the days when menstruation, one of our country’s major taboos, was spoken with a ‘hush’ or a ‘shh’ in our society. With films like ‘Padman’, ‘Phullu’, ‘Period. End of Sentence’, the sanitary pads have suddenly gone mainstream. But let’s not forget the fact the country still has limited acceptance with menstrual cups and the discussion around sustainable menstrual[Read More…]

  • Why no Hindi dominance in Multi-lingual country

    Why no Hindi dominance in Multi-lingual country

    04/05/2022 — T Navin
  • Workers Made Homeless on May Day by Large Scale Slum Demolitions in Chandigarh

    Workers Made Homeless on May Day by Large Scale Slum Demolitions in Chandigarh

    04/05/2022 — Bharat Dogra
  • Mahapanchayat in Sidkul in Utttarkhand

    Mahapanchayat in Sidkul in Utttarkhand

    01/05/2022 — Harsh Thakor
  • May Day— Need for wider unity of workers

    May Day— Need for wider unity of workers

    01/05/2022 — Bharat Dogra

COVID Response Watch

Covid-19: When will the profiteering of private hospitals be curbed?

Covid-19: When will the profiteering of private hospitals be curbed?

04/05/2022 — Shirish Khare

The first and second waves of the Covid pandemic in India saw health personnel in both government and private hospitals risking their lives to save patients, often working late hours day after day. For this, the Indian public will always remain indebted to them for their selfless service. However, the stories of Covid patients being fleeced by private hospitals that[Read More…]

  • Reincarnation of fraudulent data

    Reincarnation of fraudulent data

    01/05/2022 — Megha Singh
  • Covid becomes excuse to attempt eviction of Rajaji National Park forest dwellers

    Covid becomes excuse to attempt eviction of Rajaji National Park forest dwellers

    24/04/2022 — Amit Sengupta
  • Food and books used to stop school dropout trend in the post-Covid period

    Food and books used to stop school dropout trend in the post-Covid period

    22/04/2022 — Shirish Khare
  • A pandemic of human rights violations in Madhya Pradesh

    A pandemic of human rights violations in Madhya Pradesh

    19/04/2022 — Pooja Yadav

World

The Economic Consequences of the War

The Economic Consequences of the War

04/05/2022 — Rajan Menon

Why the Conflict in Ukraine Is a Disaster for the Poor of This Planet In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove controversial indeed. In it, he warned that the draconian terms imposed on defeated Germany after what was then known as the Great War — which we[Read More…]

  • Ukrainian tanks move down a street in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

    Scenarios of Russian war outcome

    04/05/2022 — Jon Kofas
  • Twitter: The first global Godi Media?

    Twitter: The first global Godi Media?

    04/05/2022 — Shantanu Dutta
  • Can We Abandon Pollutive Fossil Fuels and Avoid an Energy Crisis?

    Can We Abandon Pollutive Fossil Fuels and Avoid an Energy Crisis?

    04/05/2022 — Richard Heinberg
  • Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein

    Neo-Colonialism: Born in the USA!

    04/05/2022 — Brian Victoria

Globalisation

Western-Led Globalization Might End, but the New Globalization Might Have an Eastern Face

Western-Led Globalization Might End, but the New Globalization Might Have an Eastern Face

19/04/2022 — E Ahmet Tonak

by E Ahmet Tonak and Vijay Prashad An article written by authors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge for Bloomberg on March 24 sounded the alarm to announce the end of “the second great age of globalization.” The Western trade war and sanctions against China that predated the pandemic have now been joined by the stiff Western sanctions imposed against Russia after it[Read More…]

  • Time for India and other developing nations to quit WTO

    Time for India and other developing nations to quit WTO

    25/11/2021 — KV Biju
  • Is Globalization Leading to a Homogenized Global Culture?

    Is Globalization Leading to a Homogenized Global Culture?

    03/11/2021 — Rawsab Said
  • Captives of Coca-Cola

    Captives of Coca-Cola

    15/10/2021 — Stephen Shenfield
  • Globalization Meets Entropy…and We Lose

    Globalization Meets Entropy…and We Lose

    07/10/2021 — George Ochenski

Human Rights

10 day Ordeal of Jignesh Mewani Exposes Wider  Trend to Crush Democratic Dissent

10 day Ordeal of Jignesh Mewani Exposes Wider  Trend to Crush Democratic Dissent

01/05/2022 — Bharat Dogra

All those committed to protecting democracy, and more specifically to stopping the  recent trend of highly undemocratic assaults on political opponents, will feel greatly relieved by the happy ending of the 10 day ordeal of Jignesh Mewani on April 29 by the acceptance of his bail by the Barpeta district and sessions court. As a bonus gain for the democracy[Read More…]

  • Appeal to demand to end brutal police repression in Dhinkia

    Appeal to demand to end brutal police repression in Dhinkia

    28/04/2022 — Press Release
  • Re-arrest of Jignesh Mevani is a mockery of law

    Re-arrest of Jignesh Mevani is a mockery of law

    26/04/2022 — Hiren Gohain
  • Bernard Collaery’s War Against Secret Trials

    Bernard Collaery’s War Against Secret Trials

    22/04/2022 — Dr Binoy Kampmark
  • Petition asking for Nobel Prize for GN Saibaba launched

    Petition asking for Nobel Prize for GN Saibaba launched

    19/04/2022 — Press Release

Imperialism

The Civilian Deaths You Haven’t Heard About

The Civilian Deaths You Haven’t Heard About

26/04/2022 — Nick Turse

Casualties of America’s Never-Ending Global War on Terror Madogaz Musa Abdullah still remembers the phone call. But what came next was a blur. He drove for hours, deep into the Libyan desert, speeding toward the border with Algeria. His mind buckled, his thoughts reeled, and more than three years later, he’s still not certain how he made that six-hour journey.[Read More…]

  • In this April 3, 1968, file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn. (Photo: AP/Charles Kelly, File)

    American Militarism, A Persistent Malady

    15/04/2022 — Andrew Bacevich
  • US Soldiers Massacre Filipinos in 1906 Philippines

    America’s Concealed Past, Condemned Future

    12/04/2022 — Brian Victoria
  • Starting from Idlib, Syria: A Trail of Tears and Bombs

    Starting from Idlib, Syria: A Trail of Tears and Bombs

    08/04/2022 — George Capaccio
  • Will the Pentagon Budget Ever Shrink?

    Will the Pentagon Budget Ever Shrink?

    06/04/2022 — William J Astore

Communal Harmony

Aligarh (Muslim University) – Legacy of Hindu-Muslim Amity

Aligarh (Muslim University) – Legacy of Hindu-Muslim Amity

30/04/2022 — Abdulrahim P Vijapur

Aligarh city in Uttar Pradesh is known for two things – the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the lock manufacturing industries. Aligarh is a university town, notable as the seat of AMU, which was founded here as Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College in 1975, initiating the Aligarh Movement. Sir Hamilton Gibb, who was an eminent Scottish Orientalist from England who taught[Read More…]

  • Historical trauma, mourning and majoritarianism: Psycho-social explorations

    Historical trauma, mourning and majoritarianism: Psycho-social explorations

    24/04/2022 — Rakesh Shukla
  • Goa must rein in the communal tinderbox

    Goa must rein in the communal tinderbox

    19/04/2022 — Dr Ranjan Solomon
  • There can be no bigger harm to national welfare than disturbing inter-faith harmony

    There can be no bigger harm to national welfare than disturbing inter-faith harmony

    19/04/2022 — Bharat Dogra
  • Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam: Uniting India

    Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam: Uniting India

    05/01/2022 — Dr Ram Puniyani

Climate Change

Aerial view of Farellones ski resort without snow on August 10, 2021 in Santiago, Chile. The Andean region faces historically low snowfall as a consequence of climate crisis. (Photo by Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images)

Drastic Water Rationing Restrictions In Chile As Drought Enters 13th Year

04/05/2022 — Countercurrents Collective

Chile authority has imposed new water restrictions for the capital city of Santiago, a city with six million population, as the country enters its 13th year of drought. Claudio Orrego, the governor of the Santiago metropolitan region said: “And we are in an unprecedented situation in Santiago’s 491-year history where we have to prepare for there to not be enough water[Read More…]

  • Adapting to Drought

    Adapting to Drought

    04/05/2022 — Robert Hunziker
  • The Collapse of Industrial Farming

    The Collapse of Industrial Farming

    23/04/2022 — Robert Hunziker
  • It’s Time. Pen & Ink on vellum embroidered on canvas/  by Priti Gulati Cox

    The Climate and the Republic, Melting Down in Real Time

    23/04/2022 — Stan Cox
  • Climate Change is Killing Trees

    Climate Change is Killing Trees

    19/04/2022 — Robert Hunziker

Environmental Protection

Earth Day: Enemies and Opportunities

Earth Day: Enemies and Opportunities

21/04/2022 — Wes Jackson

by Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen In a 1970 poster for the first Earth Day and a cartoon the following year, Walt Kelly’s Pogo offered a hard truth about ecological crises: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” That doesn’t mean there are no differences in individuals’ contribution to those crises. Landowners, not agricultural workers who harvest crops,[Read More…]

  • From Rachel Carson to Monsanto: The Silence of Spring   

    From Rachel Carson to Monsanto: The Silence of Spring   

    18/04/2022 — Colin Todhunter
  • Sham of Public Hearing in Mali Parbat

    Sham of Public Hearing in Mali Parbat

    16/04/2022 — Devendra and Arjun
  • Environmental issues in Jammu and Kashmir need much more attention

    Environmental issues in Jammu and Kashmir need much more attention

    15/04/2022 — Bharat Dogra
  • Thousands of Threatened Trees Near the Origin of Ganga River Must Be Saved

    Thousands of Threatened Trees Near the Origin of Ganga River Must Be Saved

    13/04/2022 — Bharat Dogra

Counter Solutions

How People Can Change the World—JEPESD Path of Social Movements

How People Can Change the World—JEPESD Path of Social Movements

04/05/2022 — Bharat Dogra

Many thoughtful people of world are now concerned deeply about aggravation of several serious problems led by life-threatening environmental problems and accumulation of weapons of mass destruction. At the same time they realize that the earlier problems of inequalities and injustice are also worsening in many contexts. As life-nurturing conditions of our planet are also threatened there is greater urgency[Read More…]

  • We Cannot Adequately Resist Without Reimagining the World We Want

    We Cannot Adequately Resist Without Reimagining the World We Want

    30/04/2022 — Greta Zarro
  • Localization and Local Futures: The Alternative to the Authoritarian New Normal

    Localization and Local Futures: The Alternative to the Authoritarian New Normal

    26/04/2022 — Colin Todhunter
  • Pandemic Blues

    Pandemic Blues

    14/04/2022 — Suprabha Seshan
  • A solution for climate change which does not even mention the ff words!

    A solution for climate change which does not even mention the ff words!

    08/04/2022 — Bharat Dogra

Resource Crisis

The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis

The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis

03/10/2021 — T Vijayendra

ABSTRACT This is a response to the two sets of articles written by Sajai Jose on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on the world’s and India’s hunger crisis. It is in two parts. In the first part it lays the historical background of the response of capital in the face of periodic crises it faces and people’s response to it.[Read More…]

  • Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors

    Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors

    12/09/2021 — Sean Sweeney
  • The Gritty Reality of Solar Power

    The Gritty Reality of Solar Power

    09/09/2021 — Priti Gulati Cox
  • Child Labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Solidarity with Resistance to Extraction

    15/06/2021 — Don Fitz
  • Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?

    Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future?

    20/05/2021 — Michael T Klare

Patriarchy

Living room as a space of feminist solidarity

Living room as a space of feminist solidarity

18/04/2022 — Ravneet Param

Didi kabhi shadi mat karna (Didi, never get married). Durga’s voice reverberated in the house during our morning ritual of chatting over a cup of piping hot tea. Durga, one of the thousands or probably lakhs of immigrants from Bihar, helps me with household chores. Mine is the first house she comes to in the morning, primarily because I have[Read More…]

  • Marital Rape Exception: Have women control of their own bodies? What Hindu scriptures say!

    Marital Rape Exception: Have women control of their own bodies? What Hindu scriptures say!

    07/04/2022 — Sankara Narayanan
  • Asexuality- An Emerging Identity

    Asexuality- An Emerging Identity

    05/04/2022 — Aadya Sain
  • Mainstream feminism and the paradox of women’s emancipation

    Mainstream feminism and the paradox of women’s emancipation

    19/03/2022 — Malavika Pradhan
  • Gender roles and their Blurred Envision       

    Gender roles and their Blurred Envision       

    11/03/2022 — Madhubrota Chatterjee

Palestine

During the Zionist arrest campaigns

During the Zionist arrest campaigns

04/05/2022 — Dr Salim Nazzal

I received several reactions to the memoirs that I published successively on the pages of the countercurrents. Some blame me for waiting a long time to write about that period, and they are right. But let us remember the proverb that says it is better to be late than Never. However, I must admit that I tried to write about[Read More…]

  • Life in the camp under the Zionist occupation

    Life in the camp under the Zionist occupation

    28/04/2022 — Dr Salim Nazzal
  • The camp under the Zionist terror!

    The camp under the Zionist terror!

    26/04/2022 — Dr Salim Nazzal
  • A devastated camp!

    A devastated camp!

    25/04/2022 — Dr Salim Nazzal
  • In the aftermath of the massacre

    In the aftermath of the massacre

    23/04/2022 — Dr Salim Nazzal

South Asia

Remembering the 13th anniversary of Mullivakkal massacre

Remembering the 13th anniversary of Mullivakkal massacre

02/05/2022 — Kumarathasan Rasingam

Genocide of 147,000 Tamils – Tamils demand justice from UN, UNHRC, UN Security Council and the International Community. May 18, 2021, marks the 13-year anniversary of the end of the 26-year armed conflict between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE); Tamils all over the world [more than 82 million] will remember the Mullivakkal[Read More…]

  • Ethnic Cleansing – Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka

    Ethnic Cleansing – Genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka

    29/04/2022 — Kumarathasan Rasingam
  • Two leaflets of February 1952 in Bangladesh

    Two leaflets of February 1952 in Bangladesh

    29/04/2022 — Farooque Chowdhury
  • American-Style Colonialism and Imperialism, with Pakistan the Latest Victim

    American-Style Colonialism and Imperialism, with Pakistan the Latest Victim

    29/04/2022 — Abdul Jabbar
  • The Imperial Logics of the Pakistani Left

    The Imperial Logics of the Pakistani Left

    28/04/2022 — Azhar Imran

Annihilate Caste

Incineration of Nathapur Dalits’ Hutment  a barbaric act

Incineration of Nathapur Dalits’ Hutment  a barbaric act

04/05/2022 — Debi Prasanna Rath

Barhampur or Mahisha-Barhampur is an island-village nestled into Chilika lake, located in Krishnaprasad Tehsil of Puri District of Odisha. A news concerning some Dalit families leaving this village under compulsion due to the incidents of ethnic harassment and social ostracise buzzed around in various media. After leaving their village Barhampur, these migrated Dalit families took shelter in a temporary hutment,[Read More…]

  • Dalit panchayat presidents face brazen discrimination in Tamilnadu, after a century of Periyarist politics

    Dalit panchayat presidents face brazen discrimination in Tamilnadu, after a century of Periyarist politics

    15/04/2022 — Ramakrishnan
  • Caste and Constitution: Revisiting Ambedkar

    Caste and Constitution: Revisiting Ambedkar

    13/04/2022 — Sargam Sanil
  • Right to Access Public Space

    Right to Access Public Space

    13/04/2022 — Deepak Kumar
  • Why is Congress Party and Rahul Gandhi unable to develop an emotional chord with the Dalit

    Why is Congress Party and Rahul Gandhi unable to develop an emotional chord with the Dalit

    11/04/2022 — Vidya Bhushan Rawat

Life/Philosophy

In memory of Rajni Patel on 40th Death anniversary

In memory of Rajni Patel on 40th Death anniversary

04/05/2022 — Harsh Thakor

Exactly 40 years ago on May 3rd Rajni Patel left us. Whatever his flaws his human touch to offer selfless service  and ability to galvanise or influence human beings from all walks of life, was remarkable. Few people would ever go out of the way to help someone or serve as selflessly without aim of personal gain.Rajni championed Nehruvian secular[Read More…]

  • Remembering Sagarmal Gopa—Freedom Fighter, Author, Human Rights Activist

    Remembering Sagarmal Gopa—Freedom Fighter, Author, Human Rights Activist

    28/04/2022 — Bharat Dogra
  • Communication and Capitalism

    Communication and Capitalism

    28/04/2022 — Thomas Klikauer
  • For Sikhs, every day is the Earth Day

    For Sikhs, every day is the Earth Day

    28/04/2022 — Gurpreet Singh
  • Sinification of Marxism

    Sinification of Marxism

    27/04/2022 — Prosper Malangmei

Arts/Literature

The Return

The Return

01/05/2022 — Mini Babu

The fervour of coming back, and the inbuilt resilience of the exiles, to mould from the debris, that was whatever, that forced us back ahead the end of war.   Even the coming back to a defeated homeland was enthralling, we built tall dreams en route, clinging to mirages, as though, nothing came about, and sought ways to wipe out[Read More…]

  • Bound Together

    Bound Together

    30/04/2022 — Romi Mahajan
  • Divisive Politics: Alarming Scenario – Film Kashmir Files’ Negative Role

    Divisive Politics: Alarming Scenario – Film Kashmir Files’ Negative Role

    30/04/2022 — Dr Ram Puniyani
  • How Not To Write A Poem

    How Not To Write A Poem

    27/04/2022 — Moumita Alam
  • Reading the Divisive Agenda of ‘Kashmir Files’

    Reading the Divisive Agenda of ‘Kashmir Files’

    25/04/2022 — Dr Ram Puniyani

Book Review

The Chidananda Dasgupta Best Book Award to Vidyarthy Chatterjee’s book on Calcutta and the Joshy Joseph Trilogy

The Chidananda Dasgupta Best Book Award to Vidyarthy Chatterjee’s book on Calcutta and the Joshy Joseph Trilogy

04/05/2022 — Shoma A Chatterji

The Chidananda Dasgupta Best Book Award to Vidyarthy Chatterjee’s book on Calcutta and the Joshy Joseph Trilogy- A critical review Published by Cerebrum Books, India, 2022 Stuart Hall identifies three ways of reading media messages.[1]  According to Stuart Hall, Dominant Reading takes what the film says for granted. The Negotiated Reading questions the minor premises but accepts the major ones.[Read More…]

  • The Christian Schools And Brahmin Women

    The Christian Schools And Brahmin Women

    01/05/2022 — Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd
  • Pitfalls of Positivist Scholarship

    Pitfalls of Positivist Scholarship

    30/04/2022 — Hiren Gohain
  • Lives in Prehistory

    Lives in Prehistory

    29/04/2022 — John Scales Avery
  • Book Review : A guide to freedom through Marxist education

    Book Review : A guide to freedom through Marxist education

    21/04/2022 — Dr Dilnaz Boga

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