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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |Biju Negi |Suresh Khairnar |Hiren Gohain
IntroductionChaudhary Khaliquzzaman in his Pathway To Pakistan (1961) has quoted Maulana Azad to assert the role of Muslim elites of UP. He quotes Azad who says- “students of Indian politics know that it was from the U.P. that the League was re-organized.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Shamsul Islam |Suresh Khairnar |Biju Negi |Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
RSS-BJP rulers of India have been trying to show off as great fan of Netaji. But Indians must know what role ideological parents of today’s RSS/BJP played against Netaji and Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj). Hindu Mahasabha and RSS which always had prominent lawyers on their rolls made no attempt to defend the INA accused at Red Fort trials.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Biju Negi |Suresh Khairnar |Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |Bharat Dogra
The general relief in India following the June 2024 Loksabha elections outcome, now six months down the line, feels somewhat premature and naive. Stung by the outcome, the BJP-RSS combine, with some alacrity, is now using every saam, daam, dund, bhed (persuasion, money power, punishment, divisiveness) with absolute vitriol, to ram its objectives through. The Opposition and the people, equally suddenly, find that nothing being tried seems to be apparently working.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Biju Negi |Bharat Dogra |Binoy Kampmark |Hiren Gohain
To Shri Vibhu Nayar Union Secretary (Tribal Affairs) Dear Shri Nayar, I refer to a disturbing news report on how the Gujarat Forest Department’s appropriation of forests for “green credits” under the Ministry of Environment’s Green CreditsScheme (GCS) in Dangs district has violated the requirements of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (or “Forest Rights Act or FRA), thereby depriving of the local tribals of their right to enjoy...
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Manas Jena |Biju Negi |Andre Damon |Wangui Kimari
ToShri V L Kantha RaoUnion Secretary (Mines)Dear Shri Kantha Rao,I understand that your Ministry has allotted the Dugocha Gold mineral block in Udaipur District in Rajasthan in favour of HZL, in which the Vedanta Group holds the majority share The Dugocha Gold block is located in Dugocha, Dhariyabad, Salumber, Matasula, Bori, Bara Talav, Kothar, Jarap, Sanjela villages in Salumber Tehsil in Udaipur District in Rajasthan.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd |Biju Negi |Bhabani Nayak |Vidya Bhushan Rawat
DOUBLE-EDGED FEMINISM In the cultural tradition of upper castes, particularly the Dwijas, the parampara represented by Amrapali of Magadha times would be condemned as un-Hindu. Their ideal women in mythology are women like Sita and Sati Savitri. A famous artist like Amrapali, who was respected in the Buddhist tradition was never respected by the Brahmanic tradition.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
thewire.in | Biju Negi
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
transcend.org | Biju Negi
Biju Negi - TRANSCEND Media Service We all harbour hundreds of small wishes and dreams throughout our lives. On a warm July Sunday, at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, seeing Picasso’s “Guernica” may have been a humbling realization of my one such little dream. More importantly, in a world shrouded by war, violence, hatred and greed, Guernica’s is the message that we need to remember and re-adhere to in this 21 Sep-2 Oct “Peace and Nonviolence.”There is great art and there is great artist.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Biju Negi |Bhabani Nayak |Vidya Bhushan Rawat |Akshat Jain
Now that Smriti Irani has lost her Parliamentary seat, BJP need not feel disheartened for it has found her able replacement in Kangana Ranaut. And sure enough, it started with a bang or rather, the sound of a slap!Barely a day or two into her MP-ship, she got into the Chandigarh Airport episode. However, unfortunately though not surprisingly, the entire narrative developing out of that episode is being presented entirely from Kangana’s perspective.
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May 10, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |T Navin |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Biju Negi
BJP has a strong electoral machine, well backed up by its parent organization, RSS. The core module of RSS-BJP is based on demonization of Muslims through distortions of the medieval period of history in particular and glorification of the past where caste and gender hierarchy prevailed. When it comes to elections, RSS progeny has resorted to various themes from time to time.
