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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky |Frida Berrigan |Binoy Kampmark |Sumanta Banerjee
“Flights to Guantánamo Bay have begun. The worst of the worst have no place in our homeland.”With those words the U.S. government announced the fate awaiting “criminal aliens” in its custody.
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2 months ago | 
countercurrents.org | Sanjay N. Parate |P S Sahni |Sumanta Banerjee |Vidya Bhushan Rawat
The statement given by the President in the Parliament, which is called the President’s address, is not written by her. This statement is written by the ruling party which she represents. Therefore, when she addresses the Parliament by saying “my government” in her speech and praises the government, then she herself becomes responsible for the pronunciation of every word written in that speech and its wrong facts.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |Mosharraf Alam |Ranjan Solomon |Sumanta Banerjee
AbstractThe Quranic concept of Ahl al-Kitab (Family of the Book) provides a profound framework for fostering interfaith harmony and global religious fraternity. Referring to communities with divine scriptures, particularly Jews, Christians, and at times Zoroastrians, Sabians, and others, this concept emphasizes shared spiritual heritage, moral responsibility, and the value of coexistence.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sumanta Banerjee |Bhabani Nayak |Bharat Dogra |Bernard D’Mello
Following talks between Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun in Laos recently (on the sidelines of an ASEAN conference), the Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Sr. Col. Wu Qian came out with an interesting comment: “We look forward to harmonious dance between the Chinese dragon and Indian elephant with concerted steps.” (re: THE HINDU, November 29, 2024).
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Nilofar Suhrawardy |Chris Marsden |Sumanta Banerjee
62 years back a truly great President of the USA John Kennedy made a never-to-be-forgotten contribution to saving the world from nuclear war. Today an outgoing US President Joe Biden who really has no true democratic and ethical rights to take any major policy decisions in his last days in office is going ahead unashamedly with the kind of decisions which are increasing the chances of a direct confrontation with Russia and thereby increasing the risks of nuclear war and third world war.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vikas Meshram |Sanjeev Sirohi |Allan Shuaib |Sumanta Banerjee
The alarming reality of Indian prisons lies in their overcrowding, with 75% of inmates being undertrials. This scenario highlights the pressing need for judicial reforms. Against this backdrop, the recent announcement by the Union Home Minister, committing to ensuring justice for undertrial prisoners who have served at least one-third of their sentences by November 26, Constitution Day, offers a ray of hope. While this initiative is commendable, significant challenges persist in delivering justice.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Chris Marsden |Bharat Dogra |Sumanta Banerjee |Gerry Condon
Storm Shadow missiles supplied by the UK were reported to have been used to target Russian territory for the first time on Wednesday. The strike took place just 24 hours after President Joe Biden’s freeing Ukraine to use US-supplied ATACMS led to an attack on a military base in Bryansk, 110 miles inside the Russian border. It extends the UK’s role as Washington’s foremost ally in every act of anti-Russian aggression.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bharat Dogra |Sumanta Banerjee |Gerry Condon |Andre Damon
Imagine that a presidential candidate and his team work very hard to win an election at least partially on the promise of ending a very dangerous war. They succeed, but in the intervening few days when they are still to take control and the outgoing government is still to leave, some very powerful persons in the outgoing government try to pre-empt and disrupt the peace prospects by taking highly escalatory and provocative steps, entirely ignoring the extreme human costs of this.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sumanta Banerjee |Gerry Condon |Andre Damon |Bharat Dogra
A year before Yevgeny Prigozhin led his Wagner group of mercenaries in a mutiny against his patron President Putin in June 2023, a book came out in London revealing the inner secrets of Putin’s establishment that indicated that a mutiny was waiting to happen.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sanjeev Sirohi |Harsh Thakor |Gurpreet Singh |Sumanta Banerjee
Radical Desi has declared Prof. GN Saibaba “Newsmaker of the Year 2024”. A former Delhi University lecturer. Saibaba was thrown behind bars for questioning the power and standing up for the poor and marginalized. A wheelchair-bound scholar, Saibaba was suffering from multiple ailments when arrested under trumped-up charges. He was incarcerated for almost a decade until the High Court acquitted him in March 2024.
