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Oct

2019

Hong Kong Protest: Fighting for the Future of Democracy

Written by : Dr. Trina Biswas Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA October, 2019 Hong Kong - situated on the Pearl River Delta and the South China Sea, is one of the world’s most thriving and cosmopolitan cities and currently home to almost 7.39 million people. Hong Kong was occupied by British for almost 150 years and on July 1st, 1997, the British Government handed over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China on an agreement that Hong Kong will retain itshigh degree of autonomy for 50 years, until 2047. Under this…

Sep

2019

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NRC, Citizenship Amendment Bill: Where did it start?

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialAssam, BJP, citizenship, Manipur, migrants, Nepalese, Northeast India, NRC

Written By: Pema Bhadra Guwahati, India Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com, Pema Bhadra They were the first to export Assam’s Eri and Muga silk. Late Radhakrishna Saraswati formed an SHG four generations back near Rangiya, Kamrup District. The special saree for the goddess Kamakhya used to be made by his exceptionally talented weavers and the saree was called ‘Saraswati saree’. The present generation of Saraswati family owns a couple of multistoried buildings and runs an Ayurvedic shop at Panbazar in Guwahati. Rai Bahadur (a title given to influential persons, aristocrats by British Raj) Kali Charan Sen was one of the founders of…

Apr

2019

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Dynasty, the Ever-growing Trend in Indian Politics

Politics & Social, PopularBJP, Congress, DMK, Dynasty, Indian Politics, Karunanidhi, Lok Sabha Election, Narendra Modi, Nehru, Rahul Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi

Written By: Sankhadip Das Kolkata, India Illustration: Suman Choudhury Another general election is round the corner, and once again the same old discussion has started making rounds - The great Indian political dynasties. Despite being a flourishing democracy for the last seven decades, why politics in India, is more of a family business? Is it harmful to the economy and development? Should it at all exist? These questions have become more pertinent now, or you may say as the Lok Sabha election looms large, the ruling party at the centre is stirring these issues to surface. The reason being that…

Mar

2019

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Morocco Travel: Highlights and Insights- Part III

Written by: Maria LazginCiercielli Paris, France Photo Credit- Shutterstock.com Tangier is a breathtaking city on the northwestern tip of Morocco. It has a large port that welcomes ships from around the world and it is situated at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. If you are looking for a vacation you will never forget, Tangier is the city to go to. Surrounded by gorgeous ocean towns like Asilah, Tangier will not disappoint you with its variety of ocean views. If you are looking for an adventure, Tangier is one of the largest cities close to the famed Chefchaouen,…

Jan

2019

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Looking at Immigration – Part 1

ColumnAfrica, Colonization, Europe, Free Trade, Immigration, Refugee, Rohingya, WWII

Written By: Senex Paris, France Illustration: Multidimension Source Part One - History and problems Immigration is such a late 20th century word and concept. Quite a meaningless one in the world before WWII but has gained much currency since. The most important reason for that was the end of colonization. Before colonization human migration was an eternal phenomenon since the dawn of time. Classical anthropology tells us that man in his current form evolved in Northeastern Africa some 200 to 350 thousand years ago and some 70 to 80 thousand odd years ago started migrating out of his continent of…

Oct

2018

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Ya omri: where memory meets life in a crossroad

Art & Culture104 wrinkles, Brazil, Dementia, Lebanon, Memory

Written by: Somrita Bhattacharyya Paris, France Film Review: ‘Ya omri’ (104 wrinkles) Country: Lebanon Director: Hady Zaccak We are born. We are growing old, year after another. And every year is arriving with a new wrinkle, often hiding the old one that was a gift of the previous year. So, can we call this wrinkle the ‘time’ itself, or is it a layer of memory? And what does remain with us at the end after all, except our good, bitter memories? Look at Henriette, she has lived 104 wrinkles. All those wrinkles are passionately crafted with rich memoirs of her…

Oct

2018

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Brexit : An overview – Part 1

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Written By : Riaz Quadir Paris, France Image Credit: shutterstock.com There are few adults of sane mind living in Europe who have not been inundated with the wordBrexit in the last couple of years. Not a single day has passed in the last 24 months (since June 2016) that mainstream newspapers have not had the word somewhere on their front page, often multiple times. So, what exactly is Brexit and why are so many people obsessed with it. The term Brexit has existed for a while though - since 2012 to be exact - but what it means is simply…

Sep

2018

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Climate Change Hunger: Facts and Figures

Economics

Written by : Dr. Trina Biswas Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, Photo : Pream Singh After a steady decline in the number of hungry people in the last two decades, the number of people who go to sleep hungry at night is on the rise again. There were over 200 million fewer hungry people in 2015 (790.7 million) as compared to 1990-92 (991 million) largely due to Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the global community.However, according to the United Nations (FAO), the number of people suffering from chronic hunger increased in 2016.…

Aug

2018

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British Raj Revealed

Art & Culture

Book Review by : Riaz Quadir Inglorious Empire – What the British did to India Written by : Dr. Shashi Tharoor Long before Winston Churchill had accurately observed that “History is written by the victors”, Hermann Göring had said something far more profound: “We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains”. He had the foresight to know that fortune’s arrow can swing either way depending where on the totem pole you end up. Another way of looking at it is that victors may very well write history but their biased version stands…

Aug

2018

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Modi-magic Faces Challenge, Time for Survival War

Politics & Social

Written by : Sankhadip Das Kolkata, India The faith has died. People reposed, destiny disposed. The faith that Narendra Modi would be the sole rescuer of the nation; the people's trust that Modi was the Messiah who would bless us with achhe din; he was the leader who would put an end to all social and political insecurities, corruption and instabilities, is just no more. What is worse, the trust collapsed not because of failure or inefficient delivery. It collapsed because of lack of political will to deliver on promises. The intention came under doubt. The goalposts were shifted as…