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Apr

2020

Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 2

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialChina, Coronavirus epidemic, Covid-19, Didier Raoult, European Commission, France

Written by : Fugel Khan Student of Masters in Social Science, University Paris 8, Saint Denis Photo credit: Shutterstock.com READ IN FRENCH A French perspective: Part 2 I love you... neither do I! On March 17, the former Health Minister Agnès Buzyn's confession in ‘Le Monde’ newspaper came as political bombshell against the government that she had warned the President and the Prime Minister Edouard Philippe as early as January of an impending health catastrophe. The former Health Minister, who replaced Benjamin Griveaux, the original candidate weaken by sex scandal, to represent the LREM in the municipal elections in Paris…

Apr

2020

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Coronavirus : Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 1

Current Affairs, Politics & SocialChina, Coronavirus epidemic, Covid-19, European Commission, France

Written by : Fugel Khan (Student of Masters in Social Science, University Paris 8, Saint Denis) Photo credit : Shutterstock.com READ IN FRENCH A French perspective : Part 1 Before the world could assess the impact of forest fires in Brazil and Australia on the survival of humankind, the worst was not thought to have happened until the appearance of the COVID-19 virus, which finds its origin in a local market of Wuhan city in late 2019. The Chinese authority, which was rather discreet at first, officially recognized the spread of the epidemic in January 2020, and the WHO confirmed…

Apr

2020

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Plight of Palestinian Farmers : Background of a Reportage

Politics & SocialKalandya checkpoint, Palestine Israel conflict, West Bank

Written by : Joy Banerjee Independent Filmmaker and ex video journalist, France Television Photos : Author READ IN FRENCH Kalandya checkpoint A few kilometres from Jerusalem, after crossing an industrial area where there is no living soul, one can see from afar the military turrets overlooking the Kalandya checkpoint. As the car gets closer to the casemates, it has to shuffle between the concrete blocks and all kinds of rubbish dumped on the road. A few Israeli soldiers, with assault rifles, slung over their shoulders, vaguely watch the cars go by. That day, the situation is calm, and the soldiers,…

Feb

2020

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Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 : Win of Collective Conscience over Religious Jingoism

Current Affairs, Politics & Social, PopularAAP, Amit Shah, Arvind Kejriwal, BJP, CAA, Delhi Assembly Election, Narendra Modi, NRC, Shaheen Bagh

From director’s desk Written by : Jayanta Chakrabarty Illustration by : Suman Choudhury In the beginning of January 2014, I was in Delhi. Dhoom 3 was released in theatres a few days back and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had formed a minority government in a hung assembly with outside support of 8 legislative members of Indian National Congress, with Arvind Kejriwal as the Chief Minister. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was biting the dust instead of being the signal largest party with 31 elected members in an Assembly of 70 seats. It was a tumultuous political situation; it was…

Jan

2020

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Smells of teen power : The ongoing revolution in India

Politics & SocialAishee Ghosh, Amit Shah, CAA, Delhi, Jamia Millia, JNU, Narendra Modi, NRC, Shaheen Bagh, Visva-Bharati

Written by : Debkumar Mitra Kolkata, India Illustration : Suman Choudhury A little more than 50 years after that famous student uprising in the streets of Paris, 1968 is being replayed in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore, and other cities of India. While, the French students led by people such as Danny the Red fought with President Charles de Gaulle’s gendarme for sexual freedom, war in Vietnam and jobs, in India the students are out in the openapparently, if one goes by the official media versions,to protest police excesses on university campuses. The situation has been on the boil on the…

Jan

2020

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CAA Protest Scenario in Assam : The Facts and What the Political Parties Have to Say

Current Affairs, Politics & Social, PopularAssam, CAA, CAB, citizenship, detention centre, NRC, refugee camp, Supreme Court

Written By: Pema Bhadra Guwahati, India Photo Credit: Pema Bhadra Case 1 One Mr Narayan, age 60 plus, charred to death while sleeping inside a hotel owned by a Bengali. The hotel, with 5 other shops were set on fire by the so-called anti-CAA agitators in Tinsukia District, Assam. By the way, his death did not find any space in the local newspapers, news channels. Case 2 An oil tanker heading to Numaligarh Refinery set on fire by six youths on three bikes. The driver of the Tanker Abdul Ali died inside the cabin. Helper Moslemuddin is fighting for his…

Dec

2019

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Detention Centres in Assam: The Current ‘Home’ for Nationeless People

Current Affairs, Politics & Social, PopularAssam, citizenship, detention centre, NRC, refugee camp, Supreme Court

Written By: Pema Bhadra Guwahati, India Photo Credit: Pema Bhadra A lush green field. Gentle bridge mixed with drizzle. A river flowing in the backdrop washing the feet of the hills. Everything around is so fresh, so green…. Ideal place indeed for a weekend trip. In fact, setting up a resort here won’t be a bad idea. Now, the feel-good factors end up here. Yes, a big complex is being built right there with multiple-storied buildings. But it’s not a resort, it’s a prison. A prison biggest in its class. World’s number two in status. The name we call it…

Oct

2019

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Hong Kong Protest: Fighting for the Future of Democracy

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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…