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After Two Years in Bethlehem: Christmas, a New Year, and the Newborn Ray of Hope
On a personal level, this is perhaps my first such New Year and Christmas where I am profoundly happy. And the sole reason for this is an email received from Palestine. A friend from Bethlehem sent a video and informed that due to the two-year-long massacre in Gaza, Christmas had not been celebrated in Bethlehem or across Palestine for the past two years. This year, the Christmas tree has been decorated in Bethlehem. Christmas has been celebrated.
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Varanasi : Jan Mitra Award Conferred on Prof. Chawky Frenn by Former Awardees
A former Fulbright-Nehru Scholar, Prof. Frenn currently teaches at George Mason University. His works have been exhibited widely across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and India, and are internationally recognised for their powerful engagement with democracy, injustice, and human suffering.
EDITOR’S CHOICE
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Birsa’s Forlorn Children
The 150th birth anniversary this year of the tribal martyred hero, Bhagwan Birsa Munda (1874-1900) has begun to be observed with deserved enthusiasm in Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and other parts of the country. Many Indians, especially those of tribal stock, would perhaps agree that this is an appropriate time to dwell on the abysmal conditions in which Birsa’s children are forced to live and die.
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Bihar: Two Decades of Repealing the APMC Act and Farm Woes
The audit reports of the public institutions under the APMC law and the repeal of the three union agricultural laws have set the stage ready for re-introduction of a Bill in the Bihar Legislative Assembly to revive the original Bihar Agriculture Produce Market Act, 1960.
REVIEW
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Varanasi : Jan Mitra Award Conferred on Prof. Chawky Frenn by Former Awardees
A former Fulbright-Nehru Scholar, Prof. Frenn currently teaches at George Mason University. His works have been exhibited widely across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and India, and are internationally recognised for their powerful engagement with democracy, injustice, and human suffering.