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Mainstream, VOL LIX No 1, New Delhi, December 19, 2020 Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Dec 19, 2020
Saturday 19 December 2020
Letter to the Readers – Mainstream, Dec 19 2020
The Modi government has a huge majority in Parliament and exercises near-total dominance in India’s political sphere. This has made them a little drunk on power and they have come to believe that they can steamroll legislation without consulting people. It is over three weeks that tens of thousands of protesting farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are sitting on highways on the borders of Delhi. They have faced all kinds of hurdles (See also: 1., 2. ) travelling to Delhi to join the protests. The Government has not permitted them to enter the Capital of their country to peacefully protest. Top leaders of the ruling BJP are out to tar and discredit the peasant’s movement calling it all manner of names. Farm laws and the new labour codes laws were hurriedly passed in
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Remembering the mother of Maoist leader Anuradha Ghandy and theatre director Sunil Shanbag, a much-loved social worker, who opened up her heart and home to everyone
Kumud Shanbag’s name will forever be linked to that of her daughter Anuradha Ghandy, the Maoist who passed away suddenly in April 2008. The shock of losing her daughter so unexpectedly at the untimely age of 54 was deep, but ‘Aunty’, as she was known to Anuradha’s wide circle of friends, showed no trace of it when we visited her. She remained warm and hospitable, always proud of her daughter’s commitment and courage, expressing regret only once to this writer for having bequeathed to her daughter the arthritis that was gradually limiting her own very active life.
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