Dear Friend,
Two films were banned from the 48th International Film Festival Of India (IFFI). Three jury members have resigned. This is a fascist move from a fascist regime. Frighteningly the film fraternity in India is in apathy, barring some token protest. As Martin Niemoeller said, "They came for me...." still...... the Indian film fraternity is saying "We kept silent". Isn't it frightening? Yours truly has written an article on the topic "The Elippathayam (Rat Trap) Moment Of Indian Cinema". What is "Elippathyam"? Read on....
Recently the right wing the Hindu Mahasabha built a temple of Godse, the killer of Gandhiji, in Gwalior. An idol of Godse was installed. This was inaugurated on 15th November commemorating 68 years since he was hanged!
So, Gandhi's land is going to the .... fanatics?
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The Elippathayam (Rat Trap) Moment Of Indian Cinema
by Binu Mathew
Why don’t the Indian film makers show natural instinct of a mouse caught up in a rat trap? It seems, like Unni, the protagonist of Elippathayam, they too are caught up in their own lethargic life and doesn’t know what’s happening to the body politic of India. They don’t even know that they are trapped in a ‘Rat Trap’. Indian film makers must wake up and show the urgency to get out of the rat trap of their own creation. They must boycott IFFI, boycott all government funded film projects, they must stop sending film to I & B ministry for the ‘so called’ national awards which has of late has become ‘Hindi Film Awards’.
Western Intelligence: Saad Hariri Resigned To Avoid His Father’s Fate And Salvage Lebanon
by Franklin Lamb
Beirut and Washington DC sources have suggested to this observer that Hariri’s thinking and motivation for a quick departure from Lebanon was influenced by reports delivered to him personally from three Western security agencies who have for the past six months been monitoring the movements of certain security agents from Hezbollah. These elements, it is claimed have been using ‘secured’ mobile phones while stalking Hariri since his appointment as PM one year ago much as was done to shadow his father Rafik, twelve years ago.
Understanding Secessionism In The Era Of Globalization — An Eco-Socialist View
by Saral Sarkar
Today, the all-important question for us is whether it is not only legally and morally, but also politically good, hence justifiable, that Catalans and Iraqi Kurds unilaterally declare independence.
Preparing For The Future
by Sally Dugman
Do the odds of ten percent look good as if gambling in a casino? If not, prepare now to try to secure the beloved youngsters’ future and the healthy future of the Earth for even future generations to come after any loved ones that one has in his or her life. Perhaps loved ones’ lives will largely depend on your present choice for the way to proceed forward on their behalf now and for their welfare in the dauntingly difficult times to come.
The Biggest Threat To World Peace Is NATO
by Eric Zuesse
On November 8th, Britain’s Daily Mail bannered “NATO tells Europe to prepare for ‘rapid deployment’:” and sub-headed “Defence chiefs say roads, bridges and rail links must be improved in case tanks and heavy vehicles need to be quickly mobilised” (to invade Russia, but the newspaper’s slant was instead that this must be done purely defensively: “In October, NATO accused Russia of misleading them, saying that Moscow had deliberately violated international rules of military drills”).
Czeslaw Milosz – The Unfashionable Poet
by Gaither Stewart
Modern civilization, he believed, was accelerating the process of the decay of our humanness. For Milosz the devil was the creator of the technological civilization in which we live and which oppresses us—technology was supplanting what is not human in us.
Red Is The Color Of The Poor: Sumanta Banerjee Looks Into The Naxalbari Uprising In India
by Farooque Chowdhury
In this interview, conducted in late-September-early-October, 2017 by Farooque Chowdhury, Sumanta Banerjee looks into the Naxalbari Uprising.
100 Years – Petrograd Soviet To Xi Jinping Thought: But, Then, What Is Socialism?
by Sandeep Banerjee
100 years passed and we get new theory and practice of ‘socialism’ with capitalist characteristics as could never be dreamt of according to the century old book: State and Revolution.
AADHAR- Starving The Poor To Death As The Supreme Court Looks Away
by Samar
If it does not want the AADHAR to turn into a government made famine killing citizens, the Supreme Court must at least order an immediate moratorium on its imposition until it decides on the case. Sadly, going by the experience in many similar cases, including one on the farm suicides, where the Supreme Court asked for a national policy in January this year, a policy which is nowhere to be seen even now even as thousands more farmers have committed suicide!
Why Propaganda Passes As News In (Indian) Media
by Pushkar Raj
It is a common refrain in the country that news has declined in content and quality. Social media is full of debate on the issue since innovations like the paid news and scandals like Radia tape. A common thread of concern is that the media is scandalizing, preaching and serving the masses a low comedy in the name of news than informing which is its primary task.
Naturam Godse Temple: Glorification Of Hindutva Symbols
by T Navin
Recently the Hindu Mahasabha built a temple of Godse, the killer of Gandhiji, in Gwalior. An idol of Godse was installed. This was inaugurated on 15th November commemorating 68 years since he was hanged. This was natural for the Hindutva fringe groups who glorify Hindu fanatics.
Hopes Of Person With Disabilities In India
by Amir Hussain
Northern railway in March 2015 made provision for extending e-ticket facility for PwDs by discontinuing to issue concession tickets on the production of certificate issued by CMO, and procedure made for new concession certificate is complicated as it is assigned to DRMs, hence poor disables are feeling the burnt.
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