Coming up on March 31, the Ethnographies of Empire Cluster at American University and the Urban Ethnography Lab at UT Austin are co-sponsoring this online triple book event with Jordanna Matlon, Marcel Paret, and me, all talking about our books, moderated by Zophia Edwards. Plenty of Q&A to follow. It starts at noon ET, and you can register for free at eoebooks.eventbrite.com. Hope to see some of you there!
March 20, 2023 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: The criteria for the selection of the new Inspector General of Police The debate on who should be the next Inspector General of Police (IGP) is part of the public debate these days. The focus of this debate is more on who should be the ‘person’ rather than what is the expectation from the new IGP in terms of the challenges faced on the one hand concerning the rule of law system in Sri Lanka, and on…
La Marx International 4/3/2023 One year after the start of the War in Ukraine, the result is that the plans of the Putin regime have been defeated. There is not the slightest possibility that Putin can reverse this situation, the losses of Putin’s armies are enormous, both his regular forces and the mercenary forces of the Wagner Group. A political crisis of the regime of the invaders has opened with public disputes between the high commands of the army, while the people of Russia have turned their backs on the…
By Jayantha Das ୧୮ଦଫା କାର୍ଯ୍ଯ ସୂଚୀ ଭିତ୍ତିରେ ନୂତନ ଓଡିଶା ଗଠନ ପାଇଁ ୨୩ମାର୍ଚ୍ଚ ଓଡିଶା ରାଜଧାନୀ ଭୁଵନେଶ୍ଵରରେ ଵିକଳ୍ପ ସମାଵେଶକୁ ସଫଳ କରନ୍ତୁ। ଶ୍ରମିକ, କୃଷକ, ଛାତ୍ର, ଯୁଵ, ମହିଳା, ଆଦିଵାସୀ, ଦଳିତ, ସଂଖ୍ଯା ଲଘୁ, ଵିଭିନ୍ନ ଜନ ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନକାରୀ ଓ ଵୁଦ୍ଧିଜୀଵି ସମ୍ମିଳିତ ଭାଵେ ଏହାର ଚାଳିକା ଶକ୍ତି ଅଟନ୍ତି। ଗଣ ସଂଘର୍ଷର ଭିତ୍ତିରେ ଵିକଳ୍ପ, କର୍ପୋରେଟ୍ ଲୁଣ୍ଠନ ନୁହେଁ, ଖାଦ୍ଯ, ଵସ୍ତ୍ର, ଵାସଗୃହ, ଶିକ୍ଷା, ସ୍ଵାସ୍ଥ୍ଯ, ଗମନା ଗମନ, ପରିଵହନ, ଅଣୁ-କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ଓ ମଧ୍ଯମ କୃଷି ଭିତ୍ତିକ ଶିଳ୍ପ ଓ ଵାଣିଜ୍ଯର ଵିକାଶ, ଵିଜ୍ଞାନ ଉପଯୋଗରେ ଜନଗଣଙ୍କ ଜୀଵନ, ଜୀଵିକା ଓ ମାନଵୀୟ ଵିକାଶ ହିଁ ନୂତନ ଵିକଳ୍ପର ଉତ୍ସ ହେଵ। ସାମ୍ପ୍ରଦାୟିକ, ଜାତିଆଣ ଵିଭାଜନ, ଘୃଣା ଓ ହିଂସର ପରି ସମାପ୍ତି ପାଇଁ ଏହି ଵିକଳ୍ପ ସମାଵେଶକୁ ସଫଳ କରାନ୍ତୁ।