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11. 04. 2021
THE STORY OF A MUMBAI MILL
By Ramu RamanathanFor Datta Iswalkar (1949-2021)
It was the talk of the town
Till they closed it down
The simple reason was, when all had the
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Inequality is not an abstraction or a mere theoretical speculation; it makes itself tangible in the bodies of the oppressed from the South.
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In May 2019, the party of the Hindu Right, Bharatiya Janata Party, under Narendra Modi, won a spectacular electoral victory.
The victory seemed to defy common sense – why did conversations ...
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