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Thursday, July 9, 2020

POLITICS
- COMMENTARY
  
  Black lives are being lost in the Mediterranean – but the world remains silent
  
  Maurice Stierl - 09/07/2020 0
  
  A black baby was born on a boat on the Mediterranean Sea in late June. Its mother was trying to escape from Libya, together...
  
  NEWS
  
  Behind Bars for Over 200 Days, Activist Akhil Gogoi Reports COVID-19 Like Symptoms
  
  The New Leam Staff - 08/07/2020 0
  
  Media reports suggest that Akhil Gogoi’s health has deteriorated severely in the last one week and he is showing COVID-19 like symptoms. A petition has been submitted to the NIA, seeking details on Gogoi’s health.
  
  ANALYSIS
  
  Indian Garment Industry’s Shutting Down of Creche Services is Anti-Women
  
  The New Leam Staff - 07/07/2020 0
  
  Garment factories have opened but creche services remain dysfunctional, leaving lakhs of women employees distressed and compelled to leave their jobs amid the pandemic.
  
  NEWS
  
  LJP-JDU Tussles in Bihar May Roughen the Ride for NDA Ahead of Assembly Elections
  
  Kabir - 06/07/2020 0
  
  A leader of the LJP made a comment about the unbreakability of the NDA coalition ahead of Bihar assembly polls leading to strict party action against him, as the party is still undecided on the conditions for joining the alliance.Is this indicative of a rift within the NDA?
  
  POLICY
  
  Odisha Government Announces Balaram Scheme to Empower Over Seven Lakh Landless Farmers
  
  The New Leam Staff - 05/07/2020 0
  
  Odisha government’s Balaram Scheme will provide credit of Rs 1,040 crore to more than 7 lakh farmers across the next two years.
OPINION
- All EDITORIAL LETTERS
  
  OPINION
  
  Maid, Domestic Helper, Servant or Worker: Terminology That Cannot Obfuscate Structural Exploitation
  
  R. Mahalakshmi - 08/07/2020 0
  
  No matter what terminology we choose, the exploitation and inherent hierarchy that separates mental and physical domains of work gets highlighted in the way we treat those who aid us in domestic chores.
  
  OPINION
  
  Making Sense of the Pandemic & the Ushering in of a New World Order
  
  Jyoti Dalal - 05/07/2020 0
  
  Instead of the imagining, hoping and creating the post-COVID times in the language of ‘normal’ past, there is a need to affirm the crisis so that the space for new possibilities can be explored.
  
  OPINION
  
  Reservations in Promotions – Not a Fundamental Right?
  
  Ruchira Das & Chetan Anand - 04/07/2020 0
  
  The commentary is a response to the recent Supreme Court judgement on reservation in promotions that challenges the position of reservation in the Constitution making it no longer a right to social justice but a completely discretionary power of the State to grant it.
  
  LITERATURE
  
  On Death and a Poetic Celebration of Life
  
  Avijit Pathak - 03/07/2020 0
  
  Even though the pandemic-induced despair makes us see only the ugliness of death, it is still possible to celebrate life. And great poets like Walt Whitman and Rabindranath Tagore sought to walk with us, and make us see and feel the sacred meaning of this celebration.
CULTURE
- ARTS
  
  Shillings, gods and runes: clues in language suggest a Semitic superpower in ancient northern Europe
  
  Robert Mailhammer - 08/07/2020 0
  
  Remember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important items and concepts are...
  
  ARTS
  
  Music, Poetry and Art Sound Like “Hope” as the Pandemic Pushes Us into Isolated and Lonely Existences
  
  Jeuty Thakur - 06/07/2020 0
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has locked us up in isolated and lonely existences, art alone can enable us to redefine and find meaning in life and deal with the changed reality around.
  
  CULTURE
  
  The Sublime Prayers of Redemption
  
  THE NEW LEAM - 05/07/2020 0
  
  At this moment of psychic bewilderment and statistics of death, the poet’s sublime prayers enchant our souls, and make us feel the rhythm of life and death
  
  CULTURE
  
  Hot Weather, Angry Tweets and Monday Blues: What Dictates Social Media Aggression?
  
  Kavya Thomas - 04/07/2020 0
  
  A new study establishes a linkage between angry tweets and rising temperatures.
  
  CULTURE
  
  Regressive Indian Patriarchy Considers a ‘Dead’ Daughter Better Than a ‘Divorced’ One
  
  Agney GK - 02/07/2020 0
  
  With divorce being largely seen as a social taboo in India, women prefer to perish in oppressive marriages due to patriarchal oppression and financial constraints.
- CINEMA
- BOOK
- LIFESTYLE
EDUCATION
- EDUCATION
  
  Parenting at the time of a pandemic/ Don’t Romanticize Parenthood
  
  Priya Naik - 08/07/2020 1
  
  In this series on parenting at the time of a pandemic, Priya Naik narrates her engagement with her two children, and reflects--with a critical insight- on the meaning of being a mother at a time when the discourse of 'new-age parenting' is filled with an 'egoistic celebration of children'.
  
  EDUCATION
  
  Parenting at the time of a pandemic/ A Journey Inwards
  
  Roopa Rathnam - 06/07/2020 0
  
  In this series on 'parenting at the time of a pandemic', a mother recalls her moments with her daughter, and reflects on the process of rediscovering the world together: from online learning to the treasure within.
  
  EDUCATION
  
  Education as Substantial Public Interest and the Inherent Inequalities of Online Education
  
  Shehana - 04/07/2020 0
  
  With online education becoming a new trend amid the coronavirus pandemic, its ability to become democratic and egalitarian in terms of its dissemination is highly debatable.
  
  EDUCATION
  
  Kerala’s Mass Movement for Democratising Virtual Learning and Bridging the ‘Digital Divide’
  
  Editorial Staff - 02/07/2020 0
  
  At a time when education is entirely halted for a majority of school students and a push for online education amid a lack of infrastructure asserts itself, Kerala is witnessing a historic mass movement for democratising virtual learning.
  
  EDUCATION
  
  The Resurgence of Ed-Tech Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic: Implications for an Altered Educational Landscape
  
  Rajeshwari - 29/06/2020 0
  
  With e-learning becoming the overarching norm amid the pandemic, here is a thorough look at its implications, challenges and dilemmas for our times.
SPOTLIGHT
- FOOD
  
  “No One Should Die of Starvation When the Godowns are Overflowing” Say Right to Food Activists
  
  Kabir - 09/07/2020 0
  
  The PDS system often leaves out the undocumented poor but the universalisation of the scheme could prevent starvation deaths in times of the pandemic.
  
  ANALYSIS
  
  Indian Garment Industry’s Shutting Down of Creche Services is Anti-Women
  
  The New Leam Staff - 07/07/2020 0
  
  Garment factories have opened but creche services remain dysfunctional, leaving lakhs of women employees distressed and compelled to leave their jobs amid the pandemic.
  
  NEWS
  
  What Did New Zealand, Vietnam and Iceland Do to Flatten Their Coronavirus Curves?
  
  Kabir - 06/07/2020 0
  
  New Zealand, Vietnam and Iceland have adopted unique strategies to flatten their coronavirus curves successfully, here is what these countries chose to do.
  
  SCIENCE
  
  Footprints on the Moon and cemeteries on Mars: interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman
  
  Alice Gorman - 04/07/2020 0
  
  ANALYSIS
  
  India’s ASHA Workers Amid COVID-19
  
  Editorial Staff - 03/07/2020 0
  
  The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has meant more hours of work, sustained community resistance, institutional apathy and personal risk for India’s ASHA workers.
ECONOMY
- IN-DEPTH
  
  Lack of Documents and Registration Deprive India’s Migrant Class of State Offered Benefits & Welfare Schemes
  
  Editorial Staff - 06/07/2020 0
  
  India’s migrant workers are integral to its economy, but indivisible in its policies and schemes. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the loopholes that cripple the system and deprive its workers.
  
  ECONOMY
  
  For Uttar Pradesh’s Poverty Stricken Migrant Workers, “Coronavirus is Better Than Hunger”
  
  The New Leam Staff - 29/06/2020 0
  
  Hundreds of Uttar Pradesh's 30 lakh-migrant workers who returned back during the lockdown are going back to cities like Mumbai for employment even though it puts their lives at risk.
  
  ECONOMY
  
  ‘Reverse Quarantine’ Deprives Over Four Lakh Elderly MGNREGA Workers in Kerala
  
  Kavya Thomas - 12/06/2020 0
  
  Kerala has put its senior citizens under reverse quarantine, this will deprive over four lakh elderly MGNREGA workers of employment.
  
  ECONOMY
  
  Women in the Informal Sector Worst Hit by Lockdown, Suggests ISST Study
  
  The New Leam Staff - 27/05/2020 0
  
  Women working in the informal sector are faced with unprecedented hardships amid the lockdown that only highlight and underline a highly gendered cultural ethos based on discriminatory practices.
  
  ANALYSIS
  
  Coronavirus won’t kill globalisation – but a shakeup is inevitable
  
  Jun Du, Agelos Delis, Mustapha Douch and Oleksandr Shepotylo - 25/05/2020 0
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On Basu Chatterjee and the Poetry of His Cinema

Avijit Pathak - 23/06/2020 0

Basu Chatterjee passed away on June 4, 2020. His films like Rajnigandha, Chhoti Si Baat, Baton Baton Mein, Khatta Meetha and Chitchor were refreshingly different from both ‘commercial’ as well as ‘art’ films.

Remembering the Legacy of the Three-Time Olympic Gold Champion Balbir Singh Sr

The New Leam Staff - 25/05/2020 0

Balbir Singh Sr. will forever be remembered for his remarkable contributions to Indian hockey and the pride and laurels that he brought to the nation.

Edwin Morgan: remembering Scotland’s first poet laureate at 100

James McGonigal - 14/05/2020 0

Morgan travelled widely – to Africa and the Middle East during the second world war, to Russia and Eastern Europe during the Cold War, to the US, New Zealand and the North Pole. These are the places he writes of in his poetry.

The Grace of Professor Yogendra Singh

The New Leam Staff - 10/05/2020 0

Even though Professor Yogendra Singh (November 2, 1932—May 10, 2020)—an outstanding sociologist known for his teaching and research—entered the invisible world, he would continue to be remembered by his innumerable admirers and students.

Rabindranath Tagore’s 159th birth anniversary: A walk through his paintings

THE NEW LEAM - 08/05/2020 0

On Rabindranath Tagore's 159th birth anniversary, here is a walk through some of his painting.

Rishi Kapoor’s Demise Leaves An Irreplaceable Void in the World of Hindi Cinema

The New Leam Staff - 30/04/2020 0

The death of veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has saddened the entire film fraternity and marked an unprecedented loss to the world of Indian cinema.

The Intimate Artist : A Tribute to Irrfan Khan

Kunal Shahdeo - 30/04/2020 0

Irrfan Khan’s untimely demise has left a personal void in the lives of all those who admired his body of work, but he shall continue to inspire generations of artists the world over.

• The Maverick Legend Irrfan Khan-a life in pictures