Prof. Prabhat Patnaik delivered the second Annual Lecture of Centre for Policy Analysis on Demonetisation and Democracy, held in New Delhi on 5th February, 2017
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Video: Prof. Prabhat Patnaik Speaks on Demonetisation and Democracy
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Viceroy’s House - Gurinder Chadha’s take on partition
13 February 2017When Chadha, best known for her 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham, set out to tell her story of “the people’s partition” of India, she wanted to focus on the lives of those affected, rather than linger on the terrible violence that marked the creation of India and Pakistan in 1947.
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Bangladesh: Disquiet over draft Citizenship Bill 2016 | Commentary and Review
12 February 2017For people who were born abroad to Bangladeshi parents, for people who have a parent who isn’t Bangladeshi, things are about to change, and given the way our nation operates, probably not for the better.
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India Post-truth History Textbooks under BJP: Rajasthan ministers want a new ending for the battle of Haldighati - Editorials
10 February 2017The proposal to amend ’history’ in the textbooks of Rajasthan University (RU) was made by Mohanlal Gupta, a BJP MLA who is also a government nominee in the RU syndicate.
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India: Remembering Deepak Roy
8 February 2017Deepak Roy,(1949-2017) was a talented, committed documentary film maker of the old school. His best films combined with perception, content with a sureness of technique. His Docu-feature in 1997-‘’Dhanna” won him the National Award for Best Film on Social issues. It was about a specially- abled boy Dhannaraj who brings water to his parched village in Madhya Pradesh.
