I've been watching quite a few films lately, but I've also been trying to write and I haven't gotten to the point of writing Film Club posts very often. Will try to work on that. One fascinating film I've seen recently is Love in the...
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PM offers prayers at Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh on November 27, 2023. No, I am not shocked that Modi and his party have turned their attacks.
George McGovern, Food for Peace administrator, 1961 This is just a fascinating connection that I had never considered before: In 1996, Ananya Vajpeyi, a doctoral student, discovered the fabled South.
Attentive readers will by now have noticed that, after nearly a year of covering every national election here, I've fallen off the wagon recently. Some of that was standard end of a busy semester stuff, as well as other life events that have crowded out...
On October 18, 1861, the Phulaguri Uprising began in Assam, modern-day India. This was a revolt against the British control over Indian workers in the aftermath of the 1857 Indian.
Guess what? There's still nothing on the moon! But now India can say they are a Big and Strong Manly Nation like the U.S.! Totally worth the gazillion dollars! Though.
Washington Embassy/Oct.17,49, A22a(I) The Honorary Degree of LL.D. was conferred on the Hon'ble Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India, by the Columbia University o October 17, 1949, during the Prime Ministers recent visit to the city. Photo shows General Eisenhower bestowing the Degree on...
Better not do anything to fight climate change because the world totally has this under control. Temperatures in parts of India and Pakistan have reached record levels, putting the lives.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs U.S. President Donald Trump as they give joint statements in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin.
The Bhopal disaster was one of the worst in industrial history. I've written about it here and discussed it at some length in Out of Sight. The thing about a disaster like this is that it doesn't go away. People still live there and they...
This is a good look at the utter brutality of Indian sweatshops. "We have no expectations from the city. Not even sunshine. Breathe, sleep, f*ck, work, shit, whatever you do,.
Because of being so immersed in the horribleness of daily politics, I haven't really been doing enough labor blogging of late. This is bad on my part and I need.