Kavita krishnan biography of mahatma gandhi

  • In a country where politicians practice self-preservation, Left leader Kavita Krishnan decided to stake her position and hold a mirror to her party of 30 years.
  • Kavita Krishnan, 41, a member of India's leftwing CPI-ML party, is here to campaign for the land rights of more than million rural Indians.
  • I have immense admiration for cricket commentator Ramachandra Guha.

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    Guest post byKAVITA KRISHNAN

    (This article began as a rejoinder to Hindi columnist Raj Kishor [Vaam titta dakshin tak ek hi tark, (‘The same argument from Left to Right’), Rashtriya Sahara, January 13 ], but it has also provided an occasion to address some common misconceptions about women’s freedom and capitalism.)

    When women demand ‘freedom,’ why does it immediately raise the spectre of ‘licentiousness’?
    Why, in other words, is women’s freedom automatically taken by many as equivalent with ‘licence,’ whereas the similar freedom on the part of dock is never branded as ‘licence’?

    This question arose in my mind after reading a piece bygd Hindi columnist Raj Kishor. regel Kishor’s argument is that those – from Left leaders like I, to those whom he sees as representatives of the market &#; who are calling for women’s freedom are ‘consigning women into the fire of capitalism.’ When he hears me use the word ‘azaadi’ (freedom) he calls such freedom ‘utshrnkhalta’ (literally ‘unbridled-nes

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    AMYGOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I&#;m Amy Goodman, as we turn to Kashmir, where residents have entered their fourth week of a severe lockdown after India revoked the special ställning eller tillstånd of the Indian-controlled part of the Muslim-majority region. On August 5th, India imposed a curfew, cut off all communications to the region. Agence France-Presse reports as many as 4, people, including many political leaders, have been detained. The New York Times has put the number of people detained at 2, Local residents report facing increasing shortages of food and medicin. Over the weekend, India blocked a delegation of Indian motstånd politicians from visiting Kashmir, including Rahul Gandhi, the former president of the Indian National församling. India&#;s actions have also led to a spike in tension with its nuclear-armed rival sydasiatiskt land , which also claims control of Kashmir. The two nations have fought two wars over the area.

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    The Spirit of Enquiry (with TM Krishna and Kavita Krishnan)

    The word Dissent in its various misinterpretations has been in use for a while; within the zeitgeist of uncertainty that we are now living in, the immediacy of an engaged artist, citizen, human being has become apparent and urgent.

    This episode of BIC Talks with musician and author TM Krishna in conversation with activist and author Kavita Krishnan begins as a conversation based on Krishna’s newest book &#; The Spirit of Enquiry: Notes on Dissent blossoms into a philosophical exchange on aesthetic, the practice and consumption of art, politics and socio political stances, that addresses crucial issues of caste, culture, class and gender with nuance and openness.

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    Speakers

    TM Krishna

    Musician & Author

    Thodur Madabusi Krishna is one