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Continue reading →: Thankappan Led Labour from the Front, Built Unorthodox Institutions and Left an Enduring LegacyJ John D. Thankappan passed away early morning, September 2, 2026, at his home in Airoli, New Bombay at the age of 87. In the world of labour, Thankappan led from the front, thrown up unorthodox ideas, forged alliances, and built creative institutions. Thankappan became synonymous with the most unique…
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Continue reading →: Another Kerala StoryJ John From Delhi, my wife Sheeba and I reached Kochi on 12 April 2026. Our friend was there to receive us. On our way to Kottayam, Sheeba started coughing badly, and we decided to visit a known hospital. After a long wait and going through the procedure of token…
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Continue reading →: Alin and Values of Empathy and Non-discrimination
Arun is the father and Sherin is the mother. Breaking the patriarchal traditions, they gave their only girl child the name Alin Sherin Abraham, with the mother’s name as the child’s second name. This unconventional progressive approach to life was again manifested when they faced the most difficult moment in…
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Continue reading →: L2: Empuraan and the Fall of the SuperhumanAvailable @ https://countercurrents.org/2025/05/l2-empuraan-and-the-fall-of-the-superhuman/ Can the failure of the much-hyped commercial film L2: Empuraan at the box office also be indicative of the rejection by the audiences of superhero self-perceptions of superstars and their superhuman cinematic characterisations by certain film directors and scriptwriters? Exceptional Marketing Hype The multilingual action thriller L2:…
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Continue reading →: ASHA Struggle in Kerala: An Overview of Unmet Demands and Systemic ImpedimentsMore than 60 days struggle of ASHA workers (health workers) in Kerala raises the question whether ASHAs can ever receive wages for their work rather than humiliating incentives. It also raises basic structural and institutional factors that debase ASHA workers.
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Continue reading →: La Clique & Edinburgh Fringe FestivalJ John While in the UK in August 2024, we visited Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. Edinburgh is recognized as the “Festival City of the World.” Edinburgh has a variety of festivals throughout the year. The peak of celebrations occurs in August each year, during the summer season, when…
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Continue reading →: Karl Marx’s Tomb and Lenin, Mao, and Ho Chi Minh MausoleumsAlong with his family, Karl Marx, who upended philosophical and theoretical ideas and sparked international political revolutions, is buried in Highgate Cemetery as an ordinary person.
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Continue reading →: How Rahul Gandhi Falls a Victim of Circumstances by using the Word Panauti
Rahul Gandhi addressed two rallies in Vallabhnagar in Udaipur and Baytoo in Balotra ahead of the November 25 Rajasthan State Assembly elections. On November 21, after India’s World Cup loss, Gandhi said at an election rally in Baytoo in Balotra, Rajasthan “Panauti… panauti…Achha bhalaa hamare ladke wahaan World Cup jeetne…
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Continue reading →: ‘Jawan’, the Super Hero and the Vicarious Satisfaction the Indian Middle Classes ExperienceJ John The Shah Rukh Khan film ‘Jawan’, was released for theatrical shows on September 7, 2023. [Within 19 days](#), it amassed more than Rs.1000 crore in box office collection globally and crossed Rs.566 crores in India. Red Chillies, its production house released these figures. Jawan is competing in box…
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Continue reading →: ‘Dhoomam’ – An Ethical and Logical Dilemma for the ViewersWho will a viewer empathise with as a villain or as a hero – with a sensitised Avinash or an ‘incognito’ who takes moral high ground an pursue the path of annihilation? …Viewers of the film ‘Dhoomam’ are left with a concoction of ethical and logical dilemma.
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