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 Gandhian Politics in Contemporary India  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZAY7nb0qA  Prof Anand Kumar. Aug 18, 2022
Professor Anand Kumar will speak on how to make sense of the relevance of Gandhian politics in contemporary India. His talk will help contextualize Gandhi and his politics, especially his commitment towards an ethical life and society based on the ideals of truth and nonviolence, and his vision of Swaraj (freedom); Swadeshi (indigenous development); and Sarvoday (well-being of all through participatory democracy) — to be realized through a judicious combination of character-building, constructive program,
non-cooperation, and Satyagraha. Professor Kumar charts the evolution of Gandhian politics and the bewildering diversity among his followers in the early post-Gandhi period (1948 – 1979), and traces the multiple struggles faced — and strategies adopted — by Gandhian organisations and leaders as India moved into the era of Globalization and Hindu majoritarianism. He maintains that followers of Gandhian ideals face unprecedented challenges in contemporary India, in their continuing pursuit of nation-building, communal harmony, and a balanced coexistence of nature and humanity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDScaYXMTBk Conversation with Anand Kumar | Story of a Free Thinker, Troublemaker, Socialist Sociologist

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Koshi Nav Nirman Manch organized a one-day dharna on 30 January 2025 from 11 am against the government and administrative neglect with the Kosi victims at the Degree College Chowk of Supaul district of Bihar state.
The demands include 

The Kosi erosion victims should be paid for the house damage without delay and they should be settled in the vacant lands of rehabilitation.
The low land allotted to the erosion victims of Khakhai Spur of Supaul region should be filled with soil under MNREGA

All the families living within the Kosi embankment should be given benefits

The floods of Kosi will not end with the Kosi Mechi river linking scheme and Dagmara barrage, therefore all the discharge streams should be revived. Also, the Kosi problem should be solved by the coordination of scientific knowledge and folk knowledge.

https://jajaipur.blogspot.com/2025/01/blog-post_31.html 

Could Pegasus come back to haunt Modi Govt in 2025???  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8-BwtZuMBg
A US Court now has found NSO Group guilty of planting spyware into Facebook's Whatsapp...the same software that was allegedly sued by Govt of India to target opponents, journalists and human rights activists. 
But while US Courts found clear evidence of wrongdoing by the NSO Group - the Indian Supreme Court could not find anything concrete. Why did the Govt not assist the SC in the probe? What was it hiding?