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Terror in Barjora: Panic grips four villages in the Barjora region in West Bengal. The reason is intense explosions for opencast mining. Agricultural labourers and farmers evicted in the villages and around await compensation and rehabilitation ( https://www.newsclick.in/bengals-barjora-coal-mines-disaster-waiting ) reports Madhu Sudan Chatterjee, who writes for Ganashakti.

There can be no Bhagat Singh without his ideology, notes historian S. Irfan Habib in conversation with senior journalist Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay. If Bhagat Singh is not a communist in our remembrance ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOQ2fkCRETo ) , he’s only a photo on a wall. Habib says the ruling political parties in Punjab or elsewhere do not need a ‘strategy’ to bring Bhagat Singh’s ideas into provenance. All leaders must do is read the literature he has left behind. But when they thrust Bhagat Singh’s face into the limelight, minus his ideas, it is akin to killing him again.

 Bhagat Singh’s Essays: Student activist Sahil Budhwar recalls Bhagat Singh’s Letter to Young Political Workers ( https://www.newsclick.in/studentswith-love-bhagat-singh  ) and his essay on students and politics. Released by the SFI on the anniversary of his hanging on 23 March, NewsClick brings you the epilogue of the booklet that features both essays.

The image, especially on the media and social media, of a PM at the height of his powers. One who is unstoppable. The reality on governance is someone who has found it difficult to get things implemented and is unsure of what to do next.

https://thewire.in/government/narendra-modi-governance-myth-reality 

Overall, the record of the second term reveals a contradiction between the image and the reality. The image, especially on the media and social media, is one of the PM at the height of his powers, and unstoppable. The reality on governance is someone who has found it difficult to get things implemented and unsure of what to do next.

by Aakar Pate

21/03/2023l