#Salil Tripathi

[indizombie]

Adani Group has grown remarkably during Modi’s time in power. Adani himself has been a cheerleader for the politician since 2002, when deadly riots undermined business confidence in the state of Gujarat—where Modi served as chief minister between 2001 and 2014. The state is known for its enterprise, but in the wake of communal violence, investors began to turn away. Adani came to Modi’s rescue, bringing Gujarati business leaders together to invest in the state’s resilience. Modi doesn’t forget those who criticize him, but he also remembers those who stand by him. While Modi was chief minister, Adani invested in several plum projects in the state, including India’s largest private port in Mundra, Gujarat. By early 2019, Adani controlled one-quarter of India’s port capacity and had won the rights to manage six government-owned airports; he later added a 74 percent share in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, India’s second-busiest.

Salil Tripathi, ‘Gautam Adani and the New Indian Capitalism’, Foreign Policy

[vedantvarma]

In the late 1980s, I interviewed Morarji Desai, who had served as India’s prime minister representing the Janata Party. I asked him what he thought of the movement to build the Ram temple on the site of Babri Masjid, and he suggested that the BJP’s ultimate goal was to undermine Hinduism’s pluralism and turn it into a faith with one book (the Ramayana), one place of worship (Ayodhya), and one god (Rama). The slogan now reverberating through Ayodhya and much of India is Jai Shri Ram, or “Victory to Lord Rama.”

[bollywoodirect]

53 years of #Anand (12/03/1971)

"Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye, Sanjh Ki Dulhan Badan Churaye Chupke Se Aaye, Mere Khayaalon Ke Aangan Mein, Koi Sapnon Ke Deep Jalaaye"

A must-watch among #HrishikeshMukherjee's masterpieces is the movie 'Anand,' starring #RajeshKhanna and #AmitabhBachchan in the lead roles. The screenplay was a collaborative effort by Bimal Dutta, #Gulzar, D.N. Mukherjee, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Biren Tripathy. Music by Salil Chowdhury The lyrics were penned by #Gulzar and Yogesh, with #Gulzar also writing the poignant poem 'Maut Tu Ek Kavita Hai,' which is narrated by Amitabh Bachchan. What are your favorite songs or dialogues from the movie?

What are your favourite songs/dialogue from the movie?

[intergalacticcocksucker]

[tegriy]

"The pen is stronger than the sword." The author of the book "God of Swords" will be prosecuted.

After Arundhati Roy, the author of The God of Small Things, won the PEN-Pinter Award, two weeks later the Delhi governor authorized the prosecution of the writer under India's strict anti-terrorism laws.

The reason was comments in 2010 about the disputed region of Kashmir, where Roy stated that: "Kashmir has never been an integral part of India."

Roy was an outspoken critic of Narendra Modi's policies. Salil Tripathi, a board member of PEN International, wrote in the Guardian last week that while Modi lost his parliamentary majority in recent elections, “it is wrong to assume that [he] has changed”" "The prosecution of a well - known person like Roy is the government's way of warning critics that they should not expect anything else. The sword looms over the critics; the Swarm reminds us why the pen should remain stronger than the sword.”

More than 200 prominent figures in India have signed an open letter calling on the government to reverse the decision. Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer and human rights activist. She has written the novels "The God of Small Things" and "The Ministry of Supreme Happiness", as well as the non-fiction books "Capitalism: A Ghost Story" and "The Algebra of Infinite Justice". Her work has been awarded various literary awards for its talent and raising complex issues such as environmental degradation and human rights violations.

Link to the source here.

[tomorrowusa]

Faced with an even bigger disaster—a devastating COVID-19 outbreak with a projected 1 million deaths by the end of July amid shortages of ambulances, oxygen, and vaccines—Modi is blaming anyone but himself. His lack of leadership likely played a major role in recent elections in West Bengal, India’s fourth-most populous state, where voters handed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a resounding defeat. It was the state he coveted most, and where he’d campaigned relentlessly, holding irresponsible public rallies even as the virus was multiplying across the country.   [ ... ] Modi has never failed to take credit for achievements belonging to others, nor has he accepted blame for the various disasters during his seven-year rule. Now, with the worst public health crisis for India in nearly a century, Modi's luck may have finally run out.

Indian author and editor Salil Tripathi writing at the journal Foreign Policy. 

Some related reporting by Salimah Shivji of CBC News.

"As people are suffering, most certainly some of that suffering is translating into an anger against the political leadership," said Yamini Aiyar, president of the New Delhi-based think tank Centre for Policy Research.

Aiyar said it's well known that India spends far less than any other comparable economy on its health care system, about 1 percent of its GDP, and the country's health infrastructure is "creaking if not broken".

And yet the Indian government didn't spend time strengthening it to prepare for a possible second wave of an unpredictable virus.

"Rather we fell into the trap of assuming there was such a thing as Indian exceptionalism," she told CBC News. The first wave of the pandemic did not hit India as hard as public health experts had feared nor as hard as other countries.

People who believe in “(fill in the blank with name of country) exceptionalism” are in for an eventual rude awakening. No country gets to exempt itself from biology, economics, psychology, or common sense.

Both Indian exceptionalism and American exceptionalism played roles in those countries’ disastrous reactions to the pandemic.

The US had a change in administration four months ago and is on its way to recovery with a pro-science and anti-authoritarian president. Sadly, Modi will probably be in office for an additional three years; Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, a Modi appointee, is urging Indians to eat dark chocolate to deal with COVID-19.

‘Let them eat dark chocolate.’ India’s Covid-19 crisis is devastating its most desperate people: The Economist

Mostly, however, the government is notable by its absence. Harsh Vardhan, the health minister, who has promoted herbal Covid “cures”, last week advised Indians to eat extra-dark chocolate with “more than 70 per cent cocoa” in order to beat Covid-related stress. Perhaps he should read a recent World Bank report, which shows that 86 per cent of Indian families cannot afford a basic balanced diet, let alone fancy chocolate, The Economist said.

[krishnaprasad-blog]

"'Fidayeen Anchors' like Arnab Goswami did what is expected of them. It is moderate-looking journalists like Shekhar Gupta, Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai who have shed their masks."

“‘Fidayeen Anchors’ like Arnab Goswami did what is expected of them. It is moderate-looking journalists like Shekhar Gupta, Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai who have shed their masks.”

The flame-throwing, fire-spewing, war-mongering conduct of the “commando comic channels” in the recent India-Pakistan kerfuffle has attracted near-universal criticism on both sides of the line of control—and across the seven seas.

Indeed, these incursions by the TRPF (Television Rating Point Force) into the soul and sanity of the subcontinent were about the only ones not disputed by either…

[humanrightsday]

Social Media and Human Rights.

The Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang, moderated the Geneva event, which had the theme, Social Media and Human Rights. President of the Human Rights Council, Laura Dupuy Lasserre, and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, also participated.

The guests canvassed the influence of social media, politically, culturally and socially, at the community, national and international levels.

The panellists were Wael Abbas (Egypt), Maite Azuela (Mexico), Bassem Bouguerra (Tunisia), Ednah Karamagi (Uganda), Meg Pickard (United Kingdom) and Salil Tripathi (United Kingdom).

Members of the diplomatic and UN community, civil society, the media, the general public and students from Geneva's universities also attended the event.

Human Rights Day 2018 was celebrated at different events in many other countries round the world.

Panellist:Mr. Bassem Bouguerra (Tunisia) describes himself as a "revolutionary by nature and a software engineer by accident." The 30 year-old Tunisian blogger works as a software architect at Yahoo. Initially, he campaigned for change in his home country from San Francisco but, for the past year, he has split his time between the United States and Tunisia using his blog to advocate for social and political reform. He continues campaigning and has set up an online news site, "The Bouguerra ....

Panellist:Ms. Ednah Karamagi (Uganda) is a blogger and human rights activist. With a background in community development, she is convinced of the importance of extending appropriate emerging technologies into rural areas. Ms. Karamagi is the Executive Director of BROSDI, a Ugandan non-governmental organization implementing the "Collecting and Exchange of Local Agricultural Content" project. Despite lack of access to the Internet in remote areas, BROSDI uses a variety of media tools - both new ....

Statement by Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, (South Korea) has been Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights since 2007. Before joining the United Nations, Ms. Kang was Ambassador for Multilateral Affaires and Director-General of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, with a portfolio that covered a wide range of UN issues, including human rights. Prior to joining the Foreign Service in 1998, Ms. Kang worked for the National Parliament of the ....

Panellist: Mr. Salil Tripathi (United Kingdom) is Policy Director for the Institute for Human Rights and Business, a global centre of excellence and expertise on business and human rights standards. The Indian-born author was earlier a researcher at Amnesty International where he led the organization's engagement with the Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights and the Global Compact. Mr. Tripathi writes on subjects including free speech, politics, economics, and social trends for ....

Closing Remarks by Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, (South Korea) Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human Rights Day 2011 - Geneva Event - Social Media and Human Rights

Panellist:Ms. Maite Azuela (Mexico) is a journalist/blogger and activist in social networks. Besides writing for a number of media outlets, including the well-known Mexican daily El Universal, Ms. Azuela is involved in mobilizing local communities through social networks in areas such as education, political reform, transparency and access to information. She has a MA in Public Policy and Administration from Concordia University, Canada and is the founder of movements such as DHP, "On ....

Idalina Cappe de Baillon, a UNICEF staff member and opera singer started singing at the age of twelve, first featuring in American musicals and French operetta. In 1997, Ms Cappe de Baillon created a show entitled Opera and Cabaret that she has performed regularly for charities ever since. At the Geneva event, she will sing Vissi d'Arte from Puccini's La Tosca and the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen, accompanied by Mr Wiener on the piano.

Human Rights Day 2011 - Geneva Event - Social Media and ....

Panellist: Ms. Meg Pickard (United Kingdom) is the Head of Digital Engagement for Guardian News and Media, responsible for developing and supporting existing and new social web strategy and interactive experiences. Ms. Pickard comes from a background in social anthropology and in the mid-nineties conducted ethnographic fieldwork into community participation and cultural identity, first in Bolivia and subsequently online. Her particular areas of interest are community engagement and the ....

Questions and Answers Segment with Audience Participation.

Human Rights Day 2011 - Geneva Event - Social Media and Human Rights

Panellist: Mr. Wael

[indizombie]

During the decades that followed independence, when India liberalized its economy and companies needed government permission to raise capital or expand operations, Indian businesses competed while figuring out how to master a byzantine bureaucracy. Then, there were strict limits on private businesses: about whether they could lay off employees or which sectors they could invest in, for example. But in 1991, then-Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and then-Finance Minister Manmohan Singh launched economic reforms that allowed Indian businesses to begin to flex their muscles. If the old Gujarat model made businesses succeed by keeping them away from the government’s tentacles, the version embraced by Modi and Adani now blurs the lines between the state and the private sector.

Salil Tripathi, ‘Gautam Adani and the New Indian Capitalism’, Foreign Policy

[odishaphotos]

I am in your eyes

I am in your eyes 2010 Oriya short story

To 'Akhire Me, an Oriya short story released in 2010. The film was produced by Prabhas Raut. Vijayalakshmi Raut wrote the story for the film. Devidatta Mohanty composed the dialogues for the film. S. K. Muralitharan wrote and directed the screenplay. Music director Vikas Das composed the soundtrack.

The film stars Babushan Mohanty and Sweetie in the lead roles. Actors like Uttam Mohanty, Aparajita Mohanty, Papu Pum Pum, Salil Mitra, Har Patnaik, Namrata Das, Raicharan Das, Debu Bose, Pradyumna Lenka, Bobby Mishra, Bibhuti Das, Bidyutprabha, Smita Tripathi, Braj Nayak, Pradeep Sen, Tanisk Starred in various roles.

[athibanenglish]

Post-mortem report reveals delivery executive suffered grievous injuries on head, chest: Delhi Police | Delhi News

Post-mortem report reveals delivery executive suffered grievous injuries on head, chest: Delhi Police | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: The post-mortem report of a 38-year-old executive of an online food delivery company showed that he had sustained grievous injuries on his head, chest and limbs in an accident, officials said on Tuesday. Salil Tripathi was killed last week when a Delhi Police constable, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, rammed his car into the delivery executive’s two-wheeler while he was…

[guncelkal]

India: Salil Tripathi’s hardworking life was typical of millions determined to leave poverty behind; his tragic death has touched the nation

India: Salil Tripathi’s hardworking life was typical of millions determined to leave poverty behind; his tragic death has touched the nation

Once in a while, a person dies whose life happens to mirror in almost every detail the lives of millions around him. Salil Tripathi’s fate was to be that person, to be that death.Last Saturday, as heavy rain lashed the Indian capital in one of the heaviest downpours in 25 years, most people remained indoors. But Tripathi zipped up his jacket and grabbed his helmet to go out and drop off food as a…

[sachkiawaaj]

Zomato delivery person dies after being hit by drunk cop`s car in Delhi: Police

Zomato delivery person dies after being hit by drunk cop`s car in Delhi: Police

A delivery person died after a drunk police constable’s car allegedly hit his bike in Delhi. The man, identified as Salil Tripathi, was the lone bread earner of his family, police said in a statement. “A Zomato delivery executive died after a police constable, who was driving a car allegedly under alcohol influence hit his bike in Budh Vihar, Rohini on Saturday. His father had died of COVID…

[sail-steel]

The Seminar on Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Specialty Steel was inaugurated by Shri RCP Singh , Hon'ble Union Minister of Steel in presence of Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste , Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Steel , Shri Pradip Kumar Tripathi, Secretary (Steel), Smt. Rasika Chaube, Additional Secretary (Steel), Smt. Soma Mondal, Chairman Steel Authority of India Limited , Shri Salil Kumar, CMD MECON Limited , Shri Dilip Oommen, CEO Arcellor Mittal Nippon Steel India , Shri Subhrakant Panda, VP Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Shri Deepak Bagla, MD and CEO Invest India along with HE Shri Vikram Mishri, Ambassador of India to the People's Republic of China India in China (Embassy of India, Beijing) , HE Ms. Gina Uika, Dy. Chief of the Mission, Embassy of India in Russia (Embassy of India, Moscow) and various Indian embassies who joined through virtual mode today , at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi.

Smt. Soma Mondal, Chairman SAIL expressed that the PLI Scheme would be a game changer

in reducing the dependency on the imports for Specialty Steel.

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#PLI4Steel #AtmanibharBharat #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav

[gretonew]

PEN International and the International Cities of Refuge Network work closely to provide safety and security to writers, journalists, and editors facing threat. PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee meets on regular occasions with ICORN’s executives, writers, artists, and journalists to discuss themes of mutual interest.

At its last meeting, held virtually, Salil Tripathi, PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee Chair, spoke of significant developments during his term, which ends September 2021.

Excerpts from his speech:

The theme of our meeting this year is Digital Dystopia. We had thought the internet was going to liberate us. Instead, we are speaking to fewer people, mainly to those we agree with. Some mute voices they don’t like and block those who they find to be hostile. And worldwide, the cult of intolerance increases, with the powerful seeking to silence, by cancelling those they disagree with, including getting them expelled and removed from social media. US President Donald Trump says reprehensible things, but should it be left to an oversight board, appointed by a corporation nobody elected, to decide if his views should be heard in public? Who gets to decide? Are companies our saviours or new censors?

I had a minor kerfuffle last year, when Twitter removed me from its...

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[indizombie]

Four years after Modi became prime minister in 2014, India changed the rules to allow a company with no prior experience to bid for airports, and Adani ended up with six. When India announced plans to introduce market-oriented agriculture reforms—later repealed—Adani invested in grain silos. This model might sound like East Asian crony capitalism, with a politician providing favors to supportive business tycoons to boost their companies—like Japan’s sogo shosha or South Korea’s chaebol. But there is a key difference. The Japanese sogo shosha were interlocked trading entities that intermediated with one another to enjoy economies of scale; the South Korean chaebol were postwar nation-builders, effectively venture capital firms in a country starved of capital. In both cases, conglomerates benefited from state protection and patronage, but they did compete with one another in various sectors. Adani Group’s rise creates a near-monopoly status for the group across several industries.

Salil Tripathi, ‘Gautam Adani and the New Indian Capitalism’, Foreign Policy