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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Topic: Slavery

The Dutch have apologised for their part in slave trade. Now, India must own up to its mistakes

‘No day goes’, the chronicler Shihabuddin al-Umari recorded during Alauddin Khalji’s rule from 1296-1316, ‘without the sale of thousands of slaves.’

‘Emancipation’ is no ‘12 Years A Slave’ but watch it for Will Smith’s performance

Instead of committing to an action film, Fuqua appears to be traversing both lines of sensitive history and his signature one-man action hero output.

Who gets what, will it measure up — the complexities of colonialism reparations & compensations

It might be enough if schools and universities in the former colonial powers acknowledged in their curricula the reality of how they became wealthy, and at what cost to whom.

What is ‘Juneteenth’, the day Biden has declared a new federal holiday

While signing the legislation declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday, Joe Biden said that this will be 'one of the greatest honours' he will have as the US President.

On Slave Trade Remembrance Day, a look at how world has confronted legacy of slavery, racism

Commemorating the Haitian Revolution of 1791, UNESCO has designated 23 August as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

Here’s how technology can help us end the scourge of modern slavery

A disproportionate number of women and girls – who make up 71% of the 40 million in modern slavery - are impacted.

US midterm elections get ugly with Trump’s racist ad, and Taliban to attend Moscow peace talks

North Korea issues nuclear threat to the US, and Prince Charles says Britain's involvement in transatlantic slavery an 'appalling atrocity'.

Slavery was never abolished – it affects millions, and you may be funding it

The modern day estimate for the number of men, women and children forced into labour worldwide exceeds 40 million.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.