https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thivya-rakini-0998aa292_the-last-few-weeks-have-been-terribly-difficult-activity-7361388613894369280-i_K9   factories producing mainly for the US market were plunged into uncertainty, shipments were stuck, and layoffs soon followed...

Suppliers are hurting too, especially those heavily tied to US orders. Several told us brands are pushing the full tariff burden onto them. Some can’t even ship goods already made because they’re being asked to absorb costs they simply can’t carry.

Some suppliers shared what they were told on  calls: “If you agree to take on the additional costs now, we’ll keep the orders; otherwise, we’ll move production to Bangladesh.” 

https://in.linkedin.com/in/thivya-rakini-0998aa292    I am Thivya, State President of the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union . TTCU, representing more than 12,000 women workers across Tamil Nadu. Our union is built by and for women who understand what it means to be a low-wage worker facing both gender and caste discrimination.

At TTCU, we work directly with factories and international brands to show that businesses can thrive while treating women workers with dignity. Recently, we achieved a major victory by signing the Dindigul Agreement – the first enforceable brand agreement in Asia's textile industry that specifically tackles gender-based violence and harassment.

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) member Sudama Prasad had, in the Lok Sabha, asked for the “details of categories of valid documents that are required for people to prove citizenship in India”.

https://thewire.in/government/lok-sabha-parliament-nityanand-rai-categories-of-valid-documents-citizenship 

 The Union home ministry, in an answer to a Lok Sabha question, did not specify the “categories of valid documents” that someone would need to  prove citizenship in India. It said that citizenship is governed by the Citizenship Act, 1955 and its rules, the Ministry said.

14/08/2025

Trade and Tariff Wars and their Impact on Women in the Global South  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tSmlRb-FeM| Jul 24, 2025  T

his important conversation explores how rising protectionism, tariff wars, and global trade disruptions are affecting women—especially those working in informal supply chains, small-scale enterprises, and production networks across the Global South. The session critically examines WTO trade rules, economic nationalism, and their disproportionate burden on women’s paid and unpaid labour. 

🎙 Speakers:
• Anuradha Chenoy (India) https://youtu.be/_tSmlRb-FeM?t=314 
• Denise Dora (Brazil)
• Lucy Niu (China)
• Nazma Akhter (Bangladesh)
• Mabel Bianco (Argentina)
• Mariangela Linoci (UNCTAD)
• Phelisa Nkomo (South Africa)

🗣️ Discussant: Mariama William (Jamaica/US)
🎤 Moderators: Priti Darooka (India) & Shubha Chacko (India)

 Suryakant की टिप्पणियों के बाद Rahul ने बदला प्लान! Modi & Gyanesh को भनक नहीं लगने दी!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIO9GlYGke0
The News Launcher Modi and Gyanesh were not given any clue!

Bihar SIR Is Intensive Deletion Exercise' : Yogendra Yadav Appears In Supreme Court With Two Persons Deleted As Dead By ECI https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/bihar-sir-is-intensive-deletion-exercise-yogendra-yadav-appears-in-supreme-court-with-two-persons-deleted-as-dead-by-eci-from-draft-300679  He claimed that the number of voters likely to be excluded is much more than 65 lakhs and may rise up to 1 crore if ECI continues with the SIR

कोर्ट पहुंच गए योगेंद्र, बिहार में SIR पर पूरी बहस पलट दी!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBCG-0Mvczc   Ravish Kumar 

 Supreme Court On Bihar SIR: Yogendra Yadav बने वकील, Election Commission को घेर लिया। Kapil Sibal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdgiZz8en8Q 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phjPBObMvbg   What Did Yogendra Yadav Say on Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Theft’ Allegations Against the EC? The Indian Express 

सुप्रीम कोर्ट में SIR पर सुनवाई के दौरान आज 
@_YogendraYadav
 POST by SI 
    During the hearing on SIR in the Supreme Court today, @_YogendraYadav defeated even the top lawyers. During the arguments of Kapil Sibal, Prashant Bhushan, Vrinda Grover and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Yogendra Yadav was present behind them as a petitioner. He was also whispering something in the ear of his lawyer. Justice Suryakant and Justice Bagchi were listening to everyone's arguments. Then Yogendra Yadav himself started presenting his side on SIR. He had many slides of data. By showing slides one by one, Yogendra Yadav presented his side in a logical and effective manner. He presented the possibility of large scale deletion of voters' names in front of the judges with his logic.
The special thing was that the judges also listened to him very carefully. In the end, Yogendra Yadav presented two such voters in front of the judges, who are in the dead list of SIR despite being alive. As soon as Yogendra Yadav told this, the Election Commission's lawyer got very upset. People started raising objections as to why this drama is being done?
In the end, Justice Suryakant also appreciated Yogendra Yadav's arguments to some extent.

Merely Possessing Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Voter ID Card Not Proof Of Being Indian Citizen : Bombay High Court https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/bombay-high-court/aadhar-not-proof-of-indian-citizenship-pan-card-voter-id-citizenship-act-300662   A Single-judge denied bail to the Petitioner, who was booked by the Thane Police, last year, on the ground that he was a Bangladeshi national and that he misled the Indian authorities and obtained Aadhar Card, PAN Card and also a Voter ID Card, income tax records, gas and electricity connections, fraudulently. 

Comment: 

WA: SS:  That Aadhaar is not a proof of citizenship has been pronounced umpteen times. But, what about the voter's card!?
The SIR exercise is cancelling already issued voter's card. The ECI is telling it's not obliged to tell why!? Even passport, which is issued only after mandatory police verification being disallowed!

JD: The more they reject different types of IDs, they are only proving that the whole system is corrupt, and that they are "incompetent".  The same bureaucracy and law and order machinery, that handled the election during the elections, managed great things , in fact became Vishwa gurus, has now been reduced to playthings at the hands of this one!   And the judiciary is allowing themselves to be tied up in knots by Tushar Mehta and his ilk!   Of course they have an excuse -- the EC is a constitutional body - which they themselves allowed to be appointed in an partisan manner... We dont ! Blow Hot Blow Cold, we just put things in the back burner till retirement do us part!

The more they reject different types of IDs, they are only proving that the whole system is corrupt, and that they are "incompetent".  The same bureaucracy and law and order machinery, that handled the election during the elections, managed great things , in fact became Vishwa gurus, has now been reduced to playthings at the hands of this one!   And the judiciary is allowing themselves to be tied up in knots by Tushar Mehta and his ilk!   Of course they have an excuse -- the EC is a constitutional body - which they themselves allowed to be appointed in an partisan manner... We dont !Blow Hot Blow Cold, we just put things in the back burner till retirement do us part!

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has been granted permission to hold a 'peaceful assembly'  against the Israeli genocide in Gaza. https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/cpim-granted-permission-to-hold-rally-against-gaza-genocide-mumbai-police-to-bombay-high-court  .

On July 25, the Court had rejected a  petition filed by CPI(M) to hold a protest on the issue at Azad Maidan. At the time, the Court had also strongly criticised the party, observing that that instead of focusing on issues thousands of miles away, the party should concentrate on problems affecting India.

The CPI(M) moved a fresh plea.  When the matter was heard yesterday, the Court had asked the State's Additional Public Prosecutor to take instructions on whether it can allow the protest with some conditions to ensure that it doesn't affect public order. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNQCU4q0v9s/ wire.in

What Sholay says about 1970s India https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/what-sholay-says-about-1970s-india-101754836643574.html By
Rajni Bakshi   (Read the whole article to check if I am not twisting the tale) 

Sholay was released on Independence Day in 1975.  the Emergency was declared on June 25, 1975. .The producers of Sholay changed the ending . the police , persuade Thakur to not kill Gabbar. (A sign of the Time or the future?)

Earlier, Hindi films critiqued the system of governance in order to project stories of rebellion or idealistic struggle. In Sholay, there is no samaj (society)..(.Just ) raw, personal, need for revenge  versus Gabbar as an individual.

In India after Sholay, the validation and celebration of vengeance, by individuals and collectives, became a cultural and political phenomenon. ...The political discourse, using digital era propaganda mechanisms, has generated collective forms of victimhood and projected vengeance as both natural and justified.
a wide variety of audio-visual media.. now appears to be a collective bloodlust. ... ... mass acceptance of vengeance makes restoration of the justice system increasingly difficult or even impossible. (Check out ideas on this in https://www.youtube.com/@AhimsaConversations  - ab tak 138 views)

 ... the rejected original ending of Sholay, which can be found on YouTube. For, this version leaves us with some difficult questions. After Thakur succeeds in killing Gabbar, he crumbles to the ground looking stunned. As Viru, the surviving hired-gun, tries to comfort him, Thakur breaks down and sobs bitterly. ..is Thakur also weeping because his victory somehow feels empty?ssed are personal

Rahul Gandhi Evolution From 1970 To 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Pn2jhCaTo