Monday, March 30, 2015

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians9

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Five years later, on 15 January 1891, the Sioux chief, Kicking Bear, finally surrendered. The wars were effectively over. By 1900, a peopl...

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians8

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The Cheyenne and Arapaho men of Sand Creek were away on a buffalo hunt, leaving around 600 women and children together with some 35 braves...

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians7

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Several decades later, in 1829, Andrew Jackson was elected president, although few now remember he had sacked Indian villages of “savage ...

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians6

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Penalties for this type of racial disloyalty were harsh. In 1612, Thomas Dayle, Marshall of Virginia, captured some young English settlers...

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians5

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However, the question of how to deal with the Indians was never far away. For instance, William Berkeley, one of Virginia's early gove...

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians4

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Another marvel was the exuberant artwork they found everywhere. The conquistador  Hernan Cortés brought some of it home to Europe, where t...

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians3

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The physical taking of new territories was farcical. The Indians were summoned, often manacled, and a proclamation called the requermiento...

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians2

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He also described the "innumerable" native Indians who greeted him: They have no iron or steel or weapons, nor are they capab...

Columbus, greed, slavery, and genocide: what really happened to the American Indians1

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By  Dominic Selwood Given the conquests and consequences we see unfolding every day in the Middle East, now is a good time to look at the...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

হকারদের স্বার্থ দেখতে চাইলে ভেন্ডিং কমিটি তৈরি করেই এগোতে হবে শক্তিমান ঘোষ

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সম্প্রতি রাজ্যে সংবাদপত্র দেখলে মনে হবে হয়ত হঠাতই হকার সমাজ যেন খুব প্রাসঙ্গিক হয়ে উঠেছে। ব্যাপারটা কতটা সত্যি তলিয়ে দেখা যাক। গৌতম বুদ্ধে...
Monday, March 23, 2015

‘Indians writing in English cannot come close to Manto, Premchand or Bibhutibhushan'

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Earlier this year, the noted Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade won the Jnanpith award for the first volume of his long-awaited tetralogy...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Massive Violations of Karnataka High Court directives makes a mess of Mavallipura, again Indian Air Force says landfill threatens India's Defense Preparedness

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Background : Since August 2012, when the landfills of Mavallipura were forced shut by orders of the Karnataka State Pollution Control ...