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theStack Rise in lynchings puts

constitution to test
The Jobs Crisis in india Lynch Files pieces together the tragic stories of the
By Raghavan Jagannathan; Pan Macmillan India people at the receiving end of mob violence and
looks inside the mind of the lynchers
This book presents us with insights, explanations, and possible
solutions to the aggravating jobs crisis in India. Raghavan Jagan- MohaMMed akhlaq and Rakbar lynched in
nathan comprehensively and skilfully explains the the name of cow protection. Chimma, a Dalit,
various micro and macro factors that impact the lynched by the mob for entering a Hindu temple.
overall job scenario, including the rise of the ‘gig’ In the recent years, The cases of mob lynching of
economy, the use of robots, new technologies and Muslims and Dalits have increased to an alarming
artificial intelligence (AI) that displace human labour extent. These cases are discarded and forgotten
on the shopfloor and in the services sector, and the without any justice served to the victims. The
economic uncertainties that lie ahead. Archaic labour emergence of mobocracy from the roots of Hindu
laws designed to protect employees from exploitative TV a and gau rakshaks has put India’s secularity
employers are not helping matters at a time when and democratic Constitution to test.
capital is cheaper than ever. The world of long-term The new book Lynch Files: The Forgotten Saga
and predictable jobs and careers is shrinking. The of Victims of Hate Crime pieces together stories of
only people who will benefit in this scenario are those who are will- people at the receiving end of mob violence and
ing to constantly upskill, relearn, and relocate to improve their job seeks to find out what triggers lynchers to flout
and income prospects. laws with impunity. In recent years, cases of mob
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an alarming extent and the
Go baCk To naTure & heal your ‘self’ emergence of mobocracy
By Gurdip Hari; Jasmin Publishing House has put India’s secularity
and democratic constitu-
The most powerful Medicine is to teach how to stay tion to test, says its author
away from it. This is why, Hippocrates The Father of Ziya Us Salam.
of Medicine rightly said: Let food be thy medicine He says the mob giving
and medicine be thy food. Join Gurdip Hari on a out instant justice is not
sensational journey of going back to Nature, and the way our Constitution
heal your Self in each and every aspect of life. To makers had planned. From
find True Eternal Success in work and relation- Dadri and Una to Alwar
ships, you need to discover Who you really are and Hapur and from Rajkot
and how the body functions internally. This Book to Dimapur, each of these
will take you back in time to help connect you to stories point out to a lapse
your innermost core and see the magnificence of in security, he adds. “The
your true personality and the supernatural powers that are an modus operandi in lynching cases (related to
integral part of you. Your Health is your Greatest Wealth indeed cattle smuggling) remains the same, the ‘common
and the time has now arrived to reclaim it, by getting rid of all maximum programme’ almost identical. In almost
the obstructions that stand in-between you and your Dreams. all cases, it starts with unproven allegations of
------------------------------------------------------------------------- cow smuggling or cow slaughter,” the book, pub-
lished by Sage, says.
The Made-in-india ManaGer So what prompts a ‘gau rakshak’ to take law
By R Gopalakrishnan and Ranjan Banerjee; Hachette India into his hands? “In a society like ours — troubled
over population explosion, scarcity of resources,
Over the last fifty years, several Indians have occupied top positions limited job opportunities, widening gap between
in multinationals across the globe. From Vikram Pandit at Citicorp the rich and the poor, and hopelessness emanat-
and Padmasree Warrier at NIO to Satya Nadella at Microsoft, there ing from all-pervading corruption — people tend
are now more Indian CEOs helming S&P’s 500 companies than any to feel a sense of existential void and powerless-
other nationality except American. What accounts ness,” the book claims. “The result is anger,” it
for such a prominent presence of the Indian profes- says. Salam also discusses the Supreme Court
sional in a global environment? In the book, the two judgement against lynching and says it has given
stalwarts from the world of Indian business and aca- some hope. “Lynch Files is bound to make a
demics examine this little-studied phenomenon and sensitive reader feel the meaning of being born
present a compelling argument: that a unique combi- as Akhlaq or Mohsin Shaikh in a non-secular/
nation of factors has propelled Indian management non-spiritual culture that allows the nasty poli-
thought and practice - exemplified by the successful tics of ‘gau rakshaks’ to insult the foundations of
made-in-India managers across the world today — to a civilization nurtured by the likes of Kabir and
be poised as a ‘soft power’ that has the potential to Tagore. A must-read!” says Avijit Pathak, Professor
categorically influence global managers of tomorrow. of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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