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Day November 9, 2015

Returning awards to protest was started by Tagore

  “Has there been any apology from either the RSS or the BJP for the 2002 communal genocide in Gujarat,” he asked.  “RSS has to answer why it did not join the national struggle for freedom?” he asked Taking a… Continue Reading →

Amartya Sen -Modi must rein in the pro capitalist right wing hyenas

The Nobel laureate says India is not an intolerant country but a few radical groups are dragging its name through the mud. EXCLUSIVE: Amartya Sen on the Hindu right and India under NDA By Ruhi Khan In London The Nobel laureate says… Continue Reading →

Legacy of Dalit empowerment in the South is being thrown away

Caste Relations Go South As atrocities soar, the legacy of Dalit empowerment in the southern states is being thrown away. 2015-11-14 , Issue 46 Volume 12NISHA PONTHATHIL   An unidentified man came to meet journalism student Huchangi Prasad at the… Continue Reading →

Shaming the Shameless

  We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them. —Benito Mussolini (The Lazio Speeches (1936), as quoted in The Book of Italian Wisdom by Antonio Santi, Citadel Press, 2003: 88). Averitable revolution has broken out in the… Continue Reading →

Mumbai – BMC’s vasectomy programme fails to find many takers #HealthCare

Mis-conception: Compared to 4,661 in 2008-09, only 424 men underwent the procedure in 2014-15 Despite Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) propagating and promoting family planning and birth control measures, the civic body’s vasectomy (male sterilisation) programme has witnessed a steep downfall since its inception in 2008. According… Continue Reading →

Bihar- transformed from the graveyard of revolutions to a source of new hope

A vote against hubris Bihar has been transformed from the graveyard of revolutions to a source of new hope.  240  397 Comments (76) Written by Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Updated: November 9, 2015 10:54 am This election puts the BJP at a crossroads. The BJP is… Continue Reading →

London- Photo Exhibition on 30th Anniversary of Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Photographer Francesca Moore’s show in London features images of wall surrounding site and families affected by disaster  Mohammad Shafiq, Mohammad Shabad and Nusrat Jahan, who have lived in Blue Moon colony since 1991. Photograph: Francesca Moore Hannah Ellis-Petersen It was… Continue Reading →

Film-maker Saeed Mirza -Not To Speak Out Now Is A Crime #Right2dissent

    By Saeed Mirza  Friends, I sit before you because I believe we are living in a time where not to speak out would not just be mistake but a crime. When the students of the FTII rose up… Continue Reading →

Yes, Eating Beef is Part of Many Adivasi Cultures #BeefBan

Well-known adivasi leader Manish Kunjam speaks on the serious threats to adivasi identity today  BY NANDINI SUNDAR Manish Kunjam, right, former MLA and president of the All-India Adivasi Sabha, at a rally organised by the CPI in Bastar. Credit: Special Arrangement… Continue Reading →

Historians hit out at BJP for calling Tipu anti-national

Tipu Sultan. (Image courtesy: Getty Images) The Karnataka government’s decision to observe Tipu Sultan’s birthday has stirred a debate with the Right, led by the Sangh Parivar, slamming it and those on the other side of the ideological spectrum supporting… Continue Reading →

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