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Division of the subcontinent instituted changes in the way music was conceptualised and patronised in India and Pakistan Ustad Alla Rakha Radha Kapuria ‘If one child in every home had been taught music, India would never have been partitioned.’— Ustad… Continue Reading →
-besieged leaders say laws being flouted, call for promised action By Lakhram Bhagirat August 7, 2022 Although both the government and the National Toshaos Council (NTC) have promised to send high-level teams into the Region One indigenous community of Chinese… Continue Reading →
Money is mysterious. Despite their efforts, economists find it even more confounding than civilians do. Is it a debt or a contract? Is it a mutual fantasy or a token of desire? Does it represent work or goods, or something… Continue Reading →
AUGUST 5, 2020 By Marouf Gazi It was 2 August 2019, a sunny day in Srinagar. I was sitting at the iconic Zero Bridge with a friend, discussing work and enjoying the view of River Jhelum. Suddenly, I got a… Continue Reading →
The latest episode in a decades-long drama by Rohini Hensman Months of protests brought down Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last month. Scholar-activist Rohini Hensman situates this victory as one step in a protracted struggle for democracy in Sri Lanka. On July 14,… Continue Reading →
HRD Alert – India is a forum of Human Rights Defenders for human rights defenders.It endeavours to initiate actions on behalf of human rights defenders under threator with security concerns.We are writing to express our grave concern regarding the brutal… Continue Reading →
Albertina Almeida Goa’s ‘Uniform Civil Code’ seems to be bandied about by the ruling dispensation by convenience or as a band-aid for situations in which powers that be find themselves. A recent news item (Indian Express July 31) had the… Continue Reading →
Read this important letter written by Bastar’s renowned independent journalist and social activist Lingaram Kodopi to the Supreme Court. · · ·सर्वोच्च न्यायालय को न्याय के लिये खुला पत्र।माननीय सर्वोच्च न्यायालयभारत सरकार, नई दिल्ली।विषय:- पीड़ित आदिवासीयों को न्याय दिलाने के लिए मदद… Continue Reading →
Syeda Ambia Zahan June 22, 1999. It was raining heavily when Anupam Nath, a young photo-journalist, reached an embankment on the Brahmaputra in Palashbari, a small town about 28 km from Assam’s capital city Guwahati. Nath and a colleague were… Continue Reading →
Apar Gupta On Wednesday, the Minister for the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY), Ashwini Vaishnaw, withdrew the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019. The reasons for the withdrawal were circulated in a note to MPs, which stated that,“considering the report of the… Continue Reading →