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Month September 2015

Sanathan Sanstha, a Less Known But Potent Member of the Hindutva Family

The arrest of an activist having links with the Sanatan Samstha has somewhat deflected attention from the cause of the arrest — the possible involvement in the murder of Comrade Govind Pansare — and instead focused attention on the Samstha… Continue Reading →

On the hitlist: 11 Karnataka intellectuals under right wing fire

  On the hitlist: 11 Karnataka intellectuals under right wing fire Sudipto Mondal, Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | Updated: Sep 26, 2015 14:52 IST KS Bhagwan (HT Photo) It has made little difference to the lives of the state’s rationalists, writers… Continue Reading →

India is choking life in Nepal with its blockade: a ground report from the border

    In Pictures: the boat of Rohingya refugees, without home and foodMay 16, 2015 Anup Kaphle For the past few days, trucks carrying everyday supplies have not entered Nepal from major checkpoints at the Indian border. Many Nepalis, including… Continue Reading →

RSS-BJP equation – anathema for a modern liberal democracy

  Rule by RSS RSS-BJP equation is indeed unique. And an anathema for a modern liberal democracy. Written by Randeep S. Surjewala | Published:September 30, 2015 12:00 am The RSS proudly claims to be a nationalist organisation. To understand its sense of… Continue Reading →

India doesn’t need M-governance or e-governance- Modi- Walk before you Sprint #ModiFail

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray India doesn’t need M-governance or e-governance. It needs governance. India doesn’t need smart cities. Just cities that Europe and America would recognise as such. All this heady talk of digital India makes me think we are aspiring… Continue Reading →

The village where men are banned

Only women are allowed to live in Umoja. Julie Bindel visits the Kenyan village that began as a refuge for survivors of sexual violence – and discovers its inhabitants are thriving in the single-sex community  In the company of women:… Continue Reading →

Press Release – Maruti-Suzuki’s business: brutalising workers and also making cars

  The Maruti-Suzuki management’s claim that they had stopped employing contract workers, after the 18 July 2012 conflagration, was proved to be a falsehood early this morning as the nearly three thousand ‘temporary workers’ protested at the Manesar factory gate… Continue Reading →

Bauxite mining could spur a Maoist revival in tribal areas

Ignoring the groundswell of public opinion against a resumption of bauxite mining, the Andhra Pradesh government has been taking concrete steps to start mineral exploration in the Eastern Ghats. The Maoists have used this opportunity to try winning support of… Continue Reading →

India – Scraping dry toilets with their bare hands: 1.56 lakh rural households #ManualScavenging

By DARPAN SINGH About 1.56 lakh households in rural India – mostly in Uttar Pradesh – used humans to scrape excreta out of dry latrines with their bare hands, and carry the same in buckets to dump sites, an ongoing government… Continue Reading →

So, Zuckerberg and Modi just came together to end #NetNeutrality in India ? #DigitalIndia

  How Zukerberg’s selfie in Indian flag-color will actually kill internet as you know itSeptember 28, 2015 Kumar Sundaram  Mark Zuckerberg’s idea of internet.org, claiming to create free internet but actually leading to separately sellable and controllable segments within internet… Continue Reading →

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