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Day November 29, 2015

#SundayReading – Walking Manto’s Bombay

If there was ever a Bard of Bombay it was Manto, the subcontinent’s greatest writer of short stories. Earlier this year – the anniversary of Manto’s birth – the photographer Ram Rahman visited the neighbourhoods where Manto and his friends… Continue Reading →

Selfie Journalists – Two pictures a thousand words #mediaethics

THIS IS THE MEDIA WE EXPECT WILL ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS OF THIS GOVERNMENT? — Omar Abdullah, former CM, Jammu & Kashmir A: TWO PICTURES ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDSOur Special Correspondent Journalists mob Prime Minister Narendra Modi for clicking selfies with… Continue Reading →

India – Schools of Dishonour

HARSH MANDER The Hindu Living in fear… Photo: M. Balaji Dalit children continue to bear the brunt of untouchability. When Sandeep reached his school in village Bedhua in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, in March 2015, the carcass of a dead dog… Continue Reading →

I Will Reveal More on Madrassas: Ramnath Goenka Awardee Rajeena

After being trolled for her Facebook post, V P Rajeena has decided to take the challenge head on. She also vowed to come out with more disclosures on Madrassas through the social media. By Anupama Mili.   It was on November… Continue Reading →

Why Modi is so desperate to own the constitution, and Ambedkar

ICD/ CATCH NEWS PANINI ANAND@paninianand |28 November 2015 Modi in House Modi presented a softer side in Lok Sabha on Friday Some called it a positive gesture, some called out the bluff Calling the bluff Modi’s agenda: claim Ambedkar, blame… Continue Reading →

#SundayReading – Women in Black – Victims of war, apostles of peace

SHIV VISVANATHAN As victims of genocide of different forms tell their stories, they bring out a new history of the oppression of body of the women as the common refrain of genocidal actions in the 20th and 21st centuries. Yet,… Continue Reading →

Niyamgiri Hills Activist Loses His Battle With Vedanta And Commits Suicide #WTFnews

Drika Kadraka (45) one of the most vocal activists and leaders of Dongria Kondh Adivasis of Niyamgiri hills in their battle against the multi-national mining giant Vedanta lost his own battle and committed suicide Friday night28 November, 2015 Countercurrents.org Drika… Continue Reading →

Saudi Arabia- Palestinian artist Ashraf Fayadh sentenced to death for atheism , fellow pots protest

  Dubai: When Palestinian artist Ashraf Fayadh​ was tried last year on blasphemy-related charges, the Saudi judges overseeing the case rejected the prosecution’s request for a death sentence for apostasy. Instead, he was sentenced to 800 lashes and four years in… Continue Reading →

South Africa: The Importance Of “Telling Our Own Stories” #Vaw

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Cape Town (Women’s Feature Service) – As the curtains go up and the bright lights dramatically illuminate the room, all the audience can see is a bare stage with three chairs. A stark setting indeed and, yet, it’s the perfect… Continue Reading →

Here’s the real reason the Ram Janmabhoomi movement is dead 

AAKAR PATEL In December 1988, I was at MS University in Baroda when Arun Shourie arrived to praise the Hindutva leadership. He was then a Ram Janmabhoomi enthusiast and made a speech to a packed auditorium stressing how reason able… Continue Reading →

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