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Day August 22, 2016

There Is No War In Bastar, Only Battles

By ARITRA BHATTACHARYA |   Rambati Baghel’s cell phone rang early on the morning of 14 September 2015. The call came from the Darbha thana, about five kilometres from her village Kakkalgur, in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh. “Come to the police… Continue Reading →

JNU administration and pseudo-patriotism

Prof PMohan Rao on FB What kind of pseudo-patriotism is this? This is tawdry, cheap, and stinks of failure of imagination. Orders came from the JNU Administration, citing UGC letters, that we do a “Tiranga March” today. Orders have come… Continue Reading →

India – Coca-Cola’s Second Largest Plant Shuts Production #Goodnews

 CoCo Cola Plant Flouts Environmental Laws, Operating Without Licenses New Delhi: Coca-Cola’s second largest bottling plant in India has shut production due to pollution violations, the India Resource Center can confirm after a visit to the plant yesterday.The closure of… Continue Reading →

India – its TIME – Repeal the sedition law

An incident involving Amnesty International India and the ABVP has again highlighted how governments use this lawless colonial-era law Sudeep Chakravarti A right wing group protests against Amnesty International India in New Delhi. Photo: PTI And so, to sedition. Matters… Continue Reading →

A trial and a travesty- Stop worshipping false gods

Harish Khare Illustration: Sandeep Joshi The chilling news item was tucked away in an inside page. And not many newspapers had even bothered to publish the agency copy. But every honest, sincere and dedicated bureaucrat, serving or retired, must have… Continue Reading →

Bhagwat presiding, RSS gives couples a presentation on fertility and culture

While Hindus, the presentation noted, have a fertility rate of 2.1 per cent, the “other community” has more than eight per cent.  by Ashutosh Bhardwaj , Ishita Mishra | Agra | RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat PTI PhotoAround the time BSP… Continue Reading →

RSS fumes over historian Romila Thapar’s new book on nationalism

DECCAN CHRONICLE. | SANJAY BASAK In her new book, Thapar has said that nationalism cannot be reduced merely to shouting slogans.  Romila Thapar New Delhi: Historian Romila Thapar is under attack yet again by the big brother of the Sangh… Continue Reading →

18 More Maruti workers get bail

  ASHOK KUMAR Of 150 workers arrested, 134 are out on bail now Eighteen more Maruti workers, arrested in connection with the violence in the company’s Manesar Plant four years ago, were granted bail by a trial court here on… Continue Reading →

The Indian Army Says It As It Is in Kashmir

SEEMA MUSTAFA NEW DELHI: The Indian Army has joined the opposition parties, and sections of civil society, in urging the need for a comprehensive dialogue involving all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir. The statement by the Northern Army Commander Lt… Continue Reading →

Aaj toh bach gaye: Gau rakshaks threaten Mumbai man for carrying bag made of ‘cow leather’

  FP Staff Whoever thought that the jingoism going on in the name of cow vigilantism is a tale from the yonder, something too rustic to unsettle the urbane, is up for a surprise. And not a pleasant one at that! If this story… Continue Reading →

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