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Month February 2017

Gurmehar Kaur’s message of peace had 347 words. Sehwag, Randeep Hooda and Modi Bhakts read only 9

By Pratik Sinha On April 28th, 2016, a video of Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of a Kargil martyr, went viral. In this video, she appealed the Governments of India and Pakistan to find ways to make peace. This video has… Continue Reading →

Braving Sangh threats, Kerala CM launches a scorching attack on RSS in Mangalore communal harmony meet

By Beef Janata Party Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vjayan unleashed a scorching attack on Sangh Parivar in Mangalore on Saturday at an event to promote communal harmony. The event was held amid threats from the BJP-RSS-VHP that it will stop… Continue Reading →

Modi govt targetting social sciences as it fosters critical thinking

PRANETA JHA|  Jodhpur University  Rajshree Ranawat, an assistant professor of English at Jodhpur’s Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU), has been suspended for inviting Professor Nivedita Menon of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to deliver a lecture. Speaking to Catch, Menon,… Continue Reading →

India – Family planning deaths must not go unpunished

Colin Gonsalves Last week, the criminal trial of the surgeon who conducted laparoscopic tubectomies which resulted in the deaths of 13 women in Chhattisgarh was quashed by the Chhattisgarh High Court. After telling the Supreme Court in Devika Biswas’ case… Continue Reading →

Ramjas violence: DCW issues notice to Delhi Police, says female protesters were molested #Vaw

“Revolting that cops pinch n punched girls. Shame that protectors turned violators,” Swati Maliwal tweeted. Ramjas College had on Wednesday witnessed attacks on Ramjas students and Left-affiliated AISA and protests by the RSS-backed ABVP.Two days after the Ramjas College incident,… Continue Reading →

Communalising Population Growth: Understanding Demographic Data

Peoples Voice on February 27, 2017 – 3:04 pm in Faiths WhatsAppFacebookTwitterGoogle+PrintFriendlyPrintShare23 Ram Puniyani The biases and misconceptions about conversions and population growth have been used by communal forces to divide the society. This became apparent once again when Minister… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar – Can UIDAI catch all insttances of stored biometrics

  Samir Kelekar Aadhar: Can UIDAI catch all instances of stored biometrics? Now that it is known that exact matches are not acceptable and are in fact a violation of a law, those fraudsters and criminals who steal biometrics will… Continue Reading →

Donald Trump – A Deafening Silence

Two Indian nationals were shot by a man yelling racial epithets. The president said nothing. That’s all we need to know about who matters in Trump’s America. By Jamelle Bouie Alleged shooter Adam Purinton, 51, of Olathe, Kansas, in an… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar Data breach: UIDAI finds multiple transactions done with the same fingerprint

#AADHAAR The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has pulled up three organisations in what appears to be a data breach of the Aadhaar system. The breach that is currently under investigation has caused privacy concerns, and it all comes… Continue Reading →

#SundayReading – The goddess of small things

Akshatha ShettyPiyush Goswami An old devadasi from the village.   | Photo Credit: Piyush Goswami She was five when she was dedicated to a temple. But Galamma is busy crafting a better future for her children Galamma sat on the… Continue Reading →

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