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Month June 2015

How agnostic filmmaker Anand Patwardhan and guru Morari Bapu found common ground

The award-winning documentary director describes how he made the first steps towards starting a dialogue with the respected teller of tales from the Ramayan. Anand Patwardhan ·  Morari Bapu is a religious leader and kathakaar (or storyteller) of the Ramayan with… Continue Reading →

United Nations Disappoints on Its 70th Anniversary

– Part One By James A. Paull James A. Paul served for 19 years as Executive Director of Global Policy Forum, an organization monitoring the UN. He earlier worked at the Middle East Research & Information Project. In 1995, he founded… Continue Reading →

Land bill hearing score: one for, 33 against

  Basant Kumar Mohanty New Delhi, June 28: A joint parliamentary panel examining the Narendra Modi government’s land acquisition bill has been flooded with objections to the proposed legislation from those who have deposed before it so far, sources have said…. Continue Reading →

Hindu religion has solution to all problems in world: BJP president Amit Shah #WTFnews

Monday, 29 June 2015 – 7:35am IST | Place: Gujarat | Agency: PTI BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said Hindu religion has solution for all the problems in the world. BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said Hindu religion has solution… Continue Reading →

Modi govt cancels licences of 2,406 NGOs including those that run schools, hospitals #WTFnews

New Delhi: In a fresh move, the government has cancelled the licences of 2,406 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) across the country, which includes entities that run schools and hospitals. In the wake of the cancellation of their registrations, the NGOs would not… Continue Reading →

Khabar Lahariya: All women newspaper – needs your support #mustshare

Khabar Lahariya is a celebrated newspaper and a phenomenon. Written, edited, designed, and distributed by women-only teams in eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar — some of the most underdeveloped regions of India — it is published in 6… Continue Reading →

N-disarmament: Tiny island of 70,000 people takes India to court

Dhananjay Mahapatra,TNN | Marshall Islands – with a population of 70,000 made an impassioned plea to the International Court of Justice seeking initiation of proceedings against India for not pursuing nuclear disarmament. NEW DELHI: A year ago, a tiny island republic… Continue Reading →

ABVP attacks Thrissur law college screening of ‘Ram Ke Naam’, screening attracts bigger crowd

KeralaSaturday, June 27, 2015 – 16:48   In what should encourage the ABVP to rethink their strategy, an alleged attack by them on a small group of apparently non-political students trying to screen the documentary ‘Ram Ke Naam’ blew up… Continue Reading →

Saving the Cows, Starving the Children

In much of India, the hungry cannot eat beef, because Hindus consider cows sacred. SUBHASH SHARMA / ZUMA PRESS, VIA CORBIS By SONIA FALEIRO JUNE 26, 2015 London — GANDHI famously denied himself food. And by starving himself to protest British rule,… Continue Reading →

The Gujarat Model Of Land Grab

As chief minister, Narendra Modi perfected the art of acquiring land cheap and making the process hassle-free for corporates. 2015-07-04 , Issue 27 Volume 12NIDHEESH J VILLATT In her book Ahmedabad, Amrita Shah beautifully describes her encounter with veteran BJP leader Surendra… Continue Reading →

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