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Month October 2015

15-yr-old deaf and mute girl raped by neighbour #Vaw #WTFnews

INDORE: A hearing and speech impaired minor girl, who had come to the city along with her mother to help her elder sister, was raped by a man who lived in Rajendra Nagar, the colony where the survivor too was… Continue Reading →

Mumbai – 13 filmmakers return national awards #FOE #FTIIprotest

By IANS | Wednesday, October 28, 2015 – 20:57 13 filmmakers return national awards Mumbai: In a dramatic development, 10 prominent filmmakers on Wednesday returned to the government various awards and honours they had received, protesting impediments to freedom of speech and… Continue Reading →

Modi Mask is Off – development of a Hindu Rashtra

EPW ON THE RSS SANGH PARIVAR The Mask Is Off   Economic & Political Weekly, Vol – L No. 43, October 24, 2015 The government’s primary agenda is clearly development—of a Hindu Rashtra. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There never was a mask. The… Continue Reading →

‘My Kali Kills. My Draupadi Strips…’: Meena Kandasamy, Uninterrupted

  By Shambhavi Saxena: What do you think? “My Kali kills. My Draupadi strips. My Sita climbs on a stranger’s lap. All my women militate. They brave bombs, belittle kings, take on the sun, take after me.” What do you think?… Continue Reading →

#BeefPolitics – Punish ‘ MORAL POLICING’

Press Statement   The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), now in session at Delhi, has  issued the following statement:   Punish ‘Moral Policing’   The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the Hindutva elements who sought to… Continue Reading →

Medico Friend Circle (MFC) statement on escalating challenges to health in India

  Medico Friend Circle is an organization of committed physicians, experts from academia and activists from civil society.  We have worked over forty years on various aspects of health in India.  Ever since the Indian state embarked the neo-liberal pathway… Continue Reading →

Punjab Unrest “Very Compatible and Comparable Circumstances With 1984,”

Dr. Iqtidar Cheema warns: “Punjabi government is using police to enhance its agenda of state repression against peaceful protesters” Punjab, India: Oct. 26, 2015 — This is the first of a two-part interview with Dr. Iqtidar Cheema, an international relations expert… Continue Reading →

India – Protect our children, they are living on the edge

Children of homeless mothers are probably the most unsafe in cities, still the Supreme Court directions to establish sufficient shelters with child-care services continue to be ignored by all city governments. Harsh Mander, Hindustan Times | Updated: Oct 25, 2015… Continue Reading →

India – Public healthcare in the sickbed, while Private healthcare flourishes

   Public healthcare in the sickbed POORNIMA JOSHI Long road to recovery: A sick woman being carried on a cot from Vazhaippadi (at 2,800 ft) to the nearest primary health centre at Kammanthurai, 10 km away. Photo: The Hindu Archives… Continue Reading →

India: Over 350 Artists Sound the Alert on the Right to Dissent #FOE

SAHMATSafdar Hashmi Memorial Trust29 Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110 001Tel.: 23381276 / 23070787e-mail: sahmat8[at]yahoo.com   The artist community of India stands in firm solidarity with the actions of our writers who have relinquished awards and positions, and spoken up in… Continue Reading →

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