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Day October 17, 2017

Remembering Smita Patil – Poem by Deepti Naval

by- Deepti Naval Sharing a moment with Smita . . . at Band Stand on a monsoon day . . . Always on the run Chasing our dreams We met each time – At baggage claims VIP lounges Check- in… Continue Reading →

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd -A call to left-liberals

Their silence on questions of caste could make them complicit in oppression of Dalit-Bahujan  by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd | The bench dismissed the Public Interest Litigation filed by the Arya-Vysya community to ban my book, Samajika Smuggerlu — Komatollu (a Telugu translation… Continue Reading →

In Yogi’s Gorakhpur, Police remain callously inactive even 12 days after my sister’s murder

Swati Pandey This is to bring to your notice that my sister Jaya Pandey (39) was killed at her father’s (Shesh Nath Pandey) residence in gorakhpur on 4th of October 2017. The police did a Postmortem which said asphyxia was… Continue Reading →

BJP richest party with Rs 894 cr, Congress second with Rs 759 cr: ADR report

In terms of the capital or reserve fund, the amount set aside by parties after subtracting liabilities from assets for party expenditure, the BJP scored the highest with Rs 869 crore in 2015-16. Smriti Kak Ramachandran Hindustan Times, New Delhi… Continue Reading →

“I will continue writing, nobody can stop me from doing that”,Prof. Kancha Ilaiah

by Varun Chirumamilla  FacebookTwitterWhatsAppShare92 Professor Kancha Ilaiah has never been one to mince words. But when he termed Banias as “social smugglers”, he started receiving death threats and abusive phone calls. His book Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu drew flak from sections of society, leading to the… Continue Reading →

Padmavati: Jai Rajputana Sangh threatens to burn cinema halls #WTFnews

Jai Rajputana Sangh wants to watch the film before it releases across the country to check whether or not history has been distorted.     Mumbai: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati has been in news since its inception. The sets of the film were… Continue Reading →

Farmer Organizations oppose Central government’s attempt to replace PDS with Cash Transfers

 Demand protection of Right to Food and Procurement of Crops On the occasion of World Food Day, a Roundtable meeting titled “Protect Right to Food – Strengthen PDS and MSP” was organized at Sundarayya Kendram by All India Kisan Sangharsh… Continue Reading →

Jharkhand girl starving to death shows ‘ #Aadhaar savings’ built on gross exclusions

The poor and vulnerable are dismissed as ‘ghosts’ and ‘frauds’ while authentication errors lead to many going hungry. India has not only slipped three points on the global hunger index, falling behind North Korea and Iraq, it has also started witnessing… Continue Reading →

India – At Jaisalmer shelter, no food for Muslims forced out of village

  Jaisalmer municipal commissioner says they don’t have budget to provide food to displaced families. Mukesh Mathrani Hindustan Times, Barmer The Muslim families cook their own food after district administration failed to supply food.(HT Photo) Forced to leave their village… Continue Reading →

Twitter campaign #MeToo: Breaking the culture of silence? #Vaw

by- Debjanee Ganguly   The social media is flooding with metoo (me too) hashtags. Sexual assault survivors are using this hashtag to call out on the cancer-like spread of sexual crime in our society. This is a consequence of the disclosure… Continue Reading →

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