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Month September 2021

Indian-American Organizations Demand US Ambassador Resign for RSS Meet

Six diaspora groups sign joint statement calling for removal of Amb. Atul Keshap Pieter Friedrich “The nature of Keshap’s meeting with the RSS came across as a photo-op, it was public, and it platformed and promoted a violent, fascist (and… Continue Reading →

VHP threatens to Demolish Churches in Madhya Pradesh

BISHOP APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA The onslaught on citizens of minority faith continues in Madhya Pradesh. Individuals claiming to be members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) say they are preparing to demolish churches in the Jhabua district… Continue Reading →

Won’t allow bauxite mining on Mali Hill: Agitators ransack meeting in Koraput village

The Mali Hill in Koraput is the source of several streams, home to medicinal trees and is an elephant corridor, protestors say By Ashis Senapati Published: Wednesday 22 September 2021 Adivasis shouted slogans and ransacked the venue of a public meeting… Continue Reading →

Post-historical Political Necrophilia in Assam

by Suraj Gogoi — 24/09/2021 by Suraj Gogoi and Nazimuddin Siddique We are shaken and frozen. Is this the last sky? We can hardly gather words to write this. Assembling them to describe the heinousness of the crime we saw is both painful… Continue Reading →

How Corporations Won the War on Terror

BY WILLIAM HARTUNG The costs and consequences of America’s twenty-first-century wars have by now been well-documented — a staggering $8 trillion in expenditures and more than 380,000 civilian deaths, as calculated by Brown University’s Costs of War project. The question of who has… Continue Reading →

Human Rights Watch: US Ambassador’s RSS Meet “Troubling” & “Disturbing”

Ambassador Atul Keshap’s meet with RSS’s Mohan Bhagwat “sent a terrible message,” says HRW’s Asia Advocacy Director “Meeting with the head of a paramilitary, ideologically-driven organization that promotes extraordinarily racist and, some might say, even autocratic ideas, is highly troubling,”… Continue Reading →

Man who married Dalit woman dies on visit to attend grandad’s funeral

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 A 32-year-old man who went to attend the funeral of his grandfather in Tiruvallur district died suspiciously and his wife has raised doubts since theirs was an intercaste marriage. Chennai: The deceased A Gowthaman of… Continue Reading →

Urgent Action Appeal – Endorse Asha Workers’ Open letter #mustshare

इस देश की आशा कार्यकर्ता अपनी मांग को लेकर एक साथ आई हैं। The ASHA Workers of India have come together to make these demands. Please read and endorse it, if you agree with us. Also, kindly forward it to… Continue Reading →

Why Alia Bhatt-Manyavar Ad Is not An Assault On Hindu Culture

‘Tradition Wahi, Soch Nayi’:  The Alia Bhatt-Manyavar ad tries to depict the feelings and thoughts a bride experiences while she’s getting married. In no way does it challenge a ritual Image: Manyavar/Screengrab As is known to happen every now and then,… Continue Reading →

Why do I lend my support to voices protesting world class renovation of Gandhi Ashram?

by- Martin Macwan, Counterview In spite of grave ideological differences, both Dr Ambedkar and Gandhi, did not lose respect for one another. It was Dr Ambedkar who set aside all the bitterness on the third day after the Poona pact… Continue Reading →

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