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#India – Of Sati, snake bites and superstitions #Vaw

[ Daily News and Analysis, 2 Sep 2013 ], Garga Chatterjea Recently I was exposed to an interesting concept called Godwin’s law. Godwin’s law states that ‘As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or… Continue Reading →

#India – Ashoka Chakra awardee led fake encounter in Manipur, says SC panel #WTFnews

The Indian Express Utkarsh Anand , Esha Roy : Imphal/newdelhi , Sun Sep 15 2013       A judicial commission appointed by the Supreme Court has held that an encounter in Manipur carried out by an Army Major who… Continue Reading →

#India – The water warriors – Jal Satyagrahis

The water warriors Bharat Dogra The Hindu Villagers staging protest against the Indira Sagar dam project. Photo: A.M. Faruqui The Hindu During the Omkareshwar dam protests last year. Photo: A.M. Faruqui As more lands go under water and people are rendered homeless… Continue Reading →

#India – How the biometric system has failed hard working people #UID #aadhaar

R. KRISHNA KUMAR, The Hindu The HinduA PDS shop licensee in Mysore admitted that there were many cases of genuinely needy people being denied their rightful quota due to the technical glitch. File photo The much-lauded biometric ration card system… Continue Reading →

#India 17-year-old girl murdered by brothers in Tamil Nadu #Vaw #Honourkilling

Press Trust of India | Posted on Sep 14, 2013 at 02:29pm ISTIn a case of honour killing, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her two brothers for falling in love with a Dalit boy in the district, police… Continue Reading →

Justice Not Vengeance The Bathani Tola Massacre and the Ranbeer Sena in Bihar #MUSTREAD

  BELA BHATIA, EPW Recent judgments of the Bihar High Court have acquitted the perpetrators of organised massacres of dalits and other oppressed groups. What is public knowledge could not be proved in the court of law. It is now… Continue Reading →

SC: Reject nomination papers if assets not disclosed

  IANS, Sep13   The Supreme Court on Friday said that the nomination papers of a candidate would stand rejected if he does not disclose the details of his assets or his criminal antecedents in his nomination papers. The Supreme… Continue Reading →

India – Pakistan – In Troubled Waters

Meena Menon Amidst diplomatic wrangling between India and Pakistan, fishermen on both sides perish in jails of the other country without much aid forthcoming In a fishing village in Karachi, families of fishermen who went missing and are reportedly in… Continue Reading →

#India – Narendra Modi ‘Vanzara’ Moment

Modi’s  Encounter killings as State Policy? – subhash gatade   Resignation letters of suspended officers – who are in jail under serious charges-  are never a cause of concern for the powers that be. But with Dahyaji Gobarji Vanzara, suspended… Continue Reading →

#India – Delhi University professor under lens for Maoist ‘links’ #fabricated

Bharti Jain, TNN | Sep 13, 2013, 08.10 PM IST NEW DELHI: A day after raiding the residence of Delhi University (DU) professor G N Saibaba in a purported clamp down on the urban network of Naxalites, the Maharashtra Police… Continue Reading →

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