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Right to Privacy – Social Media Offensive on Amrita Rai-Digvijay Singh

Prof Chaman Lal   Since 30th April 2014, there is a flood of activities on social media-intimate intimidating photographs of Amrita Rai-Digvijay Singh Congress leader have gone virile on twitter, face book, blogs and other social sites. I saw three… Continue Reading →

Continued violence against Dalits raises the question, how ‘tolerant’ are Hindus?

Saturday, 3 May 2014 – 5:39pm IST | Agency: DNA In December 1935, the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal (society for the abolition of caste system) invited BR Ambedkar to deliver a speech. Ambedkar wrote the speech, titled it as ‘Annihilation of… Continue Reading →

#India – world’s ninth largest military spender and number one arms importer #WTFnews

India is the world’s ninth largest military spender and number one arms importer, according to data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. By R. SURESH According to the figures released on April 14 by the Stockholm International Peace… Continue Reading →

Modi has no regard for any kind of court, least of all judiciary

The refrain that democratic institutions will survive him ignores how weak they are. Written by Nandini Sunder | May 2, 2014 , Indian Express Modi has no regard for any other kind of court, least of all a constitutionally appointed judiciaryThe refrain… Continue Reading →

#India – Statue of Unity’s dark side

NISHIT DHOLABHAI IN GARUDESHWAR (GUJARAT)   Sadhu Tekri, the island hillock near the Sardar Sarovar dam on which the Statue of Unity will come up. Picture by Nishit Dholabhai The Statue of Unity that will tower down from an island-hillock… Continue Reading →

#Sundayreading – ‘En Dino Muzaffarnagar’ portrays the grisly outcome of electoral communalism

Film Review Saturday, 3 May 2014 – 4:55pm IST | Agency: DNA The film is a grim, cautionary tale “The Punjab seemed to have become a howling wilderness of beasts rather than a land of human beings. All humanity disappeared”,… Continue Reading →

#SundayReading — Quick History Celebrating Sainthood and Witnessing Barbarity

By SERGE SCHMEMANNMAY 2, 2014 A postcard shows portraits of John Paul II, right, and John XXIII, who were recognized as saints last week. Credit Angelo Carconi/European Pressphoto Agency   The Catholic Church’s canonization of two of its recent popes… Continue Reading →

#Sundayreading – The shocking artist

GEORGINA MADDOX In this show Chintan Upadhyay revives his stuffed toys, making them less erotic and more poignant Gallery Espace In this show Chintan Upadhyay revives his stuffed toys, making them less erotic and more poignant In this show Chintan… Continue Reading →

Actress Nandita Das and Sculptor Kapoor speak against Modi in Stockholm

Kounteya Sinha,TNN | May 3, 2014, 06.30 AM IST Nandita Das, sculptor Kapoor speak against Modi in Stockholm Das, who has supported a “cultural pluralism campaign” asking people to vote for secular candidates, said she has been on the receiving… Continue Reading →

‘There Is No Room For Debate In Gujarat’

National / Interviews WEB | MAY 01, 2014 VADODARA The former professor of English at the MS University of Baroda on his opposition to the ghettoisation of Gujarati society after 2002. MARI MARCEL THEKAEKARA INTERVIEWS GANESH N. DEVY COMMENTS PRINT… Continue Reading →

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