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On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation

No healthy democracy can endure when the most consequential acts of those in power remain secret and unaccountable   Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 June 2013 James Clapper, the US director of national intelligence, who called the Guardian’s revelations ‘reprehensible’. Photograph:… Continue Reading →

BMC – Keep Off Privatising Education #mustread

Vol – XLVIII No. 23, June 08, 2013 | Anand Teltumbde,EPW Today it is the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s decision to privatise its schools, tomorrow it may be the resolution of all the other municipalities of the country. I am grateful to Simantini… Continue Reading →

#India – Cost of cancer treatment could drop to Rs 1,000 a month #goodnews #Health

Author(s): Akshay Deshmane Issue Date: 2013-6-7 Tata Memorial Hospital’s preliminary studies of combination therapy prove successful; clinical trials to begin soon Treatment for cancer may become far more affordable and cost less than Rs 1,000 per month in coming years,… Continue Reading →

Rhymes for a Reason #Raptivism #Protestmusic #Hiphop

Despite his blingy alias, Ashwini Mishra, also known as A-list, is taking rap back to its political roots, says Richa Kaul Padte Richa Kaul Padte 15-06-2013, Issue 24 l t Hip-hop journalist Ashwini Mishra Photo:Andrea Fernandes “It’s so damn fake, we act so holy when… Continue Reading →

#India – Uranium waste contaminates water in Jharkhand

Saturday, Jun 8, 2013, 8:21 IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA DNA Correspondent Reckless dumping of radioactive waste in Jharkhand is contaminating surface and ground water, putting thousands of locals at risk of developing cancer, according to a… Continue Reading →

#India – 350 Tribal women forced to undergo virginity and pregnancy tests before mass marriage #WTFnews #VAW

Pheroze L. Vincent,, The Hindu Mass marriage under way at Hardoo village in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh. Photo: Special Arrangement 10 girls were found pregnant and household items they got under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana seized Around 350 women… Continue Reading →

My Tribute to Grand old Lady of Feminist Movement – Ace Kractivist #Womerights #Sundayreading

 I pay tribute to Vina Mazumdar, the Grand old lady of the Feminist Movement and the Grandmother of women’s studies in South Asia Photo credit: CWDS and the Mazumdar family For me, the inseparable Vina Mazumdar and Lotika Sarkar are… Continue Reading →

#India – Face to Face: Kishore Chandra Deo, Union Mininster for Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj

  Akash Bisht Delhi A five-time MP from Araku (ST) constituency of Andhra Pradesh, Kishore Chand Deowas first elected to the Lok Sabha way back in 1977. He also served one term in the Rajya Sabha and was a member of… Continue Reading →

#India -Daughters, wives sold to repay debt; NHRC notice to U.P. #WTFnews #Vaw

J. BALAJI, The Hindu Incident allegedly took place in State’s Lalitpur district A social activist Lenin Raghuvanshi has claimed that women and daughters were sold off to repay debts in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur district in Bundelkhand region. Mr. Raghuvanshi said… Continue Reading →

Google chief Larry Page calls Internet spying threat to freedoms #FOE #Censorship

AFP: SAN FRANCISCO, JUN 08 2013, 10:13 IST Tags: Google Inc | Internet Spying | Larry Page | Mark Zuckerberg | Barack Obama | Government Surveillance Program | World News Google chief Larry Page branded Internet spying a threat to freedom and called for governments to be more revealing about what they try to… Continue Reading →

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