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#India – Crossing the Lakshman rekha- moral policing #Vaw

    VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED – Recently in Mangalore, Outlook     The attack on a homestay in Mangalore clearly shows that Hindutva ideologues define the moral and cultural boundaries in coastal Karnataka.       BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT  Naveen… Continue Reading →

Shahbag: Story of two hangings; differences in their dynamics #deathpenalty

  The name Shahbag will not evoke much recognition from the Indian pretenders to ‘global citizenship’. Dhaka is the city many Indians believe that ‘they’ liberated in 1971. Shahbag is one of the main street intersections of Dhaka where the… Continue Reading →

Twenty-two questions to the Police Commissioner of Hyderabad

Submitted by admin on 25 February 2013 – , twocircles.net   By Advocate Shafeeq Rehman Mahajir Dear Mr Police Commissioner: I am told by “the Press” that Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar e Tayyaba / Toiba with several score “sleeper cells”… Continue Reading →

#Odisha- Goof ups galore in #Aadhaar cards #UID

  By Express News Service – JAGATSINGHPUR 25th February 2013 11:52 AM The State Government claim of 100 per cent unique identity numbers (UID) through enrolment in Aadhaar project in Jagatsinghpur district, has fallen flat. With complaints of errors in final… Continue Reading →

#India- Prisons shut away from all human rights

Hindustan Times New Delhi, February 24, 2013 West Bengal‘s Dum Dum Central Jail could put the notorious Abu Ghraib in a shade going by some of the disturbing incidents which have taken place there recently. A mere request for better… Continue Reading →

Quashing Dissent: Where National Security and Commercial Media Converge #FOE #FOS

Vol – XLVIII No. 09, March 02, 2013 | Sukumar Muralidharan, EPW   Constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and expression in India today, seem a distant, almost illusory promise when the politics of the street — and a loud and seriously… Continue Reading →

Right to Strike-Putting the agenda of the workers at the forefront.

Vol – XLVIII No. 09, March 02, 2013 Editorials, EPW India witnessed one of the largest mobilisations of its industrial and service sector workers in recent times when millions went on a two-day strike on 20 and 21 February to… Continue Reading →

Hand over child to grandmother in West Bengal: U.S. Court #Goodnews

SHIV SAHAY SINGH Indrashish was taken away by U.S. Child Welfare services after he fell from bed and got injured A court in New Jersey, U.S. has ordered that the 18-month-old Indrashish, son of Indian couple living in the city,… Continue Reading →

#India- Sexual Harassment case- Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University (MGIHU) #Vaw

हमेशा विवादों में रहनेवाले महात्मा गांधी अंतरराष्ट्रीय हिंदी विश्वविद्यालय, वर्धा में आजकल एक अध्यापक द्वारा एक छात्रा के यौन-उत्पीड़न का मामला दबे मुंह चर्चा में है। साहित्य विभाग के एक युवा असिस्टेंट प्रोफेसर ने स्त्री अध्ययन विभाग की एक छात्रा को पढ़ाने के बहाने… Continue Reading →

Independent Judiciary and Rule of Law;Demolished in Sri Lanka

EPW Vol – XLVIII No. 09, March 02, 2013 | Rohini Hensman Among the continuing acts that erode democratic institutions in Sri Lanka is the recent impeachment of the Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brothers who head various… Continue Reading →

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