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tags: caste, Dalits, Ilavarasan, Tamil Nadu, Vanniyars Dalit youth E. ILAVARASAN, whose marriage to a Vanniyar girl had resulted in caste violence in Tamil Nadu last year, was found dead on a railway track . Given below is an interview Ilavarasan gave to KAVIN MALAR and was published in the Tamil edition… Continue Reading →
Shabnam Hashmi ,[in Delhi on July 6] A meeting was held from 5-7pm at the constitution club, rafi marg yesterday which was to be attended by Ishrat’s family among hundreds of other activists, artists, intellectuals, academicians, lawyers. around… Continue Reading →
July 7, 2013 Nitya Ramakrishnan “Why this selective concern about encounter killings in Gujarat — these happen all over the country,” pleaded Gujarat’s lawyer at a Supreme Court hearing of veteran journalist B.G. Verghese’s public interest petition on 22 unexplained… Continue Reading →
Some people believe that civilian nuclear energy programs are going great guns and will grow more in future. Nothing can be further from the truth. They will not. In fact, its slow death is already on and can only accelerate in… Continue Reading →
Ishrat Jahan’s family have fought for justice for nine years. They tell Nishita Jhaabout the equally anguished struggle to remember her life, not just her death 2013-07-13 , Issue 28 Volume 10.Tehelka 1 / 3 Faint silver linings: Ishrat Jahan’s mother Shamima,… Continue Reading →
USHA RAMANATHAN , The Statesman There are claims, and ambitions, that surround the UID project. The claims first. The UID, it is claimed, will be an identity that will bring down the barriers that prevent the poor from accessing benefits… Continue Reading →
Democracy and our right to dissent and protest are being brutally assaulted by the so called democratic government of the state. As opposed to the government’s backhanded tactics, the people’s movement has been determined, non-violent and democratic. False propaganda, intimidation, false cases… Continue Reading →
Dalit boy Ilavarasan found dead on railway tracks agencies E. Ilavarasan, the Dalit boy whose marriage to a Vanniyar girl triggered violence in three villages of Dharmapuri district in November 2012, was found dead along a railway track in Dharmapuri… Continue Reading →
Usha Ramanathan in Statesman UID is an acronym for unique identification. But first, this is not an identity scheme; it is a system that leverages emerging technologies to help various governmental and commercial agencies identify and database persons. That… Continue Reading →
Shaheen Khan Naqshbandi So Modi Ji is now wooing Muslims. Hmm. Interesting! At a function yesterday, Modi Ji agreed to see a PowerPoint Presentation about Muslims of Gujarat. I cannot help but wonder whether the PowerPoint Presentation had the… Continue Reading →