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‘I would have lodged an FIR against Narendra Modi on charges of genocide and manslaughter’ #JusticeKatju

Editor’s Note: Justice Markandey Katju, former Judge in the Supreme Court, is not really off the mark on Narendra Modi, especially on his role in the Gujarat carnage of 2002. We reproduce an interview with former Chief Justice of the… Continue Reading →

#Pakistan-To Fight India, We Fought Ourselves

By MOHSIN HAMID, NYtimes LAHORE, Pakistan   Owen Freeman ON Monday, my mother’s and sister’s eye doctor was assassinated. He was a Shiite. He was shot six times while driving to drop his son off at school. His son, age 12,… Continue Reading →

Sex worker saves girl from getting into flesh trade #goodnews #Vaw

  23 Feb 13 The Deccan Herald Nashik (Maha), Feb 23, 2013 (PTI): A 14-year-old girl was rescued by police from a red light area here, thanks to a sex worker. According to police, the girl’s “uncle”, identified as Vjay… Continue Reading →

#India- Share of Young Children in Urban Development is a Myth

Friday, February 22, 2013 By Tejeswar Parida India’s urban population is increasing at a faster rate than its total population. For the first time in the history of demographic record the census of 2011-12 finds that the urban population growth… Continue Reading →

The Frozen Scream- #Sundayreading #Cinema

By Sayan Bhattacharya, Kindle Magazine 2013-02-03 Be it the searing Drohkaal or the complex Drishti, Govind Nihalani has dealt with diverse subject. One of the leading lights of the New Wave talks about the animation genre, the power of melodrama, his influences and more. You are… Continue Reading →

#Koodankulam – KKNPP Siege Protests on February 27, 2013, Wednesday

People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Idinthakarai 627 104 Tirunelveli District The officials of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) have consistently refused to share… Continue Reading →

Even minor offences against dalits may invite harsher penalty

Subodh Ghildiyal, TNN Feb 21, 2013, (The government is planning…) NEW DELHI: Soon, even minor offences against dalits will come with higher costs. The government is planning to include under the Prevention of Atrocities Act offences that attract less than 10-year… Continue Reading →

#RIP-Lotika Sarkar- Champion of #Womenrights #Vaw

  Feb 23, 2013- Professor Lotika Sarkar  passed away this evening at around 8.30pm at home. The funeral will be held tomorrow, Sunday 24th at 1:00 pm, at the Electric Crematorium, Lodi Road, New Delhi. She was   India‘s first woman to graduate… Continue Reading →

NHRC moved over chaining of mentally-ill woman #Vaw

  J. BALAJI, The Hindu, Feb 15,2013 In a most heart-rending situation, a poor family (parents) in Odisha’s Balasore district has chained their 30-year-old mentally challenged daughter in a bamboo grove just because she behaves violently and they do not… Continue Reading →

In India’s remote northeast, civilians challenge rape, killing by security forces #Vaw #AFSPA

Simon Denyer/The Washington Post – Irom Sharmila arrives for a fortnightly court appearance, flanked by two police officers, in the northeastern Indian city of Imphal on Feb. 7, 2013. Sharmila began a hunger strike in 2000 to protest against a controversial… Continue Reading →

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