New Delhi: The NIA has raided the office of Parveena Ahanger, co-founder and chairman of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) on Wednesday. The raid on the APDP is part of a larger…
Delhi University and the purging of Ramanujan
oct 29 1011by Mukul KesavanWhen I studied history as an undergraduate in Delhi University in the mid-1970s, A.K. Ramanujan’s essay, “Three Hundred Ramayanas”, hadn’t been written and therefore couldn’t be read. The current vice-chancellor of…
The Kuki-Naga Ethinic Chauvinists and the dangerous
29 oct 2011By B.G. VergheseThe Manipur blockade has gone far beyond a demonstrative measure and must be ended. The ordinary people have suffered enough. The Kuki-Naga quarrel at the root of the agitation is esoteric…
Thanks to BJP led municipal corporation, some 100…
Indian Express 29 oct 2011 Ahead of next year’s municipal elections, the BJP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to leave its mark, all set in concrete. The civic agency is in the process of…
On Religious Leaders in Indian Politics
The Times of India,ARATI R JERATH 29 oct 2011 The year was 1952 and independent India's first general elections were in full swing. Only one person dared to challenge the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal…
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24 oct 2011This press statement was issued by the JAMMU AND KASHMIR COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY on 19 October 2011 Over the last 22 years in Jammu and Kashmir, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act…
Bring charge sheet against Narendra Modi and the…
24 oct 2011 commentary by Manoj Mitta and Vidya Subrahmaniam]In another first for communal violence cases, amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran has proposed criminal action against senior police officers for causing death by negligence during the…
Goa steps back on gay tourism
24 oct 2011OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTNew Delhi: The Goa tourism ministry has scrapped a session on gay tourism at an industry festival after some local outfits and the Shiv Sena complained against it.The session on lesbian,…
India in danger if we don’t deal firmly…
24 oct 2011 From: Indian Decade / The Diplomat blogs The Rise of the Right WingBy Sanjay KumarIf terrorism poses a periodic external threat to India, right wing Hindu fanatics pose a more constant danger…