Mumbai, 17th February 2016 The renowned writer, commentator and rights activist Mr. Ram Puniyani was awarded NCHRO’s Mukundan C Menon Award 2015, in a graceful function at Al Karimi Library Hall of Anjuman-E-Islam, CST, Mumbai.…
ISI paranoia on Kerala Muslims
Thiruvananthapuram: Admittedly, the stigma of Pak or ISI connection on Kerala Muslims has a long history. To begin with, the label was on Muslim League ever since it became a powerful political force in Malabar…
Marad: Untold Story Of An RSS "Liberated Area"
What had happened at Marad in Kozhikode district of Kerala on May 2nd? Rajeev Srinivasan, the Rediff columnist, termed it as "Second Moplah Rebellion". The columnist - whom Rediff itself describes as one who "works…
A Wrong Confinement
A day after the 12th Judge of Calcutta Civil and Sessions Court, Basudeb Majumdar, pronounced capital punishment for all the seven accused involved in the attack on American Centre, a news report said that the…
Cowed down by Cow
The Udupi-Mangalore belt in South Canara of Karnataka was rocked by violence unleashed by Sangh Parivar in the third week of March. All in the name of protecting the proverbial Holy Cow. Notably, the series…
Kerala: The Holy Cross and the State
As the pattern of the following incidents exhibits, the Christians in Kerala have reasons to worry. Attacks in Southern part followed by church burning in Northern part, and vice versa, in both years. Never ever…
Encounter Watch: Rejoinder to the antics of rights…
(Full text of CHRO Secretary General, Mukundan C. Menon’s letter to New Indian Express sent on 17 July 2004) Read More
VHP Builds A Temple In Idukki Dam
Exhibiting its defiance and belligerence on April 30, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad hurriedly conducted the "idol installation ceremony" at the "Ayyappa temple" it constructs within the reservoir of Idukki Dam. This was done in an…
The Tribal Blood, Muthanga: A Struggle for Survival
Kerala Chief Minister A. K. Antony is a sad man now. Not because his policemen opened fire on agitating Tribals, including women and children, on February 19 at Muthanga forests in Wayanad district, which happened…