One day Mataram!
‘One Day Mataram’ is a light-hearted take on patriotism in modern times, showcasing a day in the life of an urban man who’s out to prove his love for the country. Continue reading One day Mataram!
Category: Civil Rights
Rough Roads to Equality – Women Police in South Asia interviewed
Humanitarian or Inhuman? – Teesta Setalvad
When the photograph of a young, innocent Syrian boy, dead, face down in the sand as his body was washed to a beach in Europe, shook the world, there were mixed reactions on the social (anti, sic) as always. Wisely many asked whether we would or are moved when we see pictures of a poor, hungry, almost dying Indian child. Not so pretty, not … Continue reading Humanitarian or Inhuman? – Teesta Setalvad
Assange: the untold story of an epic struggle for justice – John Pilger
The siege of Knightsbridge is both an emblem of gross injustice and a gruelling farce. For three years, a police cordon around the Ecuadorean embassy in London has served no purpose other than to flaunt the power of the state. It has cost £12 million. The quarry is an Australian charged with no crime, a refugee whose only security is the room given him by … Continue reading Assange: the untold story of an epic struggle for justice – John Pilger
You allowed us in, we were able to give so much back to your country – Tat Wa Lay
A Vietnamese man’s Facebook post on his experience of arriving in the UK as a refugee has been liked and shared by tens of thousands of people, amid the current debate about Europe’s migrant crisis. Tat Wa Lay’s post talks about how he was one of thousands of “boat people” who fled during and after the Vietnam War to escape persecution and poverty – his … Continue reading You allowed us in, we were able to give so much back to your country – Tat Wa Lay
Why attacks on Mahatma Gandhi are good – Rajmohan Gandhi
They offer an opportunity to recall what he stood for. The imperfect Gandhi was more radical and progressive than most contemporary compatriots. Gandhi suggested that our uncertainty over the right course to take would disappear once we ask how the most helpless person we have known would be affected by our choice. Offended by attacks on the Mahatma, some friends who think of me as … Continue reading Why attacks on Mahatma Gandhi are good – Rajmohan Gandhi
When MP Police deserved a salute!
تیستا سیتلواد کو ہماری مدد کی ضرورت
ظفر آغا اللہ رے ہم مسلمانوں کا ضمیر ! ہمارا ضمیر اس قدر گہری نیند سورہاہے کہ کچھ بھی ہوجائے ہمارا ضمیر جاگتا نہیں ۔ ہاں اگر کوئی بڑا واقعہ پیش آجائے تو چائے خانوں اور تھوڑے پڑھے لکھے افراد کی بیٹھکوں میں تھوڑی دیر کے لئے وہ واقعہ زیر بحث ضرور آجائے گا ، لیکن پھر گھر پہنچتے پہنچتے ہم پھر وہی گہری غفلت … Continue reading تیستا سیتلواد کو ہماری مدد کی ضرورت
“Khalipan” | Salim Sulaiman | Official Music Video
This Bajrangi is no bhai or bhaijaan: Bajrang Dal’s Bhuvith Shetty arrested
Bajrang Dal co-onvenor of Mangalore, Bhuvith Shetty was arrested by Mangalore police today. Nilim Dutta, Chairman, Unified @Peoples_Movemnt, Director, Strategic Research & Analysis Organisation made a formal complaint against Bajrang Dal Co-Convener of Mangalore Bhuvith Shetty to the Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Government of Karnataka Mr. Pattanayak, IAS Bhuvith tweeted that Bajrang Dal was behind killing of Prof. M.M. Kalburgi and that the next target was Prof. … Continue reading This Bajrangi is no bhai or bhaijaan: Bajrang Dal’s Bhuvith Shetty arrested
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