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I देखो देखो “चमत्कार” “राम” ने भेजा अपना अवतार बना तपस्वी छोड़ा घर बार “अबकी बार मोदी सरकार” II सिकंदर पहुंचा गंगा पार तक्षशिला जा पहुंचा बिहार नेहरु और पटेल में बढती तकरार झूठ की हांडी चढ़ती बारम्बार “अबकी बार मोदी सरकार” III दंगो की है हाहाकार बढ़ते झगडे घटता प्यार सारे दुश्मन देश के पार “अबकी बार मोदी सरकार” IV बढ़ते विकास … Continue reading “अबकी बार मोदी सरकार” -किशोर
The Supreme Court’s ruling on transgenders is cause for celebration, not just for sexual minorities but for all minorities In this election din, between empty slogans and personal slandering, has come one of India’s proudest moments as a nation — one that values equality, justice and freedom of even its most marginalised. On April 15, 2014, the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgment granting India’s transgender … Continue reading Ending the gender binary – CHAPAL MEHRA
(Courtesy: Kafila.org) Almost every day, Modi takes off from Ahmedabad airport in an EMB-135BJ, an Embraer aircraft, for his rallies. The jet is owned by Karnavati Aviation, a group company of the Adani Group. “We record two movements of Modi’s aircraft daily. No matter where he goes to address rallies, he always comes back home,” said an air traffic control … Continue reading Modi-Fascism and the Rise of the Propaganda Machine – Aditya Nigam
लो आ गई बहार, इंसाफ हुआ हैक़ातिल की जय-जयकार, इंसाफ हुआ हैमुर्दों की कैद से वो, आजाद हो गया अब राजपथ बुहार, इंसाफ हुआ हैमक़्तल का हर निशान, देता है गवाहीमुंसिफ कहे बेकार, इंसाफ हुआ हैचांदी की है कटार, सोने की मूठ हैफिर क्यों करे गुहार, इंसाफ हुआ है कुछ फर्क नहीं है, कब्र और सड़क मेंख़बरे हैं धुआँधार, इंसाफ हुआ … Continue reading हँसता है गुनहगार, इंसाफ हुआ है – .पंकज परवेज़
शाज़िया इल्मी की बातचीत सुनकर हैरानू हूँ। हैरान इसलिए कि मेरी इस पुरानी साथी पत्रकार को अभी तक राजनीतिक जुमलेबाज़ी में महारत हासिल नहीं हुई। वो मुसलमानों को ‘सेक्युलर’ के बजाय ‘कम्युनल’ होने की नसीहत दे रही है बातचीत यहीं तक सुनने के बाद ज़बान से सिर्फ एक बात निकलती है– लानत है! तुमसे ना हो पाएगा शाज़िया..!! लेकिन ठहरिये…बात तो आगे भी … Continue reading थोड़ा चालाक बनो शाज़िया – Pankaj Srivastava
Ahmedabad: In a big relief to social activist Teesta Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and slain Congress MP Ehsan Jafri’s son Tanvir Jafri, the Gujarat High Court stayed their arrest until 19 June today, in connection with the Gulbarg Society fund embezzlement case. The High Court extended the stay after the Additional Advocate General of Gujarat sought time to file a … Continue reading Gulbarg fund embezzlement: HC stays Teesta’s arrest until 19 June
Photo Credit: Sebastian D/AFP Some young people in Gujarat who were not even in their teens in 2002 want to know what really happened. But they have no one to ask. When Kabir Thakore first gave a script to the students from Ahmedabad’s HL College of Commerce last year, he decided not to tell the students about the subject of the play. “I wanted the … Continue reading Some young Gujaratis want to know: what really happened in 2002? – Zahir Janmohamed
(First Published in Scroll.in) Sectarianism with a dollop of economic growth: that is the real Gujarat model. All the money in the world cannot seem to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party poll machine on-message. This election was supposed to have been about Prime Minister Modi and his magical Gujarat model. Millions have been spent on advertising and business, celebrity endorsements have been … Continue reading Inflammatory speeches by BJP men show that Hindutva, not development, is still core of party’s ideology- Anjali Mody
Bindia Thapar created visual campaigns for the women’s movement with her posters, illustrations for books, monographs, websites and, left a legacy of visual imagery in her illustrations for children’s books By Juhi Jain Our beloved feminist friend Bindia Thaper passed away on April 18 in New Delhi. An architect by profession, Bindia Thapar, was best known for her passion and creativity … Continue reading In Memoriam: Bindia Thapar 1957- 2014
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