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It is interesting how media reports of Narendra Modi’s rallies differ from the real thing. To see the difference for myself, I attended Narendra Modi’s recent rally in Ranchi. More than 10 days in advance, the rally had been the object of a massive publicity campaign in Ranchi. There were giant posters of Modi and his party colleagues at almost every chauraha, sometimes ten or … Continue reading From Nirma to NaMo – Jean Drèze
This video is not an effort to bring about change. I doubt if such a video truly exists. My idea was, for a generation that heads to shopping malls to celebrate New Years, measuring the amount of fun they had by the number of things they bought in sales, to give them some food for thought. If one person could spend 4.24 minutes of his … Continue reading A New Year Wish for the conscience – Shridhar Sudhir
कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी दूसरी बार मुजफ्फरनगर के दंगा पीड़ितों से मिले और उनसे घर वापस जाने का आग्रह किया। ऐसा आग्रह अखिलेश सरकार भी कर रही है। लेकिन दंगा पीड़ित सुनने को तैयार ही नहीं हैं। वे बरसाती पन्नियों को छत बनाकर जानलेवा शीत का मुकाबला कर रहे हैं। यूं इमदाद देने वालों की भीड़ लगी है। एफएम रेडियो वाले भी अभियान चला रहे … Continue reading दंगा पीड़ितों को ऊन का नहीं, इंसाफ का कंबल चाहिए! – डॉ. पंकज श्रीवास्तव (Dr Pankaj Srivastava)
25th December पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी को जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएं। अपनी भाषण शैली से लोगों को मोह लेने वाले अटली जी का यूं चुपचाप बिस्तर पर पड़ जाना बेहद सालता है। मेरी दुआ है कि वे जल्द ठीक हो जाएं। उनकी वाणी फिर से जागृत हो। ऐसा हुआ तो उनका इंटर्व्यू लेने की मेरी बहुत पुरानी इच्छा पूरी हो सकती है। नीचे कुछ सवाल … Continue reading पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी को जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएं – डॉ. पंकज श्रीवास्तव (Dr Pankaj Srivastava)
In her petition challenging the clean chit given by a special investigation team to Narendra Modi and others in the Gulberg Society killings, Zakia Jafri had used the expressions “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide”. On Thursday, Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra dismissed both “foreign terms” as not applicable while rejecting Zakia’s petition. Ganatra also rejected the “larger conspiracy” argument raised by Jafri. Excerpts from his … Continue reading 2002 riots: ‘Ethnic cleansing, genocide are foreign terms… cannot be considered’
लो आ गई बहार, इंसाफ हुआ है क़ातिल की जय-जयकार, इंसाफ हुआ है मुर्दों की कैद से वो, आजाद हो गया अब राजपथ बुहार, इंसाफ हुआ है मक़तल का हर निशान, देता है गवाही मुंसिफ कहे बेकार, इंसाफ हुआ है चांदी की है कटार, सोने की मूठ है फिर क्यों करो गुहार, इंसाफ हुआ है कुछ फर्क नहीं है, कब्र और सड़क में ख़बरे हैं … Continue reading क़ातिल की जय-जयकार, इंसाफ हुआ है – पंकज रायबरेलवी
Citizens for Justice and Peace Press Release after Zakia Judgment 26-12-2013 On behalf of thousands of survivors of the 2002 genocidal pogrom that took place in Gujarat from February – May 2002, the Citizens for Justice and Peace expresses deep disappointment and anguish at the verdict of the Magistrate Court, Judge BJ Ganatra accepting the dismissal of serious criminal charges of criminal conspiracy against chief … Continue reading Citizens for Justice disappointed with Zakia Judgment (26-12-2013)
When your father or grand father is hacked and burnt to death along with 68 others in one go When your father or grandfather is one of the 780 killed for having a name that is not part of the majority community When your mother or grand mother has to run from pillar to post to get justice When all she gets are blank defiant … Continue reading Vote for the fascists, Live without dignity – Dibyesh Anand
The indefinite ‘postponing’ of a TV serial scripted by Taslima Nasreen in Calcutta, and the refusal of the intelligentsia to speak out for her, yet again underlines the culture of intolerance Calcutta, the so-called ‘cultural capital’, has demonstrated the increasing emptiness of the epithet, yet again. Taslima Nasreen, one of the most famous Bengali authors alive, had scripted a TV serial named ‘Doohshahobash’ (Difficult Cohabitations) … Continue reading Muzzling Expression – Garga Chatterjee
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