The crimes of 2002 cannot be forgotten. It is still not too late for Narendra Modi to make amends by a sincere, thorough programme of rehabilitation of the victims and by a sincere apology, however belated. Accountability brooks no exceptions. By A.G. NOORANI, Frontline       WHEN, on February 4, 2000, Jog Haider’s Austrian Freedom Party, described by The Economist as “a party with Nazi echoes”, … Continue reading Gujarat pogrom: Modi is accountable-AG Noorani

The Editor, The Hindu Dear Editor,            On 5 July, at an event organized for the Chitra Film Society in Dharwad by its secretary, Abdul Khan, I was asked how I reacted to having Modi as the Prime Minister, given my earlier criticism of him. I replied that since the BJP had come to power through a constitutional process, one had … Continue reading Girish Karnad did not praise PM Modi. He said it would be too early to say anything

New Delhi (Press Note/ 17th June 14) : People’s Union for Civil Liberties today filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission seeking an independent review and intervention in respect of continuing persecution and prosecution of human rights defenders, Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand of Citizens for Peace and Justice and others. The petition stressed that CJP and its office bearers Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand and their team … Continue reading PUCL seeks NHRC’s Urgent intervention in Teesta Setalvad Case

फुटबॉल के महाकुम्भ के आखरी दौर के मैच शुरू हो चुके हैं और अगले हफ्ते तक यह फैसला भी हो जायेगा ये जंग कौन जीतेगा. पिछले तीन हफ़्तों से ये कायनात सूरज को छोड़ इस बॉल के इर्दगिर्द चक्कर लगा रही है. इन मैचों का रोमांच इस कदर छाया हुआ है कि लोग रात रात भर जाग कर मैच देख रहें है. जिन्होंने ता-उम्र सूर्योदय … Continue reading खेल का बाज़ार और बाज़ार का खेल किशोर

  Press Release   We, as individuals, people’s organisations, citizens groups, trade unions and mass movements came together on June 26, 2014 at Indian Social Institute, New Delhi to reiterate our deep conviction about the importance of preserving and nurturing spaces for social dissent and the freedoms of association, assembly and expression as the essential hallmarks of a democratic society.   Indian social life has … Continue reading Civil society groups assert freedom of expression, assembly and association.Demand that government respond to the malicious IB report