Category: The Feminist
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Secularism under threat – Teesta Setalvad
It is only after prolonged risks and trials that there can be any genuine threat. For two weeks now I have written about the risks and trials faced by Indian secularism. Today there is a genuine threat. And if there is one message that the poll results delivered by noon on last Friday, May 16 bring it is to ring alarm bells. The question for all … Continue reading Secularism under threat – Teesta Setalvad
How Secular is the Indian State ? – Teesta Setalwad
Just as the darkness, and challenges of the past ten days have set in, hasty and ill-informed pieces by “intellectuals” on “secularism” easily debunking a well-formed principle when faced with the crude onsalught of a designer jacketed Modi at Varanasi have been doing the rounds. These self styled “seculartists” have tried hastily to re-position themselves within a new reality, the Indian regime under the 16th … Continue reading How Secular is the Indian State ? – Teesta Setalwad
Not just ‘foreign hand’, critical Gujarat NGOs on IB watchlist too
Written by Amitav Ranjan , Parimal A Dabhi , Kumar Anand | New Delhi | June 12, 2014 The 21-page secret report to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) names several foreign-funded NGOs. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s resolve to replicate the “Gujarat development model” in the country faces stiff opposition from a range of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with connections to the opposition Congress and some who have campaigned for victims of the … Continue reading Not just ‘foreign hand’, critical Gujarat NGOs on IB watchlist too
Gang-rape of a Mute and Adivasi Minor Girl in Chhindwara
WHERE IS THE MEDIA? Inaction, Negligence and Shielding of Accused by District Administration – Says Fact Finding Team Report June 10, Chhindwara / New Delhi : On 13th April 2014, a 15 year old mute and handicapped adivasi girl was kidnapped and gang-raped, but for more than one and a half months, no action has been taken by the district administration or support of any … Continue reading Gang-rape of a Mute and Adivasi Minor Girl in Chhindwara
आस्था नहीं, अन्वेषण पर आधारित होना चाहिए इतिहास
भारतीय इतिहास लेखन के विकास, असहमति की परंपरा तथा बौद्धिक अभिव्यक्तियों को बाधित करने के मौजूदा प्रयासों पर रोमिला थापर की कुलदीप कुमार से बातचीत (अनुवाद: अभिषेक श्रीवास्तव) आपकी पुस्तक दि पास्ट बिफोर अस आरंभिक उत्तर भारत की ऐतिहासिक परंपराओं पर विस्तार से बात करती है। जानकर अचरज होता है कि आखिर क्यों और कैसे इस विचार की स्वीकार्यता बन सकी कि भारतीयों में ऐतिहासिक चेतना का अभाव … Continue reading आस्था नहीं, अन्वेषण पर आधारित होना चाहिए इतिहास
बलात्कार सिर्फ औरत का ही क्यों होता है?
बलात्कार के लिए ज़रूरी है कि एक तो बलात्कारी जिस्मानी तौर पर उससे ज़्यादा ताकतवर हो जिसका वो बलात्कार कर रहा है. वो मन में किसी वजह से या बिलावजह नफ़रत पालना जानता हो और मौका मिलने पर बदला लेने या कमज़ोर पर अपनी ताकत दिखाने की क्षमता रखता हो. ये तीन-चार मोटी-मोटी बातें हर जीव-जंतु, पशु-पक्षी में अलग-अलग तो पाईं जाती हैं, लेकिन मनुष्य … Continue reading बलात्कार सिर्फ औरत का ही क्यों होता है?
Statement by Concerned Citizens of Rajasthan
Rajasthan Civil Society members outraged and condemn the assault by the GOR on the leading Gandhian Institution in Jaipur, the Rajasthan Samagra Sewa Sangh of Rajasthan. Premises taken over, buildings sealed, allotment illegally cancelled and all belongings and residents including a woman inpost delivery thrown out by the JDA Famous Gandhian Freedom Fighter, Gokul Bhai Bhatt’s Samadhi which was founded by JP Narayan also sealed … Continue reading Statement by Concerned Citizens of Rajasthan
कानून ही नहीं, समाज भी जिम्मेदार – मैत्रेयी पुष्पा
बदायूं में दो कम उम्र बहनों के साथ हुए बलात्कार और फिर हत्या की घटनाओं के बाद भारत के लगभग सभी हिस्सों से बच्चियों और औरतों के यौन उत्पीड़न की खबरें मिल रही हैं। यहां तक कि संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासचिव बान की मून और अमेरिका ने भी इन घटनाओं का संज्ञान लिया है और इनकी तीखी निंदा की है। आखिर यह समस्या गहराती क्यों जा … Continue reading कानून ही नहीं, समाज भी जिम्मेदार – मैत्रेयी पुष्पा
Open Statement By Concerned Citizens To Protect Our Constitutional And Democratic Rights
TO FREE SPEECH AND EXPRESSION I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire No democracy can claim to be one, unless freedom of speech and expression are guaranteed by statute and where the state machinery works to ensure compliance not only in the behavior of government, but of its citizens. The curbing … Continue reading Open Statement By Concerned Citizens To Protect Our Constitutional And Democratic Rights
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