AAP Says BJP & Bajrang Dal responsible for Trilokpuri Tension

    Bajrang Dal had given out a Press Release in the morning today. The Press Release mentioned Jehadi mentality had incited violence in Trilokpuri. Many local people from across communities have told Hillele team that Bajrang Dal was trying to incite communal feelings in Trilokpuri. A Pandal for a religious event had been organised right outside another community’s religious place. Both the communities have … Continue reading AAP Says BJP & Bajrang Dal responsible for Trilokpuri Tension

Baba Adhav in conversation with Teesta Setalvad

Born Babasaheb Pandurang Adhav in 1930 in Pune, Baba, as he is known in every side-alley of Pune’s working class areas, is a child of the freedom struggle. After a maternal uncle took him to a Seva Dal meeting while he was still in school, Baba became a committed activist, involved in many of the country’s major political upheavals. In 1952, he joined a satyagraha … Continue reading Baba Adhav in conversation with Teesta Setalvad

Justice Kolse Patil in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad – Part 1 and 2

  From farm labourer to erudite defence counsel to public prosecutor to High Court Judge BG Kolse Patil, today a mass leader speaks to Teesta Setalvad, of upper caste bias in the highest echelons of the institutions of Indian democracy, the need for a monitoring of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that are tamperable and the divisive charecteristics of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) and Hindutva … Continue reading Justice Kolse Patil in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad – Part 1 and 2

A true democracy is not about holding elections but how the right to peaceful assembly, protest and association is encouraged, what happens between elections says Maina Kiai

      Catch UN SR on the 
rights to freedom of peaceful assembly 
and of association in an interview with Teesta Setalvad at  Communalism Combat’s Third Interview, only on HILLELE TV and http://www.sabrang.com   In a brief and candid interview the UN SR, , explains this relatively new and recent mandate, established by the United Nations in 2010 created in recognition of the need … Continue reading A true democracy is not about holding elections but how the right to peaceful assembly, protest and association is encouraged, what happens between elections says Maina Kiai

There are no Agriculture and Health reporters in Media says P. Sainath

    Teesta Setalvad:       Welcome to the Communalism Combat series of interviews, special interviews. This time with Senior Journalist P. Sainath, until very recently, July 31st, the Rural Affairs Editor of the Hindu and well acclaimed for his book,Everybody Loves a Good Drought. Today’s conversation will be about the corporatization of the media, the huge rural urban divide, the absence of rural reporting within the … Continue reading There are no Agriculture and Health reporters in Media says P. Sainath

कोलकाता में छात्र आंदोलन के समर्थन में मौशमी का संगीत

मौशमी भौमिक, कोलकाता की एक गायिका, लेखिका और संगीत शोधकर्ता हैं लेकिन बांग्लादेश औऱ पूर्वी भारत में कार्य करती हैं। बांग्ला और अंग्रेज़ी में लिखने वाली मौशमी के कई लेख देशी-विदेशी पत्र-पत्रिकाओं में प्रकाशित हुए हैं। मौशमी गाती हैं, व्याख्यान देती हैं, साथ ही कलाकारों और शोधकर्ताओं के साथ देश -विदेश में संयोजन करती हैं। इस वीडियों में मौशमी, कोलकाता के जादवपुर विश्वविद्यालय के छात्रों … Continue reading कोलकाता में छात्र आंदोलन के समर्थन में मौशमी का संगीत