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Labour Rights, The Dalit, The Feminist

Answering some questions about Teesta Setalvad and Gulberg Case – Rukmini Sen

When was this Gulberg trust set up and why? Survivors of the 2002 carnage at Gulberg society for obvious reasons could not think of living there any longer. They were trying to sell their flats/bungalows at Gulberg but all they were being offered were prices far below the market rates. In this context, in 2007 Sabrang  Trust mooted the idea of trying to raise funds to … Continue reading Answering some questions about Teesta Setalvad and Gulberg Case – Rukmini Sen

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Freedom of Expression, Labour Rights, The Feminist

Solidarity with Teesta Setalvad – Demonstration in Mumbai

A large number of activists gathered outside Dadar Railway Station in Mumbai on Sunday (15-2-2015) evening for a public demonstration of solidarity with Teesta Setalvad & Javed Anand who are being hounded by Gujarat police with false cases. Famous film maker Anand Patwardhan, renowned writer-activist Dr. Ram Puniyani, AIDWA Maharashtra Secretary Sonya Gill, CITU leader Dr.Vivek Monteiro, Dolphy D’souza, Subodh More, Vandana Shah, Sumedh Jadhav … Continue reading Solidarity with Teesta Setalvad – Demonstration in Mumbai

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International

I See Palestine – Laura Whitehorn

    In response to Roger Cohen, “Why Americans See Israel the Way They Do,” New York Times, August 3, 2014. . . . The bias of the cowboy-and-Indians movies I grew up on in the 1950s has long been exposed: swallowing up Native American land was the aim, and the myth of the dangerous savages who threatened the very existence of innocent European settlers … Continue reading I See Palestine – Laura Whitehorn

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The Feminist

Guilty of Poverty- Harsh Mander

A tribal is sentenced to death for the murder of his five daughters. Does he deserve to be hanged? The tribal Barela hamlet stood far outside the main village; just a few mud huts with thatch roofs scattered among teak trees. We drove to village Kanoria in Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh and walked through the woods to reach the small settlement. One of the … Continue reading Guilty of Poverty- Harsh Mander

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The Feminist

Tired? Troubled love life? Try banning gadgets from the bedroom – Amy Fleming

Amy Fleming Late-night fiddling with devices stimulates your brain and invades what should be a quiet space. Time to turn off Two films I watched at the London Film Festival this month jarred with me in an unexpected way. Drinking Buddies and Afternoon Delight are what might be called mumblecore movies – all improvised dialogue and plots that home in on relatively minor events in … Continue reading Tired? Troubled love life? Try banning gadgets from the bedroom – Amy Fleming

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Environment

OPPOSE THE PRIVATIZATION OF WATER IN DELHI

OPPOSE THE CAPTURING OF THE COMMONS FOR PRIVATE PROFIT Friends, In recent weeks, the Delhi government has initiated a series of measures that would result in widening and deepening the corporate control of water and water distribution in Delhi. Basically the government is considering handing over the distribution of water, billing, and revenue collection to large private corporations. The measures include the following: – a … Continue reading OPPOSE THE PRIVATIZATION OF WATER IN DELHI

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The Feminist

The sharia myth sweeps America – Amy Sullivan

If you are not vitally concerned about the possibility of radical Muslims infiltrating the U.S. government and establishing a Taliban-style theocracy, then you are not a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination. In addition to talking about tax policy and Afghanistan, Republican candidates have also felt the need to speak out against the menace of “sharia.” Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum refers to sharia as … Continue reading The sharia myth sweeps America – Amy Sullivan

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The Feminist

There will never be another Asghar Ali – Jyoti Punwani

Scholarly, courageous and secular, Asghar Ali Engineer spent his life combating regressive beliefs and practices while presenting a modern, humanistic interpretation of Islam The passing away of Asghar Ali Engineer leaves everyone poorer. He wasn’t only the face of the Bohra reform movement – a movement for human rights supported by the tallest intellectuals of the country. He was a scholar of Islam, whose interpretation … Continue reading There will never be another Asghar Ali – Jyoti Punwani

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