Photo Courtesy: http://static2.demotix.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/a_scale_large/1000-7/photos/1327252375-biswa-ijtema-world-congregation-of-muslims-ends_1013647.jpg A History LessonCourtesy: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?285622 The death of Khalid Mujahid in police custody, and communal clashes in UP, underscore the urgent need for Akhilesh Yadav-led SP to halt the growing alienation and anger amongst Muslims JAMAL KIDWAI The death of Khalid Mujahid in the custody of Uttar Pradesh police has once again reinforced the … Continue reading
The Trouble with Tribunals And why India’s National Green Tribunal in particular cannot do justice to its stated objective Prashant Reddy Courtesy: http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/the-trouble-with-tribunals Ever since the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was first notified in October 2010 to begin operations under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, it has been in the news for all the wrong … Continue reading
No Justice For Insaf Saba Naqvi, Outlook Magazine, May 27, 2013 Courtesy: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?285466 Right to protest suffers another setback with this forum stifled On April 30, 2013, the Union ministry of home froze the bank account of a coalition known as INSAF (Indian Social Action Forum) and suspended its registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation … Continue reading
The Growing Divide between Economics and Politics in India Arun Kumar Chairperson and Sukhamoy Chakravarty Chair Professor, CESP,SSS, JNU. Published in the Mainstream. Government has gone for a slew of `reforms’ and drawn strong protest from people and the political parties both in UPA and outside it. The package consists of raising of … Continue reading
A recent report published by the Young Invincibles think tank investigated the levels of youth unemployment. The results portray a dark future for young workers and students. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/jul2012/yout-j16.shtml
Guevara – A Poem Published Jul 1, 2012 10:14 PM Author, poet and filmmaker Nadja Tesich submitted the poem, “Guevara,” translated from Serbian, for publication in Workers World. We know Tesich from our common work attempting to defend her homeland, Yugoslavia, from an unrelenting assault by the imperialist governments of Western Europe and the United … Continue reading
Article discussing Maori mental health nursing in New Zealand via New Zealand: Bridging Two Worlds – Māori Mental Health Nursing.
SEDITION LAW: MISUSE A Stick Called 124(A): The State finds a handy tool in a colonial law to quell dissent PANINI ANAND, DEBARSHI DASGUPTA Wrong Arm Of The Law. Why ‘sedition’ rings hollow in India 2012? The law Section 124(A) of the Indian Penal Code, 1870; non-bailable offence. Courtesy: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281402
The Philippines’ chair was empty – and it was reportedly the only empty chair at the UN Human Rights Council’s 1 June meeting to discuss atrocities in war-torn Syria. The UN human rights body was meeting to vote on a draft resolution condemning a massacre that killed over 100 civilians in Syria, including women and children. http://www.newint.org/blog/majority/2012/06/12/philippines-silence-on-syria/
Syrian diplomats have been expelled and the UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has explained that his priority is ‘to provide for the end of all violence’ amidst waves of public revulsion at the growing atrocities in poor Syria. Isn’t this cynical manipulation and hypocrisy? 140 civilians dead. Of those, 93 are said to be children. … Continue reading
