31 December 2009

Should Indian politician be also held accountable for what they do in their personal lives?

Do you think our Politicians must abide with a code of conduct? Or is it okay for them to guard their secrets under the garb of privacy?

30 December 2009

‘Govt let us down as we are Muslim’ - Family of Mumbai businessman

“In all honesty, I feel we are being treated in this manner because we are Muslim. The Government’s intentions are not clean,”  

Andhra : Irom Sharmila’s 10-year-fast is ignored

Isn’t it ironic and smacks of the Centre’s double standards? One person in Andhra Pradesh fasts for ten days and Centre relents. Another pe

28 December 2009

A chronicle of anti-Sikh riots - A new book on anti-Sikh riots

The book meanders through the “murder of Sikhs” “what the state was doing” and the “men behind the violence” I ACCUSE… — The Anti-Sikh V

25 December 2009

Unnithan Episode and the Moralistic Mobocracy in Kerala

A recent story from Kerala as reported by the Malayalam press and electronic media should perhaps remind us the need to uphold the Constitu

Stop torture and arbitrary arrests of peace activists and human rights defenders in Chhattisgarh - Amnesty

"Immediately stop the torture and arbitrary arrest of peace activists and human rights defenders belonging to the Vanvasi Chetna Ashram (V

India: "Paid News" Undermines the Media - Press Release by the Editors Guild

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24 December 2009

Indian Democracy Under Threat If Unquestioned Powers To the Armed Forces Not Curbed

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22 December 2009

60 min video recording of the hindu right demolition squad in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992

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Gujarat: The forgotten riots of surat

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21 December 2009

Ram and Rahim as Good Neighbors

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Justice is so delayed and the organisers of anti Sikh Pogrom still not in dock

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India: Republic of Silence - A relevant Article in the light of Liberhan Report

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20 December 2009

Goa Bomber linked to three hindutva organisations

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bharat ptrika

A lie does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become lie because nobody sees it... Constant development

19 December 2009

An Independent Review of Democracy and Governance in Karnataka

On the 18th December 2009, Justice Santosh Hegde released the summary report on Democracy and Governance in Karnataka (period June 2008-Nov

14 December 2009

A New Dress for the Hindu Right -- Will the RSS drop the Khakhi Shorts?

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12 December 2009

Hidden facets to the Babri Masjid episode also implicate others

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No religious structures on public land, rules Supreme Court.

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11 December 2009

Rights Activists Attacked And Refused Access Tribal Zone in Orissa

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