Human Rights in South Asia
Kashmir erupts after Hizbul Mujahideen chief shot dead
0 comments | by J Ali
Kashmir erupts after Hizbul Mujahideen chief shot dead Jehangir Ali SRINAGAR: Massive anti-India protests and clashes erupted in India-held Kashmir after a top commander from the largest group in the disputed region was killed in a gun battle with government forces on Saturda
Read Full ArticleCaste, Gender And Other Such Issues Should Be Dealt With As Class
0 comments | by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Anand Teltumbde is a civil rights activist, political analyst, columnist and author of many books. He has a long association with peoples’ struggle spanning over three decades backing his theorizations on various issues. Trained in technology and management from the top institutes in the country, he marshals his insights of the modern techno-managerial world to sharpen strategies of
Read Full ArticleWhy Are You In Deep Slumber Mr. Secretary General?
0 comments | by Abdul Majid Zargar
The worst crimes against humanity committed by India in Kashmir are going unchallenged. The absence of any censure or reprimand by the international community particularly UN, is taken as a license or tacit permission by India to continue with its dastardly & grotesque action of annihilating the natives of the place, physically, socially & economically. And w
Read Full ArticleKashmir in Revolt - Schoolgirls in Uniform Rushed out of a Higher
0 comments | by A.G. Noorani
ON April 24, schoolgirls in uniform rushed out of a higher secondary school, picked up whatever they could lay their hands on, and started hurling the projectiles on police vans. This was in the busy Lal Chowk area the commercial hub of Srinagar. The people have shed fear of the gun and approach security forces and police defiantly. They chased the police vans, booed the policemen and shouted &
Read Full ArticleBorder Attack - Chaman Along the Pak-Afghan Border
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AN ugly and seemingly premeditated attack resulting in the death of several civilians and a couple of security personnel, the incident near Chaman along the Pak-Afghan border on Friday is a grim reminder of the toll on ordinary civilians of tense relations between the two states. There was no reason at all for Pakistani census teams accompanied by security personnel in border villages to come u
Read Full ArticleShiv Sena’s Threats - Tensions Between Pakistan and India
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THAT tensions between Pakistan and India flare up from time to time is a damaging, decades-long reality. Quite apart from diplomatic relations, however, in recent years a trend of pettiness has emerged, particularly across the border, that is deeply disturbing. In the latest of display of such disgraceful hostility, a group of 50 Pakistani students and their teachers were forced to return home
Read Full ArticleHindutva And The Idea of Humanity - Yogi Adityanath
0 comments | by Nivedita Dwivedi
“Hindutva rashtra ki sanchetna hai. Is par prahaar mahapralay ko aamantran hai”. This is a statement that figures on the front page of the official website of the new Chief Minister of UP, Yogi Adityanath. I will attempt to unravel and decipher this statement in order to understand its meaning and import better. The first thing that is clear from the above statement, and its appeara
Read Full ArticleDisowning Actions But Owning Ideology: RSS And Gujarat Events
0 comments | by T Navin
It has now become a pattern for RSS to disown its own actions which emanate from its divisive Hindutva mindset. The RSS plays the game of association and disassociation. It associates with masses and its own saffron network and spreads hatred through multiple ways till an event occurs. It continues to promote a divisive mindset till then. However, as protests arise and their actions become unpo
Read Full ArticleHoly Cow! Butchers Face Life Sentence in India in India
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Those slaughtering cows now face a life sentence in the Indian state of Gujarat, after lawmakers voted to pass new measures to protect the sacred animal, up from a previous punishment of seven years. The state law is the toughest in the country Under current Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s term as the state’s chief minister, slaughtering cows and possession of beef was banned
Read Full ArticleThe South Asian jinx - Condemned South Asia to an Existence
0 comments | by Raashid Wali Janjua
Who has condemned South Asia to an existence of perpetual conflict and antagonism? Is our South Asian journey fated to be mired in perennial shallows and miseries? Why, despite all natural bounties, are we wallowing in poverty and under-development? Are we unwittingly living out the prejudice of Churchill who created leaders who would tax even water and air? In order to answer these que
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