New York Times Calls Modi's Silence Shameful. The NY Times did exactly that today

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In India — by Samar — August 5, 2016 One doesn’t often see a respected international media house asking a democratic republic’s prime minister to break his silence in an editorial. Even more rare is it to see this “silence&r

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Nepal leader takes office with a sharp eye to his heavyweight neighbors

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Nepal leader takes office with a sharp eye to his heavyweight neighbors Bikash Sangraula As he starts his second term in office, Nepal’s newly elected prime minister faces a formidable task: balancing Beijing’s and New Delhi’s increasingly conflicting interests in Nepal. Prachanda,

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Disowning Actions But Owning Ideology: RSS And Gujarat Events in Annihilate Caste

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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

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Will Indians Start Listening To Kashmiris? in Kashmir

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For the mainstream Indian mindset on Kashmir, the land called Kashmir is an Indian property which should be protected and remain with India at any cost. The use of military is to protect this property. For them it is assumed this property might be grabbed away by the indigenous Kashmiris who are inspired by a neighboring country. It is never understood by them that Kashmir which is under the co

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Killing The Kashmir Story - At least 43 civilians are killed

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Day 8. Kashmir is curfewed. At least 43 civilians are killed. All of them have been identified by the local media. More than 2200 persons are seriously injured, out of which at least 100 on the verge of losing their eyesight permanently after being hit by the lethal pellet guns. Yes, it is a war-like situation in curfewed Kashmir. Despite strict curfew, the young and angry Kashmiri protesters a

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Huge rally against Kashmir violence in KolKata-First Published in The Hindu Kolkata

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First Published in The Hindu Kolkata, July 15, 2016 - A sizeable rally was organised by various civil society groups, human rights networks, student bodies and ordinary citizens of Kolkata to protest against ongoing violence in Kashmir on Thursday. The participants assembled in a popular meeting place in central Kolkata, College Square, carrying posters, flags and placards and

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India Maoist rebels kill 10 soldiers in Bihar The Maoist insurgency

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India Maoist rebels kill 10 paramilitary soldiers in Bihar - The Maoist insurgency has been described as India's biggest security threat. Ten soldiers have been killed in a clash between security forces and Maoist rebels in India's eastern Bihar state, police say. At least five other soldiers were injured in the battle in Aurangabad district late on Monday. Maoist rebels have ca

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Malegaon blast, Sadhvi Pragya and the politics of investigation

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Eight years after she was arrested in the Malegaon blast case, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is set to walk out of jail. The fact that she wore saffron robes and other accused persons in the case had links with radical Hindu outfits, gave coinage to the controversial term "saffron" or "Hindu" terror. Her arrest in 2008 and the filing of the first chargesheet by the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS)

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Kashmir´s Facebook freedom fighters

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Kashmir´s Facebook freedom fighters AFP SRINAGAR: Burhan Wani was part of a new generation of young, educated Kashmiri freedom fighters using social media to spread their demands for independence from Indian rule, turning growing Internet use in the restive region into a powerful recruiting tool. Wani, whose death in a shoot-out with government for

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Who Killed Karkare? The Real Face Of Terrorism In India

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A new book curiously titled Who Killed Karkare? says a nationwide network of Hindutva terror that has its tentacles spread up to Nepal and Israel is out to destroy the India most Indians have known for ages and to remould it into some kind of Afghanistan under the Taliban. The writer, a former IG Police of Maharashtra, SM Mushrif, has reconstructed a fearsome picture out of former Mahar

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