हेट स्पीच
March 31, 2012
This book, written by a member of the Communist Party is a brief account of the rise and fall of the RSS in Kerala. The book traces the multi-faceted approach of physical violence and an ideological offensive which the organisation used to make in-roads into a largely Communist dominated voter base. The book also traces the change in the approach of the Communist party which involved greater...
October 1, 2011
Fear and the farce
Even for a party that pays mere lip service to constitutional principles, it was a moment of great shame. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India directs the Special Investigation Team (SIT) – specially appointed by the court to reinvestigate the major cases of carnage in Gujarat in 2002 – to also investigate the role of chief minister Narendra...
March 1, 2011
Hindutva’s evil genius
The sangh parivar is not just a sick organisation suffering from a blind and incurable hatred of Muslims and Christians. It is far worse than that. There is a method in the murder and mayhem that it promotes and perpetrates, which clearly points to an evil genius at work. Forget the average Indian, most secular activists outside Karnataka will probably remember the...
October 1, 2010
Religious Liberty in Gujarat, Kandhamal & Karnataka.
May 1, 2009
Gujarat on trial
An order and a judgement of the Supreme Court – in quick succession, on April 27 and May 1 – both pertaining to the genocide in Gujarat in 2002, together constitute a defining moment for the judicial process in the Narendra Modi-ruled state.
In May 2002 Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) had filed a petition in the apex court arguing that given the...
April 1, 2009
A Report by PUCL, Bhubaneshwar & Kashipur Solidarity Group, Delhi
March 1, 2009
Vigilante Attacks on Women and Minorities, 2008-09
Report by People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Karnataka (PUCL-K)
December 5, 2008
The latest barbaric terrorist assault on Mumbai is in fact an attack on the very Idea of a Secular-Democratic and a United India.
Even as our heart goes out to the family, friends and colleagues of those mercilessly killed, and we salute the brave police personnel, army men and NSG commandos who lied down their lives in the line of duty, we are outraged – just as all citizens of...
May 31, 2004
Dedicated to the victims of communal carnage in Gujarat whose terrible sufferings have once again warned against converting India into a theocratic state.