राजनीती
November 23, 2016
RBI’s ban on district cooperative banks exchanging or depositing demonetised notes has hit tribal milk producers and farmers in Gujarat’s Chhotaudepur district.
They are not in a position to buy essential commodities for daily requirements from the market as they have stopped getting cash from their respective village-level milk cooperative societies.
Sangramsinh Rathwa, a...
November 23, 2016
भारत के ही किसी एक शहर में एक परिवार रहता है जिसका एक बच्चा बहुत ही ज़िद्दी और अख्खड़ , मुहल्ले में जब वह खेलते समय बच्चों से हार या पिट जाता तो अपने घर में जाकर रोता और सफाईयाँ देता कि "मैंने कुछ नहीं किया , वो लोग झूठ बोल रहे हैं ,और रोते हुए कहता कि मैंने ऐसे किया , मैंने वैसे किया, सारी गलती उन लोगों की है , बूहूहूहू । और फिर उसके घर वाले "लठैत" घर से बाहर आकर उन लोगों को चार...
November 23, 2016
SILENCED: Rationalists Dr Narendra Dabolkar, Govind Pansare and M M Kalburgi were murdered in cold blood by fascist elements Dakshinayan Abhiyan, an initiative taken by Padma Shri Dr Ganesh Devy, is organising a convention to bring rationalist and liberals together to preserve the freedom of speech and thought guaranteed by the constitution. The convenor of the three-day convention starting...
November 23, 2016
Mohammad Abdus Salam ( 29 January 1926 – 21 November 1996),was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. A major figure in 20th century theoretical physics, he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. He was the first Pakistani and first Muslim to receive a Nobel Prize in science and the second from...
November 23, 2016
Government resorting to such draconian measures to stifle all legitimate criticism
The District Magistrate of Indore has issued an order – Order/2956/RADM/2016, Indore/Date 14/11/2016 under Section 144 – banning any criticism on social media such as Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc., on exchange of old currency that is “objectionable” or can “cause...
November 23, 2016
R. Umamaheshwari (Veena)
(Of real people, real narratives and real lives. In my neighbourhood and city, Hyderabad.)
Bajji seller Hanumanthu
Mestri Yadgiri
Bangle seller Mohammad Laeeq
Earth-worker, brick layer, matti pani Ramachander
Footwear seller Lakshmamma
Shaadi-khana labour Najeeb
Coolie, cook, etc Jahangir
Miscellaneous labour: Suryanarayana, Baburao, Nagaraju...
November 22, 2016
Rogue military personnel? Or a deliberate policy of abuse? Day 6 of our 7 day openDemocracy's series on alleged abuse by British soldiers in Iraq.
Documents in the military court room in Colchester, Essex, where four soldiers and three ex-soldiers accused of the murder of an Iraqi civilian stood trial back in September 2005. Corporal Scott Evans, 32, Private Billy Nerney, 24,...
November 22, 2016
Anil Bokil. Photo Credit: Mumbai Mirror
When PM Narendra Modi announced his government’s decision to demonetise Rs. 1000 and Rs 500 notes on November 8, Pune resident Anil Bokil was quick to claim credit for having provided the inspiration for the scheme.
Bokil has claimed that the prime minister was so enthused with his idea that the 9-minute appointment granted to him in July had...
November 22, 2016
At the stroke of midnight on November 8, 86% of the value of Indian currency in circulation ceased to be a legal tender. Many different adjectives are being used to qualify the action – surgical strike, master stroke, third freedom (after freedom from British and license raj), 'Massive swachh abhiyan' and so on.
Though the government and even the RBI vehemently...
November 22, 2016
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal’s blistering attack on the Modi government’s demonisation has already grabbed nearly half a million pair of eyeballs.
Fifty lakh people have lakh people have so far viewed Arvind Kejriwal’s Assembly speech on demonetisation on social media platforms, according to a press statement issued by the party...