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October 22, 2016
On 20th October a demonstration was held at Arts Faculty in north campus of Delhi University. Attended by more than a hundred students from universities all across Delhi and outside, predominantly women, it was a protest against the members of the political outfit ABVP for their alleged harassment of the students on 23rd September night, when the group had organized a Night March. On the...
October 22, 2016
नई दिल्ली। उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव से पहले भाजपा एक बार फिर विज्ञापनों से गांव-शहर के चप्पे-चप्पे को रंगने की तैयारी कर रही है। जिससे जिधर जिसकी नजर जाए उधर भाजपा ही दिखे और जनता को लहर मालूम पड़े। जानकारी के मुताबिक इसके लिए दो विज्ञापन कंपनिया चुन ली गई हैं जिसमें Ogilvy & Mather and crayons नामक विज्ञापन कंपनियों को चुन लिया गया है।
साल 2014 के लोकसभा चुनावों के तर्ज पर भाजपा...
October 22, 2016
मुंबई। पाकिस्तानी कलाकारों के अभिनय वाली हिंदी फिल्मों पर प्रतिबंध लगाने की मांग को लेकर बढ़े बवाल पर अब अभिनेता अभय देओल ने चुप्पी तोड़ी है। उन्होंने सिर्फ सरकार ही नहीं उन लोगों को भी निशाने पर लिया है जो पाकिस्तान के साथ बिजनेस तो बढ़ाना चाहते हैं लेकिन कलाकारों के काम करने पर ऐतराज जता रहे हैं। अभय देओल ने कहा कि सिर्फ फिल्म बनाने वालों पर प्रतिबंध मत लगाइए। बल्कि...
October 22, 2016
Following is the text of a letter to the Vice Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, sent by some academics protesting the attacks on Dr Snehsata Manav and Dr Manoj Kumar regarding the students’ production of the play ‘Draupadi’:
To the Vice Chancellor,
Central University of Haryana
Dear Vice Chancellor:
We write in support of Dr. Snehsata...
October 22, 2016
The protests across Maharashtra, which are drawing lakhs of people, are silent. But they aren't leaderless.
Image credit: Mridula Chari
Prajakta Sankpal’s voice rang out through the bustling hall in the heart of Kolhapur last week, cutting through the commotion of people entering and leaving, holding private conversations.
“Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj was the one...
October 21, 2016
The recommendations made by an RSS affiliate for gradual removal of English as a medium of instruction has elicited a strong response from Dalit scholars and activists across the country. Dubbing the move as ‘anti-development’, it is alleged that the recommendation has been made with an intention to hamper the progress of the Dalits.
An Indian Express report today revealed a...
October 21, 2016
The JNU student Najeeb Ahmed continues to be untraceable days after he went missing under mysterious circumstances. Najeeb’s friends alleged that he had disappeared soon after his altercation with some ABVP students.
Najeeb’s mother on Friday made a desperate plea saying that she wanted her son back as she alleged that the administration had been “insensitive”...
October 21, 2016
The Self reliance of Made in India VS the neoliberal sweatshops of Make in India
Fake nationalism of the Hindutva variety is not limited to only the national movement, where the RSS was conspicuous by its absence. It is also manifested in Modi's Make in India, which is an offer to global capital to exploit India's cheap labour, along with various tax breaks and subsidised...
October 20, 2016
When the US pulled out of Vietnam it was at least clear who would take over. The same can't be said of Yemen which, for most purposes, is now a failed state and likely to remain so for a long time.
Photocredit: Common Dreams
On October 16, the United States, Britain and the UN's special envoy issued a joint call for a rapid and unconditional ceasefire in Yemen.
"We are...
October 20, 2016
A group of experts from United Nations (UN) has asked the central government to release the Kashmir-based human rights activist Khurram Parvez immediately, who has been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) by the government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Image: The Indian Express
According to an Indian Express report, the UN group has conveyed its concerns about Parvez, who was stopped from going...