राजनीती
February 18, 2015
A Matter of National Honour - Volume 1
The Babri Masjid Question, 1528-2003: `A Matter of National Honour' is a compilatioin by A.G. Noorani, in two volumes, of primary source material on various aspects of the Ramjanmabhumi-Babri Masjid dispute. The documents, chronologicallly arranged under thematic chapete heads and covering historical, archaeological, legal adn political ground,...
February 4, 2015
PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, RAJASTHAN
THE PUCL CONDEMNS THE ATTEMPT OF GLORIFICATION OF GANDHI'S KILLERS GODSE IN ALWAR AND DEMANDS THE LODGING OF AN FIR AND THE URGENT ARREST OF THE ACCUSED
THE PUCL APPEALS TO THE CHIEF MINISTER TO TAKE BACK THE ORDER MAKING SURYA NAMASKAR COMPULSORY WHICH IS AGAINST SECULAR NORMS OF THE INDIAN STATE
Jaipur,
4th Feb, 2015
The...
January 18, 2015
The book endeavours to bring to light the multifaceted personality of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, who is generally perceived to be only as the leader of the depressed classes. Giving a comprehensive account of the trials and tribulations of this great son of soil, the book reveals to the reader the humanist, economist, socio-political scientist, constitutional expert, socio-religious reformer and above...
January 17, 2015
Since the nineteen sixties, India has witnessed some of its worst communal riots. Although religion appears to be the cause of these riots, in reality it is the mounting tension between different communities because of political, social, economic, cultural or even linguistic factors, that causes violence. A small and insignificant incident is sufficient to spark off a communal riot which is, not...
January 7, 2015
January 07, 2015
After the Charlie Hebdo’s massacre Support those who fight the religious-right
After the massacre in Charlie Hebdo in Paris today, January 7, 2015, expressing indignation, as so many are doing, is not enough.
A quick look at the English-speaking media shows that whilst many condemn the violence itself, they also assert that Charlie Hebdo courted (and maybe deserved...
December 23, 2014
marxistindia
news from the cpi(m)
Press Communiqué
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) which met in New Delhi from December 21 to 23, 2014 has issued the following statement:
Stop RSS Gameplan
With the Narendra Modi government in office, the Hindutva agenda is being implemented in various spheres. One of them is the reconversion drive aimed at bringing...
December 14, 2014
FORMER PRESIDENT PEOPLES UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES and former chief justice of Delhi High court RAJINDAR SACHAR said that statement of U.P. Governor Ram Naik is a gratuitous insult not only to the biggest Minority in the country but to overwhelming population of the country who are against creating a religious divide.
In a statement issued here Justice Sachar said, “I am...
November 3, 2014
October 26, 2014
Report from the Ground Trilokpuri, Delhi
Shahnawaz Malik
मयूर विहार से सटा त्रिलोकपुरी दिल्ली की मिली-जुली आबादी वाला इलाका है। सांप्रदायिक तनाव की चपेट में आने से पहले यह इलाका बीते साल असेंबली इलेक्शन के वक्त सुर्ख़ियों में आया था जब यहां के बाशिदों ने आम आदमी पार्टी के टिकट पर खड़े हुए राजू धिंगान को जीत का सेहरा पहनाया। खेल गांव में चल रही वोटों की गिनती के वक्त राजू वहां...
October 15, 2014
Baba Adhav, at 84 remains a doyen of the working class movement having organised the unorganised section of India's working class, the ragpicker, the domestic worker into what Pune and many parts of Maharashtra proudly know as the Hamal Panchayats. Hamals, mainly from backward castes, came from all over rural Maharashtra to Pune's markets, unloading heavy sacks of grain or cement on their...