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October 1, 2010
Religious Liberty in Gujarat, Kandhamal & Karnataka.
April 1, 2010
Reservations for whom?
If the Sachar Committee report was made public soon after its submission in November 2006, the report of the Ranganath Misra Commission, though submitted in May 2007, was tabled in Parliament only in December 2009. And that too because the government was left with no choice after The Indian Express made its contents public, publishing chunks of the same. The government...
October 5, 2009
This is a combined report of two important committees and their findings. The People's Tribunal on the Atrocities Committed Against the Minorities In The Name of Fighting Terrorism from Hyderabad and the National Meet on the Status of Muslims in Contemporary India. The report is a compilation of real life stories and the discrimination faced by the Muslims in various parts of...
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...
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...
April 1, 2008
Actor Naseeruddin Shah discusses the vagaries of religion, the Bollywood ethos and his future in cinema
Q: What was the reaction in Pakistan to Khuda Kay Liye? Did you visit Pakistan after the movie was released?
A: The reaction was absolutely unbelievable. In Pakistan the theatres are very tacky, badly equipped, there is no air conditioning and rats run across your feet. They are like...
September 1, 2007
Sixty years in the life of a people
Sixty years in the life of a nation and its people is both a benchmark – a significant anniversary – as well as a quotidian number, sixty years. Concerned with issues of freedom and democracy, creativity and diversity, law and governance, Communalism Combat decided to mark the occasion by evaluating the creative
space and the public sphere as we...