हिंसा
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...
November 1, 2008
Will they bash up universities in Jakarta and other places for teaching different versions of the Ramayana?: Romila Thapar
The controversial decision earlier this month by the Academic Council of Delhi University to drop AK Ramanujan’s celebrated essay on the Ramayana, ‘Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation’, from the BA history (honours)...
August 1, 2008
Secular erosion, terror explosion
Fifteen years ago we started Communalism Combat in response to the pogrom against Muslims in a city which until then had proudly called itself the cosmopolitan capital of India: Bombay, now Mumbai. We started publishing the journal with the fond hope that the secular Indian state would soon slay the communal demon that was stalking the land of a...