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Open Letter by the Victims of Police Surveillance in Kerala

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leaked Letter (courtsy : IndiaVision)

We, the following citizens of India are shocked to understand our e-mail ids have been included in an official letter (dated November 3, 2011), SENT BY THE Special Branch Superintendent of Police, K..K. Jaya Mohan, on behalf of A.D.G.P. Of Kerala Police, A. Hemacahndran, to the Asst. Commander of [...]

Itty Abraham

Who Owns the Temple Treasures?

The recent discovery of a priceless hoard of gems and valuables in the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram raises a number of political questions. The starting point for this discovery was a legal challenge in the courts, regarding the quality of management of the trust that oversees the temple. From that successful [...]

K Ashraf

Beemapalli Police Firing: Kerala’s Own Cultural Amnesia

Ashraf K & Jenny Rowena

Two years ago on the 17th of May the Kerala police entered the Muslim residential area of Beemapalli, a small seaside town in Thiruvanathapuram, and shot down 5 men and injured 52 other men. They also killed a sixteen year old boy by attacking him with the [...]

Nisha P R

Children of a Lesser God

Another fateful moment for the 140-year old Indian Circus fraternity: on Monday, April 4, 2011, the Supreme Court banned the employment of children below fourteen years in circuses. Acting on a petition filed by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan, the Hon’ble Court directed the Union government to conduct simultaneous raids in all circuses [...]

Itty Abraham

The Risks of Nuclear Power

The Hindu reported (April 1, 2011) that Jairam Ramesh, Minister for Environment, has written to the Prime Minister expressing the following concerns.  First, that India reconsider its plans to import reactors from Russia, US, and France, and instead concentrate on Indian-made reactors.  The reasons for this are straightforward.  Indian nuclear engineers have much more experience [...]

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