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S Sanjeev

Buddha is Smiling

The assistant police commissioner of Kozhikode district in north Keralam has been reprimanded by the State for not sticking to the stipulated code language while speaking of the visiting celebrity Rahul Gandhi. The policeman, it seems, quipped over the wireless about the wayward itinerary of the king-in-waiting. Ironically the very day in south Keralam the [...]

Anivar Aravind

10th year of hunger strike: Call for Action in Support of Irom sharmila

[Cross Posted in ManipurFreedom.org]
Dear Friends,
On 2 November 2009, Manipur poet and activist Irom Sharmila, will enter the 10th year of her hunger strike demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
Introduced in 1958 the AFSPA grants the Indian military special powers throughout North-East India to:

Arrest citizens and enter their property without [...]

Baba Mayaram

Tribal Villages, Wildlife Sanctuaries

Rehabilitation is generally accepted as the solution for displacement, but is not easy to rehabilitate people. The latest instance is people of Dhain, a Korku tribal village, who were displaced for the Bori wildlife sanctuary. Bori wildlife Sanctuary in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh is India’s first reserve forest. Now Satpura Tiger Reserve has been [...]

S Sanjeev

A Vicious Manifesto

A new spectre has started haunting Keralam overnight – The Dalit extremist killer.
Police and talk show hosts are on a frantic chase. The context is puzzling. Following the murder of a young businessman from a prominent family last month, home ministry and police force of the state have been under severe flak. And all of [...]

Nizar Ahmed

Life after secularism

Life

By life I mean what life forms are predicated on. A life form is a complex of practices, values, reasons, and beliefs etc. that picks out a group as a people, or more or less characterizes a group as a people. Life forms may be seen as expressions of life .i.e. life is expressed [...]

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