The following is a press release issued on March 9, 2019 by Imtiaz Alam, Secretary-General, South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), about a peace conference held in Lahore.
Peace activists from across civil society at a peace conference in (...)
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Peace Conference in Pakistan calls for De-escalation and Nuclear CBMs
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Growth or Well-being In a 21st Century New Order
23 March 2019, by Kobad Ghandy(This is another article that the well-known Marxist Maoist thinker, Kobad Ghandy, sent to us from the Hazaribagh Central Jail in Jharkhand where he is currently lodged. He completed this article on March 1, 2019 and thereafter sent it to us. We (...) -
Open Letter to the Chief Justice of India
23 March 2019, by Shamsul IslamHonourable Chief Justice of India,
You know more than anyone else in the world that the Indian constitutional polity treats all citizens equally irrespective of their race, creed, religion, language, culture and gender. But the observation of (...) -
India needs Democratic Governance and not Strong Leadership
23 March 2019by Irfan Engineer
After the air strike by the Indian Air Force in Balakot, Pakistan on February 26, 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have recalibrated its main campaign issue to a strong leader and powerful India. Although even in (...) -
Tycoon Trump
23 March 2019, by Badri RainaMr Trump is a businessman,
He does not like to lose;
Having lost the House he sees
An enemy holding a noose.
Mr Trump is no democrat,
He would rather be a king;
Like Caesar he thinks democrats
Ruin everything.
The First Amendment he thinks was (...) -
Save Democracy, Save the Nation: Defeat BJP-RSS Alliance
23 March 2019Citizens For Democracy and PUCL (Delhi) view with grave concern a recent statement made on March 14 by Sakshi Maharaj, a BJP MP, at Unnao that there is Modi tsunami and after this election of 2019, there would be no further election. This should (...) -
Life and Death Struggle for Secular Democrats
17 March 2019, by SCEDITORIAL
With the Election Commission having announced the schedule of the 2019 parliamentary polls for electing the 17th Lok Sabha, the country is now in the grip of a poll fever. The elections are due to be held across the country between (...) -
What We Defend in Kashmir
17 March 2019, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFrom N.C.’s Writings
The following appeared fiftyfour years ago as the editorial in the Annual Number of Mainstream 1965. This brings out in sharp relief the contrast between what prevailed then and the national situation one is confronted with (...) -
Post-Pulwama Triumphalism Spells Disaster for...
17 March 2019, by Nandita HaksarIn dealing with the Pulwama attack of February 14, India has exhibited a degree of triumphalism that could spell disaster for the Kashmiri people and for the future of Indian democracy.
India saw the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (...) -
No Time for Politics, Jingoism
17 March 2019, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
It is good that 12 fighter jets bombarded a terrorist camp in Pakistan with the intention of delivering a blow that would be remembered. More significantly, India crossed the Line of Control for the first time to hit Balakot, the (...)
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