by Prem Singh
The cry seeking justice for Asifa is becoming stronger and deeper. From Delhi to the United Nations, from social and civil rights organisations to civil society citizens, more and more people are out on the streets shouting slogans (...)
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Asifa’s Just Killers!
28 April 2018 -
A Shot in the Dark
28 April 2018, by Kuldip NayarThe Pakistan Supreme Court’s verdict to debar former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding any public office for life is too harsh punishment and mired in controversy. The court can hold him guilty, but it is up to Pakistan’s Parliament, (...) -
Kathua Rape: A Tale of Savagery of the ‘Civilised’
28 April 2018, by Arup Kumar SenWhat happened in the Rasana village of Kathua district in Jammu is an unimaginable tale of savagery. An eight-year old girl belonging to the Bakkarwal community, a nomadic Muslim community, was first gang-raped and then brutally killed.
The (...) -
The Age of Darkness Is Upon Us
28 April 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
Why should life get so degenerate so often in our country? See the multiplying rape cases, each more brutal than the other. Why should party leaders talk like party leaders and not like human beings when human issues come up? (...) -
Changing Contour of Dalit Politics and New Idioms
28 April 2018by Arun Srivastava
The RSS might have the magical wand to solve the problems of Hindutva and evolve the mechanism for ushering India into the Hindu Rashtra, but it utterly lacks the vision for uniting the Dalits and take them out of the (...) -
Ode to B.R. Ambedkar
28 April 2018A question creeping from within:
Babasaheb, what you’ve come to be?
Still a messiah for the downtrodden
or just a symbol appropriated
only for narrow electoral gains?
Your statue being built, demolished,
re-erected, painted, re-painted
in (...) -
Farmers’ Income
28 April 2018by Samit Kar
Recently, Narendra Modi reiterated his government’s commitment to double the income of the Indian farmers at a national conference held in New Delhi. He stressed on the imperative to implement a four-pronged strategy regarding: 1. (...) -
India-Bangladesh: What if the BNP returns?
28 April 2018by Aparupa Bhattacherjee and Sourina Bej
Bangladesh is gearing up for its general election in December, this year. With its two main political parties—the BNP and AL (Awami League) led by Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina respectively hedging (...) -
Kathua Rape, RSS-Hindutva Operations, Salaams to Sachar Sahib
28 April 2018, by Humra QuraishiMUSINGS
How can the BJP-RSS indulge in the unthinkable—that is, defend the rapist beasts involved in the Kathua rape! In fact, the spokespersons of the BJP even tried distracting the viewers’ attention on the small screen by talking non-stop of (...) -
The Controversy
28 April 2018, by Badri RainaThe honourable Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has ab initio rejected the motion for removal of the Chief Justice of India, signed by sixtyfour Members of Parliament.
One Member, namely, the reputed Senior Advocate, Kapil Sibal, has contended that (...)
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