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It’s high time that the Left understands the Jaitapur and Kudankulam are twin sisters of the Nuclear Tragedy.

Adam Hanieh interviewed by Farooq Sulehria February 3, 2012 — Viewpoint — Saudi Arabia, along

Geeta Seshu | The unseemly rush to initiate punitive action against Google, Facebook and other sites illustrates our systemic inability to deal with ‘problematic’ content, and our laws only fossilize this intolerance

After so much uproar about the Gallantry Award to Ankit Garg accused of torturing and tormenting Soni Sori, the officials clarify that award was pronounced much before Soni Sori Case and it is for an encounter in Mahasamund in

The right of a settlement to be called a slum would’ve given them rights and protected them from further demolition drives – the settlement was demolished repeatedly, ‘from 2001, almost every year’ according to the Suburban Deputy Collector Davbhat himself.

RSS Declared Unlawful: Text of Government communique dated February 4, 1948 In their resolution of

The reason I have spent so much time to write out this response is because in Mamdani’s talk I have found an eloquent, persuasive expression of a purportedly anti-imperialist position which will, in my estimation, lead to the further entrenchment of fundamentalists within different Muslim societies

Javed Anand Indian Express January 05 2012 If you are a resident of Madhya Pradesh,

Pushed against the wall, with a media black out in effect, having to defend against charges of Naxal links, needing to get languishing PMANE members and supporters out of Tiruchirapalli jail where all the arrested were finally kept and additional non-bailable charges of sedition and/or war against the state were hoisted on most of them, facing ongoing police intimidation in Idinthakarai, and with the state government paying no heed to the deteriorating health conditions of the 15 hunger strikers the indefinite hunger strike was called off on the 9th day.

PM's Statement betrays an inappropriate distinction between “thinkers” and “non-thinkers” solely on the basis of agreement or disagreement with government policy. Informed dissent and a healthy response to it by our government through trusted dialogue are vital for a functioning democracy.

Radhika Krishnan | The Durban Climate Change Conference concluded a few days back, with environment and forests minister Jayanti Natarajan hammering in the last nail in the coffin of India's long-standing position that all global negotiations should happen with equity as a basis. The global media is claiming that a "historic" deal has been brokered at the Durban conference – they are quick to remind us that Kyoto Protocol as well as the UN-sponsored multilateral negotiation process has somehow been rescued against all odds.