South Asia Citizens Web

by Purnima Menon, Anil Deolalikar, and Anjor Bhaskar
19 pages / 2008
Published by Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and UC Riverside

Dear Sir,
As academics who have studied the socio-economic conditions of modern Orissa and who have been extremely pained by the recent outbreak and persistence of violence in Kandhamal we present the following suggestions which we believe are practical and well within the capacity of the Central Government to undertake. The State Government can be called upon to cooperate in implementing these measures.
I. Immediate Steps for providing Security for Life and Property
1. Adequate CRPF (…)

counterpunch.org
Pakistan’s New Chani of Censorious Sycophants
"They don’t ban books any more, or at least not recently, which is a relief and a small step forward." I wrote in a preface to my latest book on Pakistan [The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power] after explaining how the previous two had been, at different times, banned by military dictators. I was wrong. I had foolishly assumed that since General Musharraf had not banned books his civilian, supposedly (…)

to demand
Judicial Enquiry under a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court into the
Jamia Nagar ’Encounter’
24th October (Friday);
Assemble at Jantar Mantar, (New Delhi) 11 a.m.
Join in large numbers
Anuradha (9868881756)
– Sreerekha (9868120339)
– Manisha (9811625577)
– Adil (9990923027) for JTSG

Campaign for Peace & Justice in Chhattisgarh c/o F-10/12, GF, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi Website: www.cpjc.wordpress.com Email: cpjcindia@gmail.com
19th October 2008
Since 2005 the Chhattisgarh government has claimed that the Salwa Judum is a "peaceful people’s movement", that "the villagers are never forced to join the camps". They claimed that no minors were appointed as SPOs. It also resisted any independent enquiry, saying "There is no failure on part of state of Chhattisgarh and (…)