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Prof Srinath Raghavan talks on the history and current status of the state of Kashmir, especially after the abrogation of Article 370, at Manthan Samvaad 2019

A citizens protest was organised today at Jantar Mantar [in New Delhi] to protest against the 75 days of oppression of people of Jammu and Kashmir . Over 200 activists, academics, intellectuals, prominent citizens, students , citizens from a large number of groups attended the protest.

INDIAN liberals have taken on the champions of Hindutva jingoism by documenting their multiple crimes against India’s religious minorities and now the Kashmiri people. Because they are actual witnesses their testimonies bear extraordinary weight. And, yes, the world is listening. Key American presidential candidates — Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Harris — have expressed “deep concern” over India’s mistreatment of Kash­miris. The US-based Hindutva brigade is outraged and is calling for their defeat in the 2020 elections.

Trần Văn Thủy is an ordinary man who lived in extraordinary times. He came from a family of standing in North Vietnam, but in the mid-sixties, to be born to privilege in North Vietnam was considered a handicap, like it was in neighboring China. Young Thủy was driven by an all-consuming desire to make films and landed himself in the unenviable position of being assigned an almost impossible task—that of documenting the war in Vietnam at its peak.

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