A document released at the National Convention Against Assault on Journalists held in New Delhi (22-23 September 2018)
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: Cases of assault on journalists from Jan. 2010 to June 2018 a list compiled by Committee Against Assault on Journalists (CAAJ)
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Programme Schedule of National Convention Against Assault on Journalists being held in New Delhi on 22-23 September, 2018
20 September 2018National Convention Against Assault on Journalists to be held on 22-23 September, 2018 in Constitution Club of India, New Delhi. The Convention is being organised by Committee Against Assault on Journalists (CAAJ) in association with Press club of India and supported by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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Reclaiming our Heritage: Concerned citizens statement condemning the attack on classical musical expression in south India
20 September 2018In a recent occurrence in South India, eminent classical musicians have been intimidated, their concert engagements cancelled, due to pressure from intolerant forces that claim to speak on behalf of Hindus
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Why Locating the Indian Secular State in the Virtues of Hinduism Is Problematic
by , 20 September 2018Whether the binary distinction made by professed secularists between the good, enlightened Hindu and the bad, bigoted Hindu is in fact the best defence of secular values against Hindutva’s majoritarian assault – or whether it actually represents the proverbial slippery slope and always has – should be seriously pondered.
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Archaeological and historical theories surrounding an ancient civilisation in the Indus valley have been hijacked by political agendas
19 September 2018It is a measure of the mood in today’s India that archaeology, genetics and racial purity have now been co-opted in a debate about current politics. Not since the middle of the 20th Century has racial purity been as important in the politics of a major nation. And yes, the term ‘Aryan’ is being bandied about with a worryingly familiar ease.
