South Asia Citizens Web

A Citizens’ Enquiry Report into the Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease
around IREL Monazite Plant in Ganjam District, Odisha

Some of us were witness to the way the namaaz was disrupted and people offering prayers terrorised by a small group of young men throwing the filthiest abuses and raising slogans that were communal in nature on Friday, 4 May at MG Road near Sikanderpur station. These young men were brought to the place in 3-4 cars and once they had disrupted the namaaz, were whisked away by their leaders. It is clear that the action was pre planned and well orchestrated, with an intention to provoke a reaction.

The unaccountable nature of the UIDAI, an authority of immense powers, reinforces and magnifies all the privacy concerns .. Bill Gates’s claim that Adhaar raises no privacy concerns is misleading

A select collection of tributes to Dr Ashok Mitra who passed away in Calcutta on 1st of may 2018

Postcolonial scholars and right-wing conservatives oppose enlightenment rights, human rights laws, or modernity for Pakistan and offer religious laws and culture as substitutes.