The massive Char Dham project launched as a grand development project by the Indian government is leading to resistance by locals being displaced, and environmentalists fearing for the fragile eco-sensitive zone
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: Displacement & deforestation expected in the ecologically fragile mountain route to Kedarnath, Uttrakhand
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[Audio] The Radcliff boundry commission that demarcated the territorial division of India and Pakistan - lecture by Lucy Chester
24 October 2017audio recording of a lecture in Oct 2017 by Dr Lucy Chester on the Radcliffe Boundary Commission
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Pakistan A Cartoon from Zia Years
23 October 2017Scan from an American newspaper from Zia years but the source details are missing. Difficult to provide credits for the cartoon since the newspaper source is unavailable.
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Pakistan, Land of the Intolerant| Mohammed Hanif Mohammed Hanif
23 October 2017KARACHI, Pakistan — This country has a poor record of protecting its religious minorities, but we outdo ourselves when it comes to Ahmadis. Members of the sect insist on calling themselves Muslims, and we mainstream Muslims insist on treating them like the worst kind of heretics.
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India: Taj Mahal and the Communalisation of Cultural Heritage - Video from The Wire
23 October 2017Maya Mirchandani discusses some BJP leaders’ claims of Taj Mahal not being representative of the Indian cultural heritage along with Sunil Kumar, professor of history at Delhi University, and Historian Sohail Hashmi
