Nala Ponnappa responds to news report regarding a fatwa that bans Muslims from posting pictures on social media sites
South Asia Citizens Web
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Ponnappa cartoon on fatwa banning Indian muslims from posting photos on social media
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Baba Yaga on the Ganges - on reading Soviet books in socialist India | Palash Krishna Mehrotra
17 October 2017The Soviets we loved. When printing technology in India was restricted to black and white, Russia bamboozled us with colorful comics and magazines. Russian ballets and circuses performed in Indian cities and were broadcast frequently on Indian state television.
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India: Subsistence Under Siege - Women’s Labor and Resistance in Eastern India | Ranjana Padhi
17 October 2017Few areas of economic life in India have been so transformed by the last quarter-century of neoliberal policy as women’s labor. Economic restructuring and the promotion of corporate interests in the globalized economy are increasingly linking the eastern Indian state of Odisha to mining companies and steel conglomerates.
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Afghanistan: Oct 2017 Report by Human Rights Watch on Access to Education for Girls
17 October 2017132-page report by Human Rights Watch, on Girls’ Access to Education in Afghanistan points out Insecurity, Government Inaction, and Donor Disengagement Reversing Vital Gains
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Pakistan - India: People to people reality and myth
by , 14 October 2017People to people dialogues, if allowed to develop to their full potential, can not only resolve tensions between states, they can also lead to fruitful cooperation between them for the mutual good of their populations.
