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The Kashmir conflict is driven by nationalistic and religious fervor, each side pointing to the violence and injustice of the other, each side pointing to its own suffering and sorrow. The distrust, paranoia, and neurosis permeating the relationship between a large number of people of J & K and the Indian Union has intensified the conflict. The guerilla war in the state has gone through a series of phases since 1990 but repressive military and political force remains the brutal reality in the State, which cannot be superseded by seemingly abstract democratic aspirations.

Murder of Gauri Lankesh (5th September 2017) came as a big shock to those who uphold progressive liberal values. The same was celebrated by Hindutva supporting trolls, many of who are being followed by none other than Prime Minister Modi.

Prof Kancha Illaiah must be provided all the security that he needs as well as those threatening to kill him must be prosecuted.

Announced: Nation wide protest sit-ins in India at the statues of Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd October 2017 (Birth Day of Mahatma Gandhi) to protest the killings of rationalists and dissenters like Gouri Lankesh, MM Kulbargi, Govind Pansare, Narendra Dhabolkar. To condemn such killings our slogan is ’Those who killed Gandhi, Killed Gouri Too’

Since Independence, between 25 and 60 million people have been displaced from their homes and uprooted for India’s development projects. Most end up living in abysmal poverty and deprivation. That we do not even know the exact numbers of those affected — in a country that prizes bureaucratic record keeping — is a clear indication of the callous disregard we have for these lives. Big dams such as the Sardar Sarovar have been built on an obsolete belief that the benefits of hydropower outweigh its other costs. But we now know that this is no longer the case