which part of India has the most Godmen per square mile?
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India: The Business of Godmen, Swamis, Gurus and such - selected commentary
29 August 2017 -
India: Protect the right to life and stop deportation of 40,000 Rohingyas - Press Relese by Forum-Asia
29 August 2017The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemns the position taken by the Government of India to deport 40,000 Rohingyas back to Burma/Myanmar. In the face of allegations of gross human rights violations against Rohingya Muslims in Burma/Myanmar, this decision is not only a serious violation of customary international human rights law but also morally unpalatable.
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Rest In Power, Vijay
29 August 2017The Collective for Economic Democratisation in Sri Lanka is deeply saddened by the untimely passing away of our comrade Vijay Nagaraj on Friday, August 25.
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India: Solidarity with Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar whose book The Adivasi Will Not Dance, has been banned by the Government of Jharkhand
29 August 2017We are bewildered and dismayed to learn about the recent banning of Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s collection of short stories, The Adivasi Will Not Dance, by the Government of Jharkhand. This ban is absurd and sets a dangerous precedent.
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Partition of 1947: The friendship that survived the division of a nation
26 August 2017BBC News - 4 August 2017
The friendship that survived the division of a nation
Image caption Agha Ahmed Raza, Amar Kapur and Rishad Haider grew up in Lahore, Pakistan
Seventy years ago, in August 1947, British colonial rule in India came to an end. The country was divided into two independent states - Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. Using letters and diaries sourced from the world’s first Partition Museum which opens in Amritsar on 17 August, Soutik Biswas pieces (…)
