After 17 days of Relay Fast at 21 Places in Narmada Valley, Sardar Sarovar affected with Activist Medha Patkar to go on Indefinite Mass Fast from July 27th, 2017 on the Narmada River Bank
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: Sardar Sarovar affected with Activist Medha Patkar to go on Indefinite Mass Fast - Statement from Narmada Bachao Andolan [Save the Narmada Movement]
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Yashpal: A Life in Science - A documentary film
25 July 2017A documentary film about India’s scientist, Prof.Yashpal (1927-2017), produced at AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia, New Delhi. Directed by Yousuf Saeed, 2004
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India: Vice-Chancellor’s ’Tank’ Talk - Statement by Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Union
25 July 2017The JNUTA is amused by the JNU VC’s earnest desire that a tank be rolled onto JNU campus. It is surprising that Prof. Jagadesh Kumar can only be inspired to patriotism upon beholding instruments of war. This seems to be only a personal affliction, since the rest of the JNU community does not need these visual aids to feel love and concern for this land, its environment and all its peoples, whether in the armed services or elsewhere.
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India: Commentary on Maharashtra’s law criminalising social ostracism
25 July 2017Maharashtra’s new law prohibiting the social boycott of individuals, families or any community by informal village councils is a step in the right direction
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How Pakistan is trying to rewrite the history of its Sufi shrines to wipe traces of Indian links | Haroon Khalid
25 July 2017. . . one of the biggest dilemmas of the Pakistani State’s interpretation of religion and national identity. Given the immense emphasis on distinguishing themselves from Hindus, it has been hard to reconcile the ancestral heritage of a majority of the population. Therefore, history is often reinterpreted and several castes claim Arab, Persian or Afghan ancestry insteading of acknowledging their Indian roots. This was also the attitude adopted by the State when it took charge of the syncretic Sufi shrines.
