Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights, sang the late Jamaican reggae master Bob Marley. Would he sing with the same verve if he were around today?
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Get up, stand up: Extreme nationalists, racists and bigots enjoy a renaissance across the world | Gautam Adhikari
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India: Saffronisation of education in BJP-ruled Rajasthan | Tabeenah Anjum
14 June 2017There have been continuous attempts by the ruling BJP to saffronise the education system and root out liberal influences. For this, the ruling dispensation is back to its preferred tool — rewriting history. The idea is clear that the party wants to spread its ideology and iconise its own leaders.
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Photo of Karnataka civic workers on protest in Bangalore
14 June 2017Deccan Herald photo of civil workers on protest in Bangalore
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India: Programme of Praful Bidwai Memorial Award 2017 presentation ceremony in New Delhi on 23 June 2017
13 June 2017Presentation Ceremony Praful Bidwai Memorial Award, 2017 to Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (MANS) [MANS, Maharashtra Blind Faith Eradication Committee] Date: June 23 (Friday), 2017 at 18.00 Hrs. Venue: Multi-Purpose Hall, Kamla Devi Complex, India International Centre, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi
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India: Four activists of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) convicted in a 20 year false case in Rajasthan
13 June 2017The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) is shocked and dismayed to receive the judgment of the Munsif Magistrate Court, Kishengarh, Ajmer convicting senior activists Nikhil Dey, Naurti, Ram Karan, Babulal and Chotu Lal Malakar of trespass and simple hurt under sections 323 and 451 of the IPC. The judgment comes on 13th June 2017 in an incident which took place on 6th of May 1998.
