Editorial commentary from the Indian Press in late march and early April 2017
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: Mad Cow Disease Strikes - Shutting of Meat shops and Lynch mobs at work in the name of Cow protection - Selected Editorial commentary
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Video: A Time To Rise | Canadian Farmworkers Union [a documentary by Anand Patwardhan and Jim Monroe]
5 April 2017A documentary about the 1980s struggle to establish the Canadian Farmworkers Union which was spearheaded by the Sikh community in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.
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India: Text of Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court Order of 3 April 2017 re crackdown on meat shops & abattoirs
5 April 2017court order says there could neither be a complete ban on consumption of meat nor slaughterhouses could be shut
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Martyr to no god
5 April 2017Despite legal protection accorded to the freedom of religion, the assault on rationalism in general and atheism in particular continues. H. Farook has joined Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and M.M. Kalburgi in the ranks of the martyrs to no god.
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India: Assault on Intellectuals and Students’ - Excerpt from Basharat Peer’s A Question of Order: India, Turkey, and the Return of Strongmen
4 April 2017On an August 2015 morning, two young men on a motorcycle stopped outside the home of Malleshappa Kalburgi, a 78-year-old literature scholar in the town of Dharwad in the southern state of Karnataka. One rider stayed on the bike while the other walked up to Kalburgi’s door and introduced himself as a former student. Kalburgi had been the vice-chancellor of Kannada University, and he was famous for his critique of superstition and conservative practices, which angered Hindu extremists.
