South Asia Citizens Web

Ajoy Roy, veteran leftist politician, passed away on October 17, 2016. He had actively taken part in movements opposing the British rule in the Indian sub-continent. He was also one of the organisers of Bangladesh’s war of independence. Anindita Roy, his daughter, gives a glimpse into the life of the revolutionary soul.

In our country, the sectarian fault lines are too deep, fissures too vast and consensus on exclusion too solid. These sectarian faiths have political, social and violent capital at their disposal and they wield all three, or any one, depending upon the situation.

The effort to privatize the internet and through fraudulent advertising to control what the internet is for the purpose of increasing profits of private companies is a threat to the internet.

The song dictated by force won’t be as sweet as the one that’s freely sung. When people are pressganged to show respect for the national anthem their real feelings may end up as entirely the opposite.

In a country the vast majority of whose people are poor, a display of wealth by its leaders is not just unseemly but obscene. It stinks of the worst kinds of social organisation, in which royalty and aristocracy are far above the ordinary people.