We write in support of Dr. Snehsata Manav and Dr. Manoj Kumar of the Department of English and Foreign Languages who have recently come under attack for their sponsorship of a student production on your campus of the play “Draupadi” based on a story by Mahasweta Devi who, as you know, is universally recognized as a towering figure in contemporary Indian literature.
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: Letter by concerned academics to the Vice Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, protesting the attacks on teachers for the production of the play ’Draupadi’
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"No to war" campaign being launched by Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy
22 October 2016Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), in its national committee meeting held in Jammu on October 22nd 2016 has decided to launch a “No to war” campaign.
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India: Posters from Protest Against the Right Wing ABVP by Pinjra Tod the Delhi University Student Feminist Collective
20 October 2016’Pinjra Tod’ feminist collectiive had called for a protest called ’ABVP Khabardar’ on 20 October 2016 at Delhi University. Here are photos of posters from that protest and a news report also link to the original protest call
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A Letter to India: In Manto’s Spirit
by , 19 October 2016On the lines of Sadat Hasan Manto’s facetious letters to Uncle Sam written at the height of the cold war when Pakistan was being wooed by the US as an ally to fight communism, a letter to prime minister Vajpayee, This letter is a spirited assessment of the most recent standoff between India and Pakistan, peppered with rare insights that have always been Manto’ s hallmark.
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India: In Vrindavan, Communal Goons and ‘Secular’ Police Unite to Deny Atheists Space
by , 19 October 2016When the supposedly secular police and media start colluding with the Sangh parivar, we need to sit up and take notice – it’s not roses we’re smelling.
