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हाँ, हम रोटी के लिए लड़ते हैं, पर हम फूलों के लिए भी लड़ते हैं . . .

A discussion on Rajya Sabha TV

In Pakistan, anger has greeted the killing of Afghan Taliban head, Mullah Mansour, by an American drone on Pakistani territory. When senior US officials visited army chief Gen Raheel Sharif at the Rawalpindi GHQ, he expressed strong displeasure at the violation of Pakistan’s air space and demanded that Tehreek-i-Taliban head, Mullah Fazlullah, together with other TTP militants, be targeted by drones.

New Delhi, June 23: The first Praful Bidwai Memorial Award has gone to the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), which was set up in 2014 by noted Mumbai-based journalist and commentator, Palagummi Sainath. [Pictures of the event posted here are by Mukul Dube]

Commentaries by Barbara Nimri Aziz and Kanak Mani Dixit