The developments in the Malegaon blasts case have shown that the Hindutva forces are succeeding. Articles by Subhas Gatade and by Julio Ribeiro are posted below
South Asia Citizens Web
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India: Hindutva linked terror accused in Malegaon blasts and other cases being let off and fine work by Hemant Karkare being taken down
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’Honor killings’: Why Pakistan must act against this brutality | Sherry Rehman
17 May 2016In 2016, there is no reason that Pakistan’s people, mainly its women, should have to live in fear of the savagery and brutality of honor killings.
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Bangladesh safer than Syria for jihadis - Interview with Taslima Nasreen
17 May 2016Since 2013, more than 20 people – including secular writers, bloggers, professors, members of religious minorities and foreigners – have been killed in targeted attacks in Bangladesh. Why are secular individuals being targeted in Bangladesh? Who is killing them?
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Video: Remembering Saadat Hasan Manto - His insights, relevance, take on society & more
17 May 2016Discussion in Urdu on the celebrated progressive writer Saadan Hasan Manto on Rajya Sabha TV -a public television network
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India: Rajasthan school board is not going by the book
17 May 2016It is a novel way to ‘improve’ educational standards by any yardstick. The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education has decided to rejig the school curriculum to obscure certain historic facts, cleverly add a few new ones and put a twist on others. So, we find no reference to Jawaharlal Nehru being the first prime minister of India, no mention of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.
