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As the country drifted towards chauvinism in the post-independence years, the Left until the early 1960s offered hope as an alternative to a politics entrenched in feudalism and the past.

sacw.net - 15 April 2016
While addressing a Sadbhavna rally organized by RSS in Haryana (April, 2016) Baba Ramdev, the entrepreneur cum yoga guru, while referring to Muslims said “Some person wears a cap and stands up, and “… says I will not say ’Bharat Mata ki jai’ even if you decapitate me. This country has a law, otherwise let alone one, we can behead lakhs…if anybody disrespects Bharat Mata, we have the capability of beheading not one but thousands and lakhs.” Just before this (…)

Audio recording of the 8th B.R. Ambedkar memorial lecture delivered by Professor Romila Thapar in New Delhi on the 14th of April. The subject of the lecture was ’Rethinking Civilisation As History’. The lecture was orgainised by the Ambedkar University in New Delhi [This audio recording was made in public interest by sacw.net and may be used freely for non commercial use]

The murder of Jagannath University Masters student Nazimuddin Samad by assailants we have strong reason to believe were religious extremists was a most despicable crime committed in cold blood, and should be condemned in the harshest manner by all.

I had the opportunity to visit Gondamara of Banskhali upazila as part of a fact finding mission organised by the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources, Port and Power on April 8. I wanted to understand why the locals were resisting the proposed coal-fired power plant and what led to the killing of people on April 4.