On the 140th birth anniversary of one of India’s most influential public figures of modern times, eminent sociologist TN Madan ruminates on his star-crossed career to ask a vital question: what happened to transform this ‘ambassador of unity’ into an advocate of Partition in just 25 years?
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Remembering Jinnah, the Indian Nationalist (T. N. Madan)
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Video: Prof Ayesha Kidwai ’Reviewing Partition, Reclaiming Lost Ground - A critical recovery of Mridula Sarabhai and the recovery of abducted women’
19 December 2015Lecture delivered by Professor Kidwai at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in December 2015
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So what is behind the resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue / Buying peace at the grocery
15 December 2015Comment by Bharat Bhushan and by Jawed Naqvi on the restarting of India-Pakistan dialogue in December 2015
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India: 10 years of the Forest Rights Act - Say no to change in progressive and pro-people laws - Press Release by Bhoomi Adhikaar Andolan
15 December 2015Over 500 people associated with different social movements, democratic struggles and Trade Unions from different states of the country gathered at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi today, on the historic day of enactment of Schedule Tribe and other Forest Dwellers, Recognition of Forest Rights Act in 2006. We collectively pledge to continue our struggle against the NDA government’s proposed illegal move to dilute the Forest Rights Act bypassing the Parliament of India.
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We stand against attempts to subvert our common humanity in the name of religion, politics, nationalism or any other ideology
15 December 2015Today on Dec 13, as we American and Pakistani Muslims and friends gather to commemorate the massacre of schoolchildren in Peshawar a year ago, another bomb blast claimed over 22 lives (and counting) in the town of Parachinar, Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan.
