This is an important book. The idea that every generation rewrites history is certainly true in the case of the 1947 Partition of British India into India and Pakistan. Indeed, one might say that the Partition has been rewritten every decade or so.
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Minault on Dhulipala, ’Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India’
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Basil Fernando on the approved UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka
9 October 2015The problem of the deep collapse of the justice institutions in Sri Lanka, would need to be addressed if a credible outcome is to emerge, from implementation of this Resolution. Mere arrival of experts alone would not suffice.
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India: PIPFPD Statement condemns threats from right wing Shiv Sena leading to cancellation of performance by Pakistan singer Ghulam Ali
9 October 2015October 8, 2015
Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) strongly condemns Shiv Sena for using the threat of violence which led to the cancellation of performance of Ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali.
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India: Jag-Lag, NARA and other lawyers collectives take up battle for legal justice | Ashwaq Masoodi
8 October 2015They believe their efforts are more about social justice than philanthropy, but these young lawyer collectives are giving back to society by choosing to represent those with little or no legal recourse
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India: Why are we afraid of Agnes of God? - Flavia Agnes
8 October 2015Ban on books, films, plays and artistic works on the pretext of “hurting religious sentiments” of a particular community have become a fad and the Church should restrain from subscribing to this trend.
