South Asia Citizens Web

Many people believe that the UID project is essential for poor people, better implementation of government programmes and so on. This note by Reetika Khera dispels these and other misconceptions about UID, using the government’s own data.

We welcome and whole-heartedly support the statement of musician AR Rahman where he speaks about his decision to compose music for the Iranian film ‘Muhammad: Messenger of God”’. He has thoughtfully struck the right note as he has answered questions raised (completely out of line) by the Raza Academy, about why he chose to compose songs for the film.

Questions pertaining to 50th anniversary of the 1965 war and history

Hindi in the Devanagari script is the official language of the Indian Union government and some state governments. Hindi derives its primacy from numbers. According to the 2001 census, 41.03% of the population were Hindi speakers. However, the census’ definition of Hindi is extremely wide, and people are counted as being Hindi speakers even if they don’t call their own language “Hindi.”

The threats of abuse and death to Dr. John Dayal are one more disturbing events in recent times. John Dayal is a member of National Integration Council, is the Secretary General of All India Catholic Union and a foremost human rights defender. He has been seriously committed to the values of pluralism, secularism, communal harmony and for defense of weaker sections of society. An activist of long standing and repute; he has been part of human rights endeavors upholding the rights of minorities, Dalits and Adivasis.