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two articles written in the aftermath of 21st congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The election of Sitaram Yechury as the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is noteworthy not least because the CPM, with one million members, is the world’s second largest Communist party (after the Chinese), but also because it comes at a make-or-break moment in the nine decades-long history of the Communist movement in India.

South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) a regional human rights organization strongly condemns the killing of Sabeen Mahmud a Pakistani human rights activist and Director of T2F and Peace Niche and calls out to the government of Pakistan to take immediate action to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.

Below, some of the widespread condemnation and protest vigils against the cowardly murder of human rights activist and upholder of free speech Sabeen Mahmud, shot dead in Karachi on the night of April 24, 2015 after she hosted a conversation on human rights violations in Balochistan. Just published: Tanqeed’s partial transcript of the discussion. No, Sabeen was not a separatist, nor did she condone violence by anyone, whether in the name of nationalism, ethnicity, religion, or honour. She (…)

The Hindu, April 25, 2015
When communities do not find it fit to mingle with each other socially, what kind of nation are we talking about?
Our mind has faculties which are universal, but its habits are insular.
Rabindranath Tagore
A crowd of nearly 10,000 people forces a man out of a jail, strips him and drags him tied to a motorcycle for seven kilometres while beating and pelting his naked body with stones. Finally, the man dies and his body is displayed from a clock tower. It is (…)