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With the military defeat of the LTTE and the recent electoral defeat of the Rajapaksa regime, there is now a post-war moment with considerable potential for democratisation, demilitarisation and a political settlement for the minorities.

If you stop people from talking to each other, tensions in the CHT area will only go up, not down

This recording (16 Mins) has John Dayal, Anand K Sahay (in English) and Om Thanvi (in Hindi) speaking at a concerned citizens meet against the legal witch hunt against Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand by the Gujarat Police. This was a Press Club of India and SAHMAT event in New Delhi on 16 Feb 2015. [audio recording by sacw.net]

So, while the Government of India, in its insane drive to import nuclear reactors - which cannot be justified in terms of cost considerations and, far more importantly, carries the stupendous risk of catastrophic accidents (that is precisely why there is so much fuss about the liability clause) apart from being routinely hazardous - from abroad, and the US in particular, to boost India’s nuclear power programme - a perpetual laggard18, at a time when globally nuclear power is very much on a declining curve19 - with China, Russia, India, S. Korea and the US leading the rather smallish pack, of just 14 countries, planning to build new reactors, has tried too hard to treacherously subvert an Act passed by the Indian parliament to appease and lure the potential suppliers; a significant hurdle - even if not insurmountable, apparently, continues to remain in place, nonetheless..

Communist Party leader from Maharashtra Govind Pansare is critical after two unidentified bike riders fired at him on 16 February 2018. see reports