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KARACHI: Well wishers, comrades, poets, writers, intellectuals, human rights activists and politicians here on Sunday paid rich tributes to the noted Communist leader, writer and intellectual of the country Sobho Gayanchandani at a reference, jointly organized by many civil society organizations under the banner of Comrade Sobho Gayanchandani Memorial Committee Karachi

Tributes to Rajni Kothari by scholars Shiv Vishvanathan, Partha Chatterjee and Suhas Palshikar and by PUDR and NAPM

Romila Thapar on history and politics of India. Professor Romila Thapar, 83, needs no introduction. She is known among intellectuals of the world for her path-breaking work on Indian ancient history. She has memories of old Lahore where her grandfather used to live at Lawrence Road. It was her father, a doctor in the Indian army, who made her go through old manuscripts, thus developing in her an interest for history.

R.K. Laxman the celebrated Indian cartoonist who worked for the Times of India died in Pune, on 26 January 2015. He was 93. He cartoon character ’Common Man’ lives on in the imagination all who grew up in post independent India. His ’You said it’ daily cartoon was awaited by all everyday.

In 1994 the ‘Cartoons Against Communalism’ exhibition organised by the artists platform SAHMAT was attached by the goons of Hindutva right wing RSS in Pune who were mad at cartoons of L.K. Advani by R.K. Laxman.

The 48-page report, “‘Stop Reporting or We’ll Kill Your Family’: Threats to Media Freedom in Afghanistan,” documents harassment, intimidation, and attacks on journalists and the Afghan government’s failure to investigate and prosecute those responsible. The failure to protect journalistic freedom has emboldened those determined to suppress criticism of the government, the security forces, and other powerful entities in Afghan society.