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Extremist Buddhist monks are confounding; they directly contradict a canonically nonviolent religion often perceived as apolitical. Like radical monks in Thailand and Myanmar, Sri Lankan hard-liners reserve special ire for Muslims. The B.B.S. and its counterparts have incited mobs to demolish mosques.

This is an MP3 format recording from 2009 of an interview with S.M. Mehdi (the well known communist who lived Aligarh) done by Amber Abbas.

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol - L No. 1, January 03, 2015
Discussion
Would the Hindutva historians, who claim that the Puranas, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are true historical records needing no further interpretation, be able to tell us which of their versions are we to read? This response to Rajan Gurukkal’s article, "A Blindness about India" (EPW, 6 December 2014), argues that not only is this an impossible claim to make on our ancient texts, such "historiography" will (…)

[(Petitioning Indian Science Congress Association This petition will be delivered to: Indian Science Congress Association Stop providing a platform for pseudo-science in 102nd Indian Science Congress Ramprasad Gandhiraman Sunnyvale, CA
India’s prestigious 102nd Indian Science Congress will be held in Mumbai, India from 3rd to 7th January. The conference will have high profile scientist speakers from India and Abroad including Nobel Laureates. What is strange about this India’s highly (…)

NEW DELHI: The much touted "one stop crisis centre" — conceived in the aftermath of the Nirbhaya case and the Justice Verma report — has been scrapped by the NDA government. The project worth about Rs 200 crore was expected to provide medical, legal, police and emergency services to women in distress.