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When Ziauddin said he was lucky to be known by his daughter, he sent a message out to our son-obsessed subcontinent. Javed Anand salutes the man in a tribute inspired by `I Am Malala’

Statement by CPM on the release of the Shramev Jayate Scheme (Oct 2014); excerpt from an article by Mani Shankar Aiyar and also a July 2014 video recording of Colin Gonsalves the well known lawyer explaining the proposed amendments to the labour laws in India in June 2014.

[updated on 22 October 2014] Statements by Amnesty International, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and media commentary

As India enters into one of the most complex and unprecedented periods in its history, getting a clear picture of what’s happening is harder than ever. Every month, we connect the dots between the recent news and events. We release two data rich briefings, with links to additional information. Our briefings give you the long view, combining public information with perspectives drawn from ground experience and diverse professions:

Chanting hymns and spraying holy Ganga water, a group of religious leaders and students from the rightwing conducted the purification ritual of a 26-year-old woman inside a police station in Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh. Her crime was that she married a Muslim and was allegedly forced to convert to Islam. Her saviours felt that bringing her back home and into the fold was not enough; she needed to be cleansed of any traces of Muslimness to be acceptable again.