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Hindutva crossed another red line in Indian politics on October 3 when the state-owned Doordarshan news channel made a live broadcast, for the first time ever, of the Vijayadashami (Dussehra) address of a Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh chief.

Justice Obaidul Hasan and his colleagues at Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (# 2) are scheduled to rule on the question of an unusual historical dispute. How and why this question has become the subject of a contempt proceeding is a troubling story.Their decision is expected on October 13th and it may have ramifications that even the justices of ICT-2 may not fully appreciate. The case concerns the British journalist, David Bergman, who has been a long time resident of Bangladesh. Mr. Bergman has been accused of “contempt” of Court for exploring an issue pertaining to an historical reference that one of the Tribunals made in a particular case.

From farm labourer to erudite defence counsel to public prosecutor to High Court Judge BG Kolse Patil, today a mass leader speaks to Teesta Setalvad, of upper caste bias in the highest echelons of the institutions of Indian democracy, the need for a monitoring of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) that are tamperable and the divisive charecteristics of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) and Hindutva organisations.

Press Release - Date: 11 October 2014
PUCL, Vadodara submitted the fact finding report to the National Human Right Commission, Home Department Gujarat and DIG Gujarat for immediate action.

We, the undersigned academics and concerned citizens, are writing to you with grave concern, about the situation in Jadavpur University, as you are also the Chancellor of the University.