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Following the assassination of Dr. Rajani Thiranagama on 21 September 1989 by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a well-attended commemoration and a peaceful march were held in Jaffna, in which large numbers of students, clergy, activists, both local and international, and ordinary people participated. Twenty-five years ago these events took place despite the very hostile and intimidating environment.

This is indeed a great achievement of the whole Indian science establishment. But Mr Modi did not miss this chance and converted the whole thing into a show of cheap nationalism. He kept invoking the ’purusharth’ (manhood), presumably, of male scientists when his 2 inches wide eyes could have easily seen a large contingent of women scientists showing some big fingers to all the patriarchs. Instead Mr Modi, like sadakchaap (road loafer) self-help gurus who find immense pleasures in throwing a barrage of acronyms upon you and keep themselves busy in crass analogies, apparently helped the mummyji (MOM) of Mars to meet her daughter!

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.139 OF 2010
1. Dr. Ranjeet Suryakant Mohite, ) 2. Kishore Ramakant Nazare, and ) 3. Subhash Suryakant Ranaware. )..
Petitioners
Vs
1.The Union of India, and ) 2.The State of Maharashtra.)..
Respondents – Shri Surel S. Shah for the Petitioners. Shri Parag Vyas for Respondent No.1. Shri S.N. Patil, AGP for Respondent No.2. – CORAM : A.S. OKA & A.S.CHANDURKAR, (…)

UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova has designated two grassroots peace-builders and human rights activists - Ibrahim Ag Idbaltanat from Mali and Francisco Javier Estevez Valencia from Chile - winners of the 2014 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.

The film looks at the student and worker upheaval in France in May, 1968.