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India’s World - Rajya Sabha TV Programme, Aug 19, 2014

The consequences of partition are the subject of hundreds of books, but they are nowhere better summarized than in “Partition,” a poem by W. H. Auden describing the plight of Sir Cyril Radcliff, a British administrator having no familiarity with the Indian subcontinent who chaired the committees set up to define the boundaries of the new India and Pakistan.
W. H. Auden captures beautifully how ruthlessly partition was decided in his poem Partition that he wrote in 1966
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With in a span of less than four weeks two retired judges of the Supreme Court facing sexual harassment charges are being treated differently. What about the equality before the law clause as enshrined in the Indian Constitution?

A public statement denounces religious intolerance, persecution and violence in the name of Islam in Iraq and Syria; this was signed by progressive Muslims — activists, intellectuals, community and religious leaders, scholars and academics – representing very many organizations from across India was released to the media at simultaneous Press Conferences held in Delhi and Mumbai at 3 p.m. on 19 August 2014

Karachi, Aug 18, 2014: We have gathered to share our utter condemnation of the ongoing political drama created in the Capital that has not only stalled the everyday governance of the state, it is directly challenging the political choice and the system of democracy that the people of Pakistan have achieved after so much sacrifice.