South Asia Citizens Web

Interview with Arundhati Roy and an article by Antara Dev Sen

Hindu American Foundation reveals its supremacist ideology through smear campaign against CAG and Indian Muslims
HAF’s Opposition to House Resolution 417 is a disservice to India and Hinduism say Indian Americans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington D.C, Friday, December 6, 2013
Coalition Against Genocide (CAG - http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/), has condemned the Hindu American Foundation’s opposition to House Resolution H.Res. 417 [1] through a smear campaign against the coalition (…)

It’s a 999-page report. It took 17 years, cost Rs 8 crore and had 399 sittings with depositions from 33 Commission witnesses, 53 Central Government witnesses and 14 defence witnesses—100 in all. As one of those hundred, I want to have my say.

My column ‘Personal Political’ in The News, Pakistan last week, also for monthly Hard News, India
“Chitta… kya?”
By Beena Sarwar
I want to thank the Indian scientist-turned-filmmaker Bedabrata Pain for his powerful feature film about the 1930 uprising against the British in Chittagong in the part of Bengal that is now Bangladesh.
Beautifully shot and filmed, with stellar acting by a largely amateur cast, and music by Shankar Ehsan Loy, “Chittagong” (2012) has a gripping, (…)

the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) organised a ‘March against Hunger’ to demand that the government and civil society enhance people’s awareness of their right to basic nutrition and food security through combined efforts.