South Asia Citizens Web

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.

The Network Effect: Reliance and right-wing politics gain a foothold in Raghav Bahl’s media empire
By RAHUL BHATIA | 1 December 2013
See more at: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/network-effect

Hydel projects are destroying all five river basins and the entire riverine ecology and future of people’s livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh.

We ask Japan’s government & Prime Minister Abe to renounce the State Secrets Act cutting the flow of information from Fukushima. The global media must be guaranteed free access