As the political drama over the now infamous Amit Shah tapes unfolds, it is difficult to decide which is more dismaying: the offence or its impassioned defence.
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India: Gujarat snoop scandal: Why BJP’s ‘daddy’ defence is shameful by Lakshmi Chaudhry | Firstpost.com
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Bangladesh: In 1971, a Genocide Took Place. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger Did Nothing. Intentionally. | Sunil Khilnani
19 November 2013Among the many bizarre White House conversations between President Richard Nixon and his national security adviser Henry Kissinger that Gary Bass cites in his devastating account of America’s role in the creation of Bangladesh, a particularly wrenching one took place in April 1971, a little over two weeks into an onslaught by the Pakistani military upon its own citizens.
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India Chases False Prestige In Space
by , 18 November 2013India’s Mars mission is overwhelmingly irrelevant to space science and won’t advance the frontiers of knowledge. Worse, the mission has nasty military implications. It will draw India into dangerous missile race and space rivalry with China.
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Photo of Islamabad Taxi Drivers Protest, 6 Nov 2013
18 November 2013Taxi drivers block a main road with their vehicles, during a protest near the parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP
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India: Statement by women’s groups condemn anti-women snooping conducted by the Gujarat government as revealed in the recent media expose
18 November 2013We strongly condemn the illegal, unconstitutional and essentially anti-women snooping conducted by the Gujarat government as revealed in the recent media expose’. We collectively demand that a CBI inquiry should be initiated in the case at the earliest as it concerns the future of our democracy and polity. The direct involvement of the opposition party’s prime ministerial candidate in such brazen and fundamental violation of democratic rights and the party’s shameless defence is totally unacceptable.
