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She is, we have been told repeatedly, the girl Greece is calling "the blonde angel". She is certainly blonde – and she is a young child who deserves concern as all children do, particularly those facing poverty or discrimination. Whether or not she is angelic is a matter of stereotype rather than personality. She is angelic in the eyes of the media only in stark contrast to the circumstances in which she was found: in a Roma camp in Greece, with dark-skinned parents who, DNA tests have (…)

There is a large constituency for peace and good relations between India and Pakistan in both countries; the war- mongers and the fundamentalists are a noisy minority but influential in the media, politics, and the bureaucracy. Continuing dialogue at the highest level is essential and it is to the credit of both Dr. Manmohan Singh and Mr. Nawaz Sharif that they recognized that fact and went ahead with their meeting despite all the provocations and we salute them for their foresight in doing so.

It has been brought to our notice that hundreds, if not thousands of posters (Image Pasted below) have suddenly been observed in all trains leaving Gujarat state. The contents of these posters with the provocative heading “Why is There a Conspiracy Against Sadhu Sants in Bharat?” is a clearcut effort to communalise the atmosphere ahead of the state elections in over five states and also impact on the next year’s general elections. [. . .] Signed by: Romila Thapar, Prabhat Patnaik, Teesta Setalvad, Javed Anand and others

By its opposition to the Communal Violence Bill, the BJP and the Sangh Parivar expose themselves as the ideological allies of those whose hate-soaked politics is based on hounding minorities

This volume tells the story of incredible manner in which the communist leader PC Joshi was thrown out of his party. It contains a collection of writings by PC Joshi after his expulsion from the Communist Party of India