In recent days, I have once again witnessed the aftermath of targetted mass violence. I was part of a fact-finding group, organised by the Centre for Policy Analysis, which a week ago visited Muzaffarnagar, and in particular its villages, make-shift refugee camps, burnt out mosques and its despairing people. Earlier, at a People’s Tribunal in Bangalore, victims and witnesses told us of the widespread persecution of Christians in the villages of Karnataka since 2008, attacks on small and home churches and the molestation of women, which was continuing.
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India: Effective Act against Communal and Targeted Violence Needed | Dr John Dayal’s Statement at National Integration Council
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Factories of ’Hate’ and Pakistan’s Fate | Shujaat Bukhari
11 October 2013The threat of extremism has been eating at the vitals of Pakistan
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Fredy Perlman - The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism (1984) // Ten Theses on the Proliferation of Egocrats
by , 11 October 2013An excellent analysis by the late Fredy Perlman (1934-85) of the enduring appeal of nationalism to statist rulers of both left and right.
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India’s self-seeking missiles
by , 11 October 2013YET again, India has been struggling to become a mere non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC).
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Mahatma Gandhi and His Ideas | Ananya Vajpeyi on Voice of America - Tibet
11 October 2013Dr. Ananya Vajpeyi, Historian and author of Righteous Republic, discusses Swaraj and Satyagraha, the two defining ideas of the Indian freedom movement that Gandhi played a key role in cultivating and refining.
