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Pavan K. Varma in The Times of India, September 28, 2013 When art masks politics Narendra Modi is a good orator, and his first public speech, after being declared BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, at Rewari in Haryana on September, 15, provided ample evidence of this. I was intrigued though by his fulsome tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Modi announced that he is building in Gujarat a statue of Patel, made from iron pieces contributed by every village in India, which would be the (…)

Inflammatory speeches are made and content published but no action is taken. Is there nothing we as journalists can do about hate speech, asks JYOTI PUNWANI

This is an excerpt from "Always/Never: The Quest for Nuclear Safety, Control, and Survivability," a documentary made by the Sandia National Laboratories in 2010, categorized as OFFICIAL USE ONLY, and never released to the public. The film was produced, directed, and edited by Dan Curry.

September 26, 2013: Completing 20 years of successful people-to-people intellectual and cultural exchanges between India, Pakistan and the disputed region of Jammu & Kashmir, the Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) held its national convention between 20 and 22 September 2013 hosted in collaboration with Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti at the Gandhi Darshan, New Delhi. The convention with its focus on ‘Peace and Democracy in South Asia: The Emerging Challenges’ brought together over 160 delegates.

Asaram Bapu’s alleged sexual assault on a young girl offers an opportunity to throw light on India’s superstition industry and lift the veil on the state-temple-corporate complex.