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On 28 March 2013 more than 1000 people gathered peacefully on the beach near the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant [in Tamil Nadu, India]. Nearly 650 people, including 200 women, were picked up by the police and taken to wedding halls in three towns — Guduvanchery, Singaperumal Koil, and Chengalpet. About 27 leaders are being held in Singaperumal Koil, while 110 others are being held in the same venue downstairs.

Texte intégral de la lettre d’une mère indienne envoyé aux groupes des droits des femmes à la 57ème session de la Commission des Nations Unies sur la condition de la femme qui s’est réuni au Siège de l’ONU à New York 4-15 Mars 2013.

Discussion on an Indian public TV network on Sri Lanka - India relations with D. Raja, A.S. Panneerselvan an Kanwal Sibal with Bharat Bhushan as the impresario

Nirenberg’s penetrating analysis of Shakespeare’s Jewish question transcends the hackneyed one of whether play or playwright is anti-Semitic. On the contrary, the crucial argument of this learned and disquieting book is that hostility to Judaism was far too deeply and pervasively woven into the fabric of Western Christianity for the presence of actual Jews to be necessary to arouse anti-Semitism. Long before that, Jews had been perceived (notably in Egypt) as hostile to all other peoples, (…)

We are workers of Maruti Suzuki, who are behind bars since 18.07.2012 as part of a conspiracy, and without any just investigation. 147 of us are inside Gurgaon Central Jail. Since July, 2500 permanent and contract workers have been terminated from our jobs. In these past more than 8 months, we have sent our appeal to almost all administrative officials and elected representatives, including Chief Minister Haryana and the Prime Minister of India. But neither have our appeals been heard nor have we been granted bail.