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From 1968 onwards, till his death, Sitaram had been a full time revolutionary/social activist. Till then he had worked for LIC in Jamshedpur and was a union leader. That year, like many other places in India, a lot of young people turned towards revolution. In Jamshedpur quite a few TELCO workers resigned, collected their PF and joined the revolutionary movement. Those were heady times.

Both claiming to be defenders of Islam, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the savage militants operating from what they term as Islamic Emirate of Waziristan, are locked in a bloody war of survival. What are the strengths, weaknesses, differences and commonalities of the two warring sides, and what are the chances of success for Pakistan? Let us look at a few key performance indicators.

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group is holding its fourteenth session in Geneva from 22 October to 5 November 2012. Civil society networks in Pakistan have come up with a critique of the official report being presented by the Government of Pakistan to the UN Human Rights Council.

ARUNA KASHYAP describes the visible as well as intangible forms of gender violence that result from discriminatory family laws

The BJP run newspaper The Pioneer has been systematically targetting Teesta Setalvad the courageous campaigner for justice for survivors of Gujarat riots of 2002. Citizens for Justice and Peace in press release rebut the claims made by The Pioneer.