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Why do we even wonder why sectarian violence is expanding in our country, claiming thousands of lives – mainly of Shias – over the past decade?

ToxicsWatch Alliance (TWA)
To
Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Government of India New Delhi
September 17, 2012
Subject: Ban production, trade in products contaminated with radioactive element & hazardous waste
Sir,
This is with reference to detection of consignment of stainless steel and aluminum products contaminated with an artificial radioactive element at the Colombo harbor in the cargo which was imported from India as per the report of September 16, 2012 published in (…)

The tensions over immigration and the subsequent competition between ethnic groups for resources and political power have driven politics in Assam since the late nineteen-seventies, but have been exacerbated in recent years, ever since the 2003 peace deal between the Bodo insurgents and the Indian government that created autonomous districts for the Bodos within Assam. The establishment of those districts brought in state and federal funding—the biggest source of revenue in a place with almost no industry—and Kokrajhar, the capital of Bodoland, soon became relatively prosperous.

"One Billion Rising" calls on women "and the men who love them" to join together on Feb. 14, 2013, and "dance until the violence stops." See interview with Eve Ensler and article by Kamla Bhasin. For more information see: onebillionrising.org/