Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • India: Nuclear Power Corporation Sued at Delhi High Court

    by People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy, 27 August 2012

    The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) is suing the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) and its parent body the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) for not giving copies of the Site Evaluation Report (SER) and the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) as directed by the Central Information Commission back in April 2012.

  • Sri Lanka: Stock Market Crisis and Oligarchic Interests

    by Ahilan Kadirgamar, 26 August 2012

    The resignation last week of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairperson Tilak Karunaratne, after he blamed "a mafia of high net worth investors and their crony stockbrokers" for mobilising political pressure, has further exposed the crisis in the stock market.

  • The Talibanisation of Society in Pakistan

    by Jan Breman, 26 August 2012

    Abandoned by their government, the poor of Pakistan have turned to the Taliban and other fundamentalist groups for support and solace. At the same time, a growing pressure for emancipation presses against fundamentalism. Which force will triumph? A report based on travel in rural Sindh.

  • India: Assam’s Tragedy

    by Harsh Mander, 26 August 2012

    How partisan policies and a bitterly divided people keep the State in an endless cycle of violence.

  • India: Karnataka Government’s Unconstitutional Action

    by Vidya Bhushan Rawat, 24 August 2012

    The Karnataka Government’s order asking the temples of the State to perform rituals so that rain comes to save the farmers and cattle of the State is a blatant violation of the Constitution. Can a State Government of a secular country invest huge amount of money on performing worship to bring rain? How will this influence the minds of our children?

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