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HYDERABAD: As many as 284 prominent writers, poets, intellectuals, human rights activists, lawyers, journalists, doctors, teachers, and other concerned citizens from different walks of life across the country, have jointly condemned recent hate speech, life threats and instigation against one of the most prominent writers of Pakistan Amar Jaleel and demand from the State and the government to provide security and protection to Amar Jaleel and take stringent action against those instigating violence against him.

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This article analyzes the role of soil in the making of authoritarian regimes and illustrates twentieth-century practices and discourses related to fertility across the globe. It compares two different approaches to and understandings of soil fertility: the first emerged in North Libya under Italian Fascist rule (1922–1943), the second in Central Brazil during the civil-military dictatorship (1964–1985). We compare two soil-forming processes that changed physical and chemical (…)

8th April, 2021: It’s more than two months since the Burmese military in a coup on 1 February refused to hand over the power to the National League for Democracy (NLD) after their victory in the November 2020 elections. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the army’s commander-in-chief and Myanmar’s de-facto ruler has justified the coup on grounds of large-scale election fraud, though the elections commission has denied these allegations. Following the coup, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and many of her party NLD’s colleagues have been jailed under various charges including that of violating colonial Official Secrets Act. National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) condemns this undermining of the democratic transition and usurping of power by the military Junta.

Personnel of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) along with local police conducted a search and seize raid on the residence of VS Krishna, Human Rights Forum (HRF) AP & Telangana Coordination Committee member in Visakhapatnam last week. The raid started at about 5.35 pm on 31 March 2021, and ended at 2.30 am on 1 April 2021. In all, the NIA team seized six hard disks, one mobile, three sim cards, three SD cards and a few documents from his house. All his and his family’s bank details were photographed. The NIA team also interrogated him for a total period of about eight hours at their offices in Vizag on April 1 and 2.

An original composition by Fiddler’s Green, this music video was shot and produced in Kolkata in March - April 2021. It highlights the dangers posed by communalism to society in India, and Bengal in particular. | Produced & Directed by
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
MithunPramanik