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I missed the last rites of a hero.
Whose memory will outlast the spent lives
Of our dictators and fake politicians.
You were always clear on what really mattered,
Holding the mirror of truth to power
With your proverbial humility and clarity.
Like your best friend Asma you went
Just when we needed you most.
When we are directionless and the crisis
Generated by lies and hunger overwhelms us.
If only the cold earth could throw you back
Onto the barricades, we would
Be (…)

Bearing in mind all these facts the Socialist Party (India) considers the Nitish Kumar Government to be a blot upon the Socialist movement in India. The Socialist Party (India) has therefore concluded that it must demand the resignation of the Nitish Kumar Government

Rehman Sahib’s departure has plunged all who knew him in grief. His legacy will live on and continue to guide us. Such a pillar of strength and the finest of persons. Deepest condolences to his family. WAF expresses what he meant to us individually and collectively -

It is the rarest of men for whom it can truly be said that their passing away diminishes us each, personally- in the joy, care, generosity and well-being that he brought to every friendship, and politically – in the towering inspiration that he was in all our common struggles against social and economic injustice and violations of the rights of the marginalised; his faith and belief in the common people and disregard for power and privilege; and his tireless commitment to building democracy without which there could be no peace. His quiet humility that made him listen to you, before he took your inchoate words and with a clarity of wisdom lifted our understanding about layered structures of power and mapped the way forward in the struggle for human rights, democracy and peace.

August 17, 2020: In an interview with Debarati Guha for DW, Amartya Sen, a Nobel prize-winning economist and philosopher, says minorities are facing a tough time in India. He believes the country’s constitutional secularism has been weakened