South Asia Citizens Web

New Age, 15-21 May 2009
’A government which cannot stop extra judicial killings does not have the moral authority to talk about the Pilkhana killings’
Piash Karim, professor of economics and social science at Brac University, talks to Konka Karim about the multiple faces of violence that prevails in our society
The rise of Islamic fundamentalism in our country is a serious concern in our society today. And yet when it first arrived on centre-stage many people were surprised considering (…)

The Real News

It is evidently easy and pretty alluring to predict after things have already taken place. And Marxists, in particular, are notoriously proficient. That makes it all the more difficult to resist the temptation of quoting my observation posted last morning, a day before the counting commenced:
"This election was, by common consent, an “issueless” one. Admittedly because the prospects of the Hindu nationalist BJP coming to power have widely been perceived as rather feeble." But to be fair, (…)

Two-part video of Arundhati Roy’s closing keynote at the Women’s Action Forum organized an evening of resistance at Karachi Press Club, on 8th May 2009.
Arundhati Roy Video - Part 1
Arundhati Roy Video - Part 2

Abhinav Bharat, the Hindu extremist group, involved in the Malegaon blasts may also be the hidden hand behind the Ajmer blasts. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Rajasthan police says investigations into the blasts that shook the Ajmer Dargah in 2007, have led them to members of the Abhinav Bharat.
In an exclusive interview to NDTV, the ATS Chief in Rajasthan, Kapil Garg, has admitted that Abhinav Bharat is now actively under their scanner. And a special team of the Rajasthan police (…)