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The Sunday Magazine / The Hindu, April 05, 2009
The silent tragedy of hunger
It is the State’s responsibility to be proactive about hunger and malnutrition which still survive despite surging economic growth and agricultural production.
In the dark shadows of this land, a silent tragedy plays out for millions of women and men, boys and girls, who sleep hungry. The experience of chronic hunger in distant villages of India, as much as on its city streets, is one of intense avoidable (…)

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Stop the Taliban advance
While all forms of colonisation and occupation spell disaster for the way of life of the conquered, whose institutions and systems are demolished and replaced by new ones, the most recent colonisation of large parts of Pakistan by the Taliban is by far the most dangerous one, as it seeks to destroy the very basis on which the state and society rest.
The Taliban occupation resembles most other forms of colonial occupation in a number of ways, including: (…)

Special Session on Sri Lanka - The South Asian People’s Unity Forum, Toronto, began with a special discussion on the current crisis in Sri Lanka, and what democratic and Left groups might expect or work for the near future. SAPF is interested to disseminate as many progressive analyses and reflections on Sri Lanka as possible, especially in Toronto. It invited Rohini Hensman, writer, based in Mumbai; Ahilan, spokesperson of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum; and Rajan Philips, writer and former journalist from Jaffna, to bring their deep knowledge and concern for the country to offer us different histories and alternative futures than available through the mainstream media.

Chair: Aparna Sundar
– Speakers: Rohini Hensman, Ahilan Kadirgamar and Rajan Philips.

Conference to Mark The 100th Anniversary of The Birth of Yusuf Dadoo
Hosted by the Centre for Sociological Research-University of Johannesburg and South African History Online.
September 4th - 6th 2009
Yusuf Dadoo: 1909-2009 –- Marxism, Non Racialism and the shaping of the South African Liberation Struggle
The conference forms part of a series of events to mark the 100th year of Dadoo’s birth.
Yusuf Dadoo left a formidable political legacy. This covers a number of fields spanning (…)

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