Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Pakistan: If we dont fight back the Taliban today, we may not even live to regret it

    by Rubina Saigol, 29 April 2009

    The News
    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: (…)

  • Sri Lanka Panel - South Asian People’s Forum: Rohini Hensman, Ahilan Kadirgamar and Rajan Philips

    by sacw.net, 29 April 2009

    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.

  • South Africa: Call for Papers for Yusuf Dadoo Conference

    by sacw.net, 28 April 2009

    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 (…)

  • A Bit About Bangalore’s Land Mafia

    by sacw.net, 28 April 2009

    Wired Magazine

  • India’s OM Made Taliban

    by Jyotirmaya Sharma, 28 April 2009

    Mail Today
    The Taliban is already amidst us in India
    THE Supreme Court has asked the SIT [Special Investigation Team] to probe Narendra Modi’s role in the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002. But that will not still the chorus for Modi as a future national leader of the BJP. As it is, the timing and context of the Modi-for-PM demand is curious.
    In part, it is admission that the BJP-led NDA will have to wait a few more years before making a bid for power.
    But it also implies that the (…)

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