Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Hate speech is the route to upward mobility in the Hindu Right circuit

    by Ram Puniyani, 23 March 2009

    sacw.net
    Why Hate Speach?
    Varun Gandhi in his election speeches (March 2009) has been pouring vitriol against minority community. He presented the usual prejudices and biases in a very hateful manner. He associated minority community with being aggressive and violent. He pointed out that arms are being smuggled into ghettoes (i.e. Muslim localities), Hindus are being targeted, cow slaughter ‘remains’ have been found but no action has been taken. This is part of his speech, which he (…)

  • From Orissa to Karnataka - The attacks on minorties by the Hindu Right: A report

    22 March 2009

    This report looks not only at the instances of violence by the Sangh Parivar, the inaction/collusion of the State machinery and the crude justification offered by both, but more importantly at the mechanisms employed by the Sangh Parivar to gather sizable sections of people behind it in the execution of its design.

  • Pakistan media needs for a code of professional ethics

    by I A Rehman, 22 March 2009

    The News
    Balance or power
    The critical issue is whether media is being hailed for efficiency or being complimented for partisanship?
    By I. A. Rehman
    The media, specially its electronic component, has received enthusiastic applause for its contribution to the success of the campaign for the restoration of judges. In particular, the media coverage of the Long March on March 15 has been unreservedly acclaimed. All this is honey to the media people’s ears.
    Only incorrigible cynics will (…)

  • Who Says Hindu nationalism is on the decline?

    by Christophe Jaffrelot, 22 March 2009

    The Times of India
    Hindutva: Waning in politics, rising in society
    Has the BJP already lost the elections? The party has looked shaky since 2008 when it could not win Delhi and lost Rajasthan. The setback showed that the security plank the party had tried to use post 26/11 had misfired. Add to this the nagging headache of factionalism and allegations of corruption. It’s clear the BJP has lost for good its image of “a party with a difference”.
    L K Advani, who turned 81 in November, (…)

  • Kashmir: The routinisation of fake encounters

    by Kashmir Times, 22 March 2009

    Kashmir Times, March 22, 2009
    Editorial
    Unabated abuse of power
    There is increase in cases of human rights abuses while those guilty are being shielded
    Like many other commitments made by New Delhi and its pliant regimes in Jammu and Kashmir, which were violated with impunity the Prime Minister’s talk of zero tolerance to human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir and parroted by the Chief Ministers in the State has remained a meaningless rhetoric. Instead of putting an end to such (…)

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