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The charge sheet fails to draw a picture of the wider nexus, of a preparatory training ground that breeds cadres of such terrorists, of the scale of their operation and their continued access to the expertise provided by Indian military and intelligence agencies. The latter point raises serious questions about ideological infiltration into India’s security agencies

The News on Sunday, 8 February 2009
Institutions vs Individuals
The complaint that the institutions Pakistan once had have totally decayed and new institutions have not been raised has become a cliché many politicians use without comprehending the import of their statement. But these few words sum up Pakistan’s permanent crisis and the root cause of its people’s endless ordeal.
The trouble began at the very beginning. When Pakistan came into being it did have a few requisites of a (…)

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Join the Raipur Satyagraha for the Release of Dr. Binayak Sen
Dear Friends,
It is now 21 months since Dr Binayak Sen, the well-known public health and human rights activist was imprisoned by the Chhattisgarh government on false charges of abetting activities of an outlawed organisation.
All of us, individuals and organisations, who have been concerned, protested and struggled for Dr Binayak Sen ‘s release all these months have decided to launch a satyagraha/civil (…)

The Times of India, 8 Feb 2009
Hate, actually
Which society could be more liberal than that of India, ask some credulous foreign tourists, as they observe Indian men openly holding hands in public? Here, no one looks twice at men hugging each other. Such expressions of male bonding - immortalized by Bollywood’s dosti songs - are considered normal in India.
To uninformed foreign eyes, India may appear an egalitarian paradise, where no one has to hide their sexual orientation in the (…)

Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka has targeted sexual and religious minorities in less than a year after coming to power. Women are only the latest victims of the saffron brigade’s drive, says Arvind Narrain