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“The rule of law does not do away with the unequal distribution of wealth and power but reinforces that inequality with the authority of law. It allocates wealth and poverty in such complicated and indirect ways as to leave the victim bewildered.” Howard Zinn
Dedicated to the memory of Tapasi Malik,, Dula Mandal, Lakhiram Tuddu, Satyabhama ........... Whose names we know, And the hundreds of adivasis of Bastar Whose names will remain unknown till we claim them.
Why this essay?
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Arson attacks and killings have shut down girls’ schools and brought a thriving entertainment industry to its knees in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP)

Today, the 15th January 2009 civilisation, democracy, human rights, rule
of law, equality, justice and equity stand defeated. Today, the Government and people of Pakistan have succumbed to a disparate group of faceless, semi-invisible individuals hiding behind an opaque mask of religion and declared all girls’ education as outside the pale of Islam. ’Taliban’ have declared all girls’ schools closed forever.

Democratic forces in India and Pakistan must speak out loudly against war mongering