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We, members of people’s movements unequivocally condemn the unlawful obstruction of the peaceful protest of 7000 adivasis from the Dumka region in Jharkhand and the police firing unleashed against them today afternoon at Kathikund that has left 5 people battling for their life. We are receiving messages from Jharkhand that even now the firing is on and the situation is quite tense and Section 144 has been clamped in the area.

The "coming out" of sexuality is a significant development of post-liberalisation India. Provoking outrage in some and getting approval from others, sexuality today is a bitterly contested domain.

The Island, 6 December 2008
Muslims caught in the cross-fire
AM. A. Azeez was an outstanding Sri Lankan scholar and activist. Hailing from a leading a Muslim family in Jaffna, he had a brilliant academic record at the Jaffna Hindu College and at the then University College from which he graduated in 1933 with an honours degree in History. Winning the Arts Scholarship, he proceeded for post-graduate studies to Cambridge University but had to cut short his studies at Cambridge when he (…)

The Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sanghathan and the Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti, hereby, again appeal to the concerned people to support the just cause of the Bhopal gas victims.

Daily Times, December 3, 2008
A turning point
The recent Mumbai terror attacks should be the turning point. Governments of the region are challenged to support an open and transparent investigation in order to identify and prosecute the masterminds behind such carnage. They must have the moral courage to face the truth
The recent carnage in Mumbai is terrifying. Indians are entitled to be angry, hurt and disgusted. The government of India has alleged that initial evidence indicates (…)