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New Age, December 1, 2008
Editorial
Secular forces must organise against bigots
THE attempted destruction of the Balaka sculpture in Dhaka’s Dilkhusha area on Saturday night by a radical Islamist group adds to concerns over the growing impunity with which religious extremists are attacking political, cultural and social freedoms in our society. Just over a month ago, a group of bigots tore down a monument to commemorate mystic and folk philosopher Lalon Shah, claiming that (…)

National Alliance of People’s Movements 29-30, ’A’ Wing First Floor, Haji Habib Building,Naigaon Cross Road, Dadar ( East) Mumbai- 400014 Phone: 91-22-24150529 , E-mail: napmindia(AT)gmail.com _____________________
We at NAPM unequivocally condemn with shock and deep anguish the brazen and brutal terror attacks in Mumbai that have claimed over 250 lives, and injured about 300 people besides creating mayhem at CST, the lifeline of ordinary toiling Mumbaikar; the Hotel Taj, Oberoi (…)

Inter Press Service, November 29, 2008
Empathy, Grief in Pakistan at Mumbai Mayhem
KARACHI, Nov 29 (IPS) - The terrorist attacks unleashed in the Indian port city and financial hub of Mumbai continue to reverberate through Pakistan at a personal level and on the media.
The crisis, that began Wednesday night and lasted through Friday, dominates conversation, newspaper headlines, television coverage and Internet chatter on indigenous websites and e-mail lists run by Pakistanis at home (…)

Acknowledge that - like rivers, languages, and history - terrorism ties India and Pakistan together. India cannot prosper while Pakistan festers. Pakistan cannot progress while standing in the way of India’s ascent. Only by cooperating can both countries hope to achieve security and make dreams of prosperity come true for more than a small minority.

Indigenous people have lived in the lush forests of Niyamgiri mountain, Orissa, India, for generations. Now, local tribal families are living in fear for their future due to the arrival of a combined bauxite mining and alumina refinery project in the heart of their ancestral domain by an Indian subsidiary of the UK mining and metals company, Vedanta Resources plc..