South Asia Citizens Web

The Friday Times, 7 November 2008
I have come upon a rare and forgotten piece of writing by Saadat Hasan Manto, sent to me by a friend some time ago. Written within days of the assassination in Rawalpindi of Pakistan’s first prime minister and the Quaid-I-Azam’s right-hand man and confidant, the piece titled "Murder, Murderer and the Murdered One - In one frame" was published in Afaq, Lahore on October 23 1951, exactly one week after the October 16 murder of Liaquat in the same cursed area (…)

Conversations with History / Berkeley —University of California
– Duration 57 min:22 sec

PRELIMINARY JURY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
of the
PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL
on
"State action in the name of countering Terrorism & Conversions"
held in Jaipur on 7-8 November, 2008
Jaipur,
9th November, 2008
The two day hearing organised by more than two dozens human rights and social organisations at Rajasthan Samagra Sewa Sangh concluded on the evening of the 8th of November. It had the participation of over two hundred women, men and children.
The Jury of the Tribunal was (…)