South Asia Citizens Web

Work for All: An Alternative Path of Development
"Discussions with Prof Amit Bhaduri regarding his concept of “Development with Dignity” led some of us to think that the alternative path of development he was trying to chart could present before the resistance movement against the current onslaught of the big corporations a current programme of action which would also be relevant to the greater task of social transformation. A draft of such a programme of action is being hereby circulated (…)

The News, November 2, 2008
Stakeholders raise voice against LBOD project in ‘People’s Tribunal’
November 02, 2008 By Jan Khaskheli
KARACHI: It was a unique event in which hundreds of women carrying babies, gathered under a wide area covered by tents to raise their voice against the project, which has almost destroyed their livelihood source for generations. Belonging to fishermen, farmers and herdsmen families, the ordinary stakeholders participated in the programme to show their anger (…)

Domestic workers’ unions in India educate workers about their rights and advocate at the local, national, and international level for women pulled into this industry as a result of poverty, displacement or trafficking.

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 (…)