South Asia Citizens Web

The report from Kanpur says that the BJP will toe the line of RSS and defend sadhvi Pragyasingh Thakur, who had provided her motorbike in the bomb blast in Malegaon on September 29 and hence was part of the conspiracy. The meeting of RSS seniors there has churned out this strategy on which the election would have to be fought. There is no need to have inhibition over what the sadhvi and her accomplices have done. The sangh feels more emboldened today as it enjoys comprehensive support of the (…)

Chay Magazine
This issue will address themes of sex and sexuality as they interact with the daily politics of human life. We are looking for feature articles and non-fiction that deal with
1. Gender Roles gender roles and gender expectations in the family and society in general socialization at home and at school gender role education in single gender schools and co-educational schools gender role education in private schools and government schools gender roles in the curriculum the (…)

Whither India and Pakistan: Rethink relations
by M B Naqvi
Indians and Pakistanis have, some day, to think of the future of South Asia in a fast changing world.
There is much optimism over India and Pakistan implementing the America-recommended Confidence Building Measures over Kashmir bearing fruit. The first Indian goods consignment has arrived in Azad Kashmir across the Line of Control and similarly some Pakistani goods have gone to India. Good.
Like the bus service between the (…)

Oct 31st 2008
We, the undersigned groups concerned about issues of justice in Chhattisgarh, are dismayed to learn that Vanvasi Chetna Ashram (VCA) members were driven out of Nendra village in Dantewada district, under threats of violence by the Naxalites.
We are deeply concerned about this drastic shrinking of democratic space in Chhattisgarh. Nendra has already faced the brunt of state sponsored violence in the past three years, when Salwa Judum cadres and security forces attacked it (…)

25 to 29 October 2008 International Federation of Journalists International Media Support International News Safety Institute International Press Institute Reporters Without Borders
The International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka on its visit between October 25 and 29 found deterioration in the press freedom situation since its last visit in June 2007, marked by a continuation in murders, attacks, abductions, intimidation and harassment of the media. In the recent World Press Freedom (…)