Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Impartial judicial monitoring of all terror investigations by the apex court the need of the hour

    by Citizens for Justice and Peace, 3 November 2008

    Citizens For Justice and Peace
    Monday November 3, At 3.30 pm Press Club Mumbai.
    Mr. Javed Akhtar, Mr Mahesh Bhat, Mr Nandan Maluste, Mr. Anil Dharker, Mr. Javed Anand and Ms. Teesta Setalvad address the media.
    Stop the Politicisation of Bomb Terror
    CJP demands that the Central Government appoint a Sitting Three-Member Tribunal of Supreme Court Judges to oversee the Investigations into all Terror Related Crime Investigations. Only such a transparent process will help trace the (…)

  • English Literary Studies, Women’s Studies and Feminism in India

    by Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, 3 November 2008

    English literature has been a unique site for politicisation by feminism. Drawing on the author’s involvement as a teacher in Delhi University, the essay examines the trajectories of teaching literature in the classroom, the kinds of contestations and transgressions that the women’s movement and women’s studies initiated, and the influence of English studies across and beyond the disciplines.

  • Displacement and Political Parties

    by Walter Fernandes, 3 November 2008

    After a long struggle the Tatas have decided to pull out of Singur. Now is the time to look at the situation objectively because what has happened at Singur is not specific to West Bengal. It has been happening in the past and will happen in the future all over India. The first issue is the role of political parties. Ms Mamata Banerjee is held responsible for what many consider a setback to the industrialisation of the state. In reality, her party hijacker for its political gain, a major (…)

  • The Women of Gulabi Gang in Bundelkhand

    by sacw.net, 3 November 2008

    Gujabi Gang in Bundelhand is committed to protecting women against social malpractice, corrupt administrators, and abusive husbands.

  • Amend the Constitution - Say No To State Religion

    by Ghulam Mustafa Lakho, 2 November 2008

    Say No To State Religion, August 25, 2008
    Support the Campaign for Amendment in Article 2 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
    Dear Citizens,
    1. Let us SAY NO TO THE STATE RELIGION OF PAKISTAN. But, how to say such a No? The best, effective and meaningful way to say such a NO would be to introduce an amendment in the Article 2 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973. It would be in the fitness of things to reproduce herein below the contents of the Article 2 of the Constitution of (…)

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