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  • Avarna program for diversity in publishing

    23 October 2008

    Dear friends,
    In 2005, Navayana had informally lobbied for the admission of Dalits into the prestigeous Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. Today, Navayana is all set to formally ensure the presence of Dalits/Adivasis in the publishing sector. Read on, and circulate this message as widely as possible. Please print out the attachment for use on college/university notice boards. Media outfits can treat this as a press release.
    Anand www.navayana.org
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    AVARNA: NAVAYANA FELLOWSHIPS (…)

  • The blasphemy case against Afghan journalist Parwiz Kambakhsh

    by CISDA – Coordinamento Italiano Sostegno Donne Afghane, 23 October 2008

    The outcomes of the “judicial reform programme” run by the Italian government in Afghanistan: The case of journalist Parwiz Kambakhsh
    Last October 2007 the criminals who are sitting in the Afghan government put in jail young journalist Parwiz Kambakhsh, in Balhk province (Northern Afghanistan). Parwiz was charged with blasphemy for having circulated an article downloaded from the Internet. This article focused on the women’s rights in Islamic countries. Parwiz was sentenced to death by (…)

  • Hasrat Mohani’s hypothesis

    by Jawed Naqvi, 23 October 2008

    Azamgarh district and eastern Uttar Pradesh in general have had a syncretic legacy. Jawed Naqvi recalls some of the prominent personalities who represented that spirit

  • Violence by custodians of ’authentic culture’

    by sacw.net, 23 October 2008

    The Telegraph, October 24 , 2008
    Editorial
    Killing Game
    The moral police can extract a tragically heavy price. The explosion in Imphal that has taken 17 lives and left many injured was targeted, according to the insurgent group which claims to be its author, against a form of gambling that is alien to Meitei culture. Gambling reaches a peak during Diwali. The explosion was set off near the entrance to Ragailong, a tribal village where people from different parts of the state had (…)

  • Competing missionaries and the tribal market

    by Ramachandra Guha, 23 October 2008

    Hindustan Times
    Lost in the woods
    October 23, 2008
    Fifty years ago, in October 1958, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a short note explaining what India’s policies towards the tribals should be. He urged that tribal rights in land and forest be protected, that tribal arts and culture be respected and renewed, that the tribals themselves be involved in their own administration (thus ‘we should avoid introducing too many outsiders into tribal territory’), and that government schemes in tribal (…)

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