Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Japanese Peace Groups Say No To Nuclear Cooperation with India

    by sacw.net, 20 October 2008

    Media Release 20 October 2008
    Indian Prime Minister Singh’s Visit to Japan Demand Concerning Nuclear Cooperation with India
    From October 21-23 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Japan. On October 22 he is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Aso.
    On September 6, the Nuclear Suppliers Group adopted a statement exempting India from its nuclear trade guidelines. Following this decision, France and the US signed bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements with India. It (…)

  • Film Review: ’A Wednesday’

    by Shahrukh Alam, 20 October 2008

    kafila.org
    Such absurdity on a Wednesday
    On Wednesday, I met some young men from Dhule. I am not at all sure where Dhule is and I said as much to them. "There was some violence there. It has been in the news lately," they said. "Did any bombs go off in Dhule?" said I. "No bombs, no. But there was communal violence. It was on the news." "I only watch prime time news. I don’t usually manage to view the afternoon bulletins. Nor the eleven PM one (informative though they are)," I explained. (…)

  • The revolution will not be funded

    by Ashley Tellis, 17 October 2008

    If same-sex politics are to have any effect in Southasia, the sexuality ’movements’ in the region need to move out of the arena of funding and into the sphere of independent thinking.

  • Understanding Hindutva

    by Averthanus L D’Souza, 17 October 2008

    Ramesh Rajaram Vispute, a former Secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) once remarked: "The enemies of the Hindus are the Muslims, the Christians, the Hindu intellectuals and the media." It is very significant as well as intriguing that Vispute included the Hindu intellectuals and the media in his category of the "enemies" of Hindus. It does not take great intellectual acumen to interpret the meaning of this statement by a very prominent Hindutva promoter. It is quite obvious (…)

  • India: Convention Against Fascism - Defending the Idea of India, Oct 25-26, 2008, Delhi

    by Anhad, 17 October 2008

    via: Anhad final schedule, background note, list of organizations who have endorsed and are supporting the convention (as on Oct 17, 2008)
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    National Convention Countering Fascist Forces: Defending the Idea of India
    25-26 October 2008 Constitution Club Lawns Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001
    Day 1
    8.00-10.00
    Registration and Breakfast
    10.00-1.00
    Opening Session: Countering Fascism
    Sub-Themes: Attack on minorities, Adivasis & Dalits. Attack on the Idea of India. (…)

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