Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Communal Violence in Dhule: A Report by Independent Citizens’ Intitiative

    by Independent Citizens Inititive, 21 October 2008

    Dhule Communal Violence: Independent Citizens’ Intitiative Report

  • Fact finding report on Shahbaz accused in Jaipur Bomb blasts

    by People’s Union for Civil Liberties, U.P. Chapter, People’s Union for Human Rights, 21 October 2008

    A PUCL-PUHR FACT FINDING REPORT ON ACCUSED IN BOMB BLAST INCIDENT, SHAHBAZ AHMED Case of Shahbaz Ahmed arrested in connection with serial bomb blasts in Jaipur Shahbaz Ahmed s/o Mumtaz Ahmed (9889406961), resident of Bhadohi, 32 years old, was a member of SIMI as a student. He completed his B.Sc. and then B.J. from Kashi Vidyapeeth in Varanasi . Two years after completion of his studies he got married to Sadaf d/o Abdul Moid (9792439090) in 2002. Since he was not interested in the (…)

  • Kalpakkam’s forgotten people

    by C Shivakumar, 20 October 2008

    www.expressbuzz.com
    Kalpakkam’s forgotten people have a tale to tell
    FORTY-five-year-old Sundarammal is in immense pain. Sitting beside a pile of dry fish, she touches a large lump on her neck.
    “I do not know how this came. I got it maybe six or seven years ago,” she says, and asks the doctor for some medicine to relieve the pain.
    Sundarammal is, in fact, suffering from thyroid cancer. And crucially, she is a resident of Meiyoor Kuppam, some five km from the Madras Atomic Power (…)

  • 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. (…)

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