Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • 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. (…)

  • Talk to the people not to the Taliban

    by I A Rehman, 17 October 2008

    Dawn, 16 October 2008
    Dangers in the north
    A SERIES of developments in the tribal areas and in Afghanistan over the past couple of weeks has greatly heightened ordinary Pakistani citizens’ anxieties about their future.
    And their expectations of reassurances from the government of safety and security have remained unrealised.
    The sequence started with the revival of the Frontier governor’s interest in enforcing a religious code in Malakand division for the third time in 14 years. (The (…)

  • Working For An India-Pakistan Breakthrough

    by Praful Bidwai, 16 October 2008

    It’s not often that run-of-the-mill politicians rise above petty self-interest, and even more rarely that they propose grand ideas and expansive visions. But when they do venture to think out of the box and offer worthy proposals, these must be heartily welcomed—no matter what their motives and however suspect their calculations.
    It’s to this category that the pronouncements of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in his recent interview to the Wall Street Journal belong. Mr Zardari has (…)

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