Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • ’Dialogue of Civilisations’ begins in Afghanistan

    by Massoumeh Torfeh, 8 October 2008

    guardian.co.uk
    Don’t talk to the Taliban
    Negotiating with the Taliban is an insult to the Afghan people. Has the world forgotten what they are like?
    The international community entered Afghanistan with Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 to oust the Taliban. It promised reconstruction and democracy. Seven years on it is negotiating with the Taliban.
    Details of the negotiations were revealed by Jason Burke in the Observer last month. The talks are said to have been initiated by the (…)

  • To Say No to Indo US Nuclear Deals

    by Dhirendra Sharma, 8 October 2008

    Recently, while New Delhi was experiencing serial bombings Prime Minister and Defence Minister of India were in Washington and Paris signing the Nuclear deals that ended Indian “ isolation and sanctions.”
    Strong opposition by the Communist Party notwithstanding, most Scientists in India observed discreet silence. But according to Dr. Dale Klein, Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), to revive the dormant ‘Nuclear sector in the US have to rebuilt supply (…)

  • India: National Convention Against Fascism is Planned

    by Anhad, 8 October 2008

    anhadin.net
    Dear Friends,
    The urgency to intervene in defense of democracy, secularism and justice has never been more pressing than in the conditions prevailing in the country today. There is a recognizable change in the general tenor of public discourse; unlike in the past, it is informed more by the communal than by secular ethos. Concerted attacks have been mounted across India by communal fascist organizations by invoking religious symbols and sentiments. There is total apathy and (…)

  • Anti nuclear platform seeks parliamentary review before Indo US deal is signed

    by sacw.net, 8 October 2008

    sacw.net - 8 October 2008
    The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) Demands Parliamentary Review before Signing of 123 Agreement
    The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) notes with great concern various reports to the effect that the government of India is to sign the "123 Agreement" with the US as regards civilian nuclear trade between the two countries anytime now. In fact the signing of the agreement appears to be overdue in that it has reportedly already (…)

  • Politics, Ethnicity and Popular Culture in Karachi

    by Tahir Naqvi, 7 October 2008

    UCLA Center for India and South Asia, 25 February 2008 Emergency, Difference, and Popular Politics in Karachi
    Talk by Tahir Naqvi, Reed College
    Audio MP3 | Duration: 44:30
    Drawing on oral-historical research conducted in Karachi this paper considers formations of citizenship, difference and urban violence that develop in the wake of the imposition of martial rule in Pakistan and the suspension of mass-democratic participation. The martial state’s “interregnal” strategy of confining (…)

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