Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • 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 (…)

  • Universal Periodic Review(UPR), Bangladesh: A Report by Human Rights Forum

    by dristipat, 7 October 2008

    drishtipat.org
    This report has been prepared by the Human Rights Forum, Bangladesh, a coalition of 17 human rights and development organisations formed to prepare a joint stakeholders’ report under the UPR.
    Stakeholders 1. Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Secretariat 2. Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) 3. Bangladesh Mohila Parishad (BMP) 4. Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) 5. Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust (BLAST) 6. Bangladesh Dalit and Excluded Rights Movement (BDERM) (…)

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