Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • The Sangh Parivar’s plans for Orissa are on track

    by Angana Chatterji, 3 October 2008

    Indian Express, 4 October 2008
    It’s still religion, stupid
    The riots in Kandhamal district, Orissa, in August and the ongoing violence targeted Christians in 310 villages, with 4,104 homes torched. More than 18,000 were injured and 50,000 displaced. A month after, homes continued to burn in Raikia, Tikabali, Tumudibandha, and Daringbadi. Some of these were houses of Christians residing in relief shelters, burnt by Hindu extremists as retaliation for the Christian refusal to ‘reconvert’ (…)

  • Victims of a quick fix war on terror in India

    by Harsh Mander, 3 October 2008

    Magazine Section / The Hindu, September 21, 2008
    Terrorism and the State
    A People’s Tribunal held recently found out that many innocent lives get destroyed or traumatised when the State presumes an entire community to be responsible for terror attacks.
    As bombs explode in crowded market places and places of worship - whether in Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Mumbai or Delhi - many innocent lives are abruptly snuffed out, while others are marked for life, maimed or (…)

  • Killing of CEO of Graziano Trasmissioni, India: Inaccuracies, and anti-labour bias in media coverage

    3 October 2008

    Noida CEO killing: Inaccuracies, inconsistencies , anti-labour bias marked coverage
    New Delhi, October 2: Factual inaccuracies, inconsistencies in reportage, and preponderance of anti-labour quotes marked news coverage of the recent killing of a chief executive officer by sacked workers in Noida, according to a study by Newswatch, an independent online entity which monitors, collates and documents news and information pertaining to the news media and journalism.
    The Newswatch (…)

  • The imminent arrival of religious fascism in India?

    by Jawed Naqvi, 3 October 2008

    Dawn, September 29, 2008
    The real fight is between secular and communal Hindus
    “SO This has set up a Hindu-Muslim confrontation, then?” The TV anchor from a Pakistani news channel was clear in her mind as she lobbed her anxious question from across the border. As far as she knew the Nanavati Commission report had indicted Muslims for deliberately setting fire to a railway coach in Godhra that killed 59 Hindu passengers in February 2002. Muslims naturally opposed the report as biased. For (…)

  • Citizen’s statement against terrorism and communal violence in India

    by Anhad, 3 October 2008

    anhadin.net
    ’No Double Standards in the Fight Against Terrorism’
    In recent months the country has witnessed a spate of terrorist attacks in different cities as well as organised communal violence against religious minorities in several states.
    We the undersigned strongly condemn all these acts of violence that have resulted in loss of life and grievous injury to scores of innocent people. It is clear that whoever is responsible for such violence should be severely punished under Indian (…)

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