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Daily Star - Eid Supplement, October 2008
The first time I was sexually molested I was about six. I remember the incident precisely; I can even smell the petrol fumes in the air. It was by the filling station at Nilkhet, beside the row of lep-toshok shops, where we used to wait for our Jahangirnagar University bus. Most of the shopkeepers knew us and would even offer us stools to sit on if the wait got too long. I was with my father that particular day. We had just crossed the road from (…)

JAMIA TEACHERS’ FORUM
On the 13th of September Delhi was rocked by a series of bomb blasts resulting in the loss of innocent lives and a feeling of anger and insecurity among the citizens of the country. Exactly two weeks later the city suffered another blast on 27 September.
There is absolutely no place for heinous acts of terror that lead to the deaths of innocent people in a civilized society with such acts only helping fundamentalist right wing forces. The JTF reiterates that strong (…)

December 21, 2007
Prabhat Patnaik has done what no other intellectual allied to West Bengal’s Left Front has even attempted after Nandigram: namely, try to turn the tables on Left-leaning critics of the CPM by gratuitously attacking them for their “messianic moralism” and their presumed “disdain” for “the messy world of politics”.
His agenda goes well beyond defending the CPM or apologising for one of the most shameful episodes in the Indian Left’s history, involving the killing of (…)

Since August 24, 2008, Orissa has experienced its worst ever communal violence against Christians. A citizens team presents the findings of its investigation.