Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • The campaign by the Hindu right against MF Hussain

    4 September 2008

    "moral police of cultural vigilantes" target art, literature and films in India

  • Mahatma Gandhi and India’s National Independence Movement

    by Prof. Irfan Habib, 4 September 2008

    (Delivered as ’Safdar Hashmi Memorial Lecture and then published in ’April-June 1995’ Issue of Social Scientist’)
    Professor Patnaik, friends of the SAHMAT organisation, ladies and gentlemen.
    I deem it an honour indeed that I should be asked to speak at this function which is part of observance of Safdar Hashmi’s martyrdom-anniversary. It was thought by the organisation that the theme should be one worthy of the occasion. And so I was asked to speak on Mahatma Gandhi and the National (…)

  • Beyond Safety Nets: Provision of Comprehensive Social Security in Pakistan

    by Asad Sayeed, Farhan Sami Khan, 4 September 2008

    Paper presented at the Fourth Sustainable Development Conference, Organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, May 24-26, 2000.
    Published in December 2000 by Research Unit
    – Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER)
    – ST-001, Sector X, Sub-Sector V, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Karachi 75340 – Pakistan

  • The Social Impact of East Asian Crisis and Lessons for Pakistan

    by Asad Sayeed, 4 September 2008

    Paper presented at the conference on International Financial Institutions, Globalisation of Economy and its Impact on Employment and Trade Unions rights organised by the Fredrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), September 1999.
    Copyright 1999 by PILER
    Published in November 1999 by Research Unit, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research (PILER), ST-001, Sector X, Sub-Sector V, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Karachi 75340 – Pakistan

  • Nuclear nationalism - Indian elites short cut to glory

    by sacw.net, 4 September 2008

    War and Peace
    Filmed over three tumultuous years in India, Pakistan, Japan and the USA following nuclear tests in the Indian sub-continent War and Peace is a documentary journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war.
    Camera, Editing - Anand Patwardhan
    – Sound - Simantini Dhuru, Monica Wahi, Vipin Bhati
    – Production, Editing Assistance - Monica Wahi, Sanjiv Shah
    For copies contact: anandpat AT gmail.com
    Visit: www.patwardhan.com

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