South Asia Citizens Web

We grieve the tragic and avoidable death of 9 fellow citizens and TSGENCO employees. After following the news on the fire and explosion incident in the left bank hydropower station at Srisailam, we are now convinced that these deaths were unnecessary and are the result of complete lack of safety culture in TSGENCO. We list here the reasons we believe have caused the tragic loss of lives.

Anarchist who was jailed in Spain for an attempt to assassinate Franco and later acquitted of being a member of the Angry Brigade

As writers and artists around the world, we join PEN America in calling on the Belarusian government to stop its violent abuses of peaceful protesters in Belarus, and to release all those who have been detained for their criticism of last Sunday’s fraudulent presidential election.

Today marks the 7th anniversary of my friend Narendra Dhabholkar’s murder. The hostile right-wing reactionaries are still a constant in our lives. However, Narendra Dhabolkars’s murder was not in vain. The movement has been rejuvenated, younger people are joining in, and thankfully, a number of charlatans have been prosecuted under the Anti-Superstition Black- Magic Act in Maharashtra.

The assassination of the first President of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was unique and strategically plotted. It was the first coup assassination in South Asia. In the era of the Cold War, other progressive secular post-colonial leaders also met the same fate. Unlike other assassinations, Mujib was murdered in a heinous fashion along with his family and kin. Justice process was blocked. It was a planned shockwave of horror in a newly independent country which ensured an ideological tiling towards conservative nationhood and a tune-back to colonial-style economy. Join the panel of acclaimed researchers and journalists from across the world for an evidence-based insightful discussion on the ramifications of the killings during the early hours of 15 August 1975.