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Hindu Right-Wing Men Beat Up Prashant Bhushan For Advocating Plebiscite In Kashmir
By Fahad Shah Indian Supreme Court Lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan was beaten up today afternoon by a man among three persons who came to his Supreme Court chamber, suspected to belong to a Hindu right-wing group. They roughed him up for his comments of holding plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir- a disputed part on India and Pakistan border. After the attack, Bhushan said, “They objected to some comments I made on Kashmir. I have said a plebiscite … Read entire article »
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Seen Much Larger Crowds In Kashmir, Nobody Report Them: Arundhati Roy
Sagarika Ghose Interviews Arundhati Roy Ibnlive.in.com Jan Lokpal Bill Is Very Regressive: Arundhati Roy In an exclusive interview, writer Arundhati Roy said there are serious concerns about the Jan Lokpal Bill, corporate funding, NGOs and even the role of the media. Sagarika Ghose: Hello and welcome to the CNN-IBN special. The Anna Hazare anti-corruption movement has thrown up multiple voices. Many have been supportive of the movement, but there have been some who have been sceptical and raised doubts about the movement as well. One of these sceptical voices is writer Arundhati Roy who now joins us. Thanks very much indeed for joining us. In your article in ‘The Hindu’ published on August 21, entitled ‘I’d rather not be Anna’, you’ve raised many … Read entire article »
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Manufacturing Dissent, Making Mahatmas: Manu, Market, Media and the Anti-Corruption Sham!
By Umar Khalid All historical struggles, whether they occur in the political, religious, philosophical or some other ideological domain, are in fact only the more or less clear expression of the struggles of social classes. – Engels When two events occur in the same space and time, more often than not, there is a correlation between the two. On the one hand the Indian Army, paramilitary and police forces — acting so plainly and clearly on behalf of the Indian ruling classes and multinational corporations—which continue to mount a war on the people of central and eastern India in order to facilitate a naked appropriation of the region’s resources is given marching orders to fight the most dispossessed yet resilient masses. Then there … Read entire article »
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