Author: amitbasole

CDRO Bulletin February 2014 CDRO Bulletin March 2014

By Bernard D’Mello Review of Understanding Maoists: Notes of a Participant Observer From Andhra Pradesh by N Venugopal (Kolkata: Setu Prakashani), 2013, pp 319, Rs 375. I don’t know what struck me while reading the book under review, but I was reminded of what Eduardo Galeano, author of the trilogy Memories of Fire, and of […]

By Gautam Navlakha The confusion between conventional and sub-conventional wars, the fact that wars against people in postcolonial nation-states are not even recognized as wars/armed conflict, the criminalizing and de-legitimisation of opponents that ensues during war etc. all contribute to drawing a veil over ongoing war/s inside India. Indian scholarship has examined ‘militarization’, ‘militarism’, violence […]

By Ramaa Vasudevan* INTRODUCTION The collapse of Lehmann, more than five years ago, heralded a profound crisis of global capitalism. The unfolding crisis continues to hold the global economy in its sway. The course of capitalist development has been punctuated by such crises – the Long Depression in the 1880s, the Great Depression in the […]

by Manali Chakrabarti [Reproduced with permission from Aspects of India’s Economy, March 2014.-Eds] Pressures resulting from unrestrained population growth put demands on the natural world that can overwhelm any efforts to achieve a sustainable future. If we are to halt the destruction of our environment, we must accept limits to that growth. —World Scientists’ Warning […]

By Human Rights Forum Press Release 23-4-2014 Hyderabad The acquittal by a Division Bench of the AP High Court of all accused in the 1991 Tsundur massacre of dalits is brazen injustice. The Human Rights Forum (HRF) is shocked and anguished by the verdict in such a landmark case. It is highly unfortunate that the […]

By Shankar Gopalkrishnan As the 2014 elections begin, the time has come again to state the obvious. In the context of massive propaganda campaigns, the subtle use of stereotypes, and the fact that both the Western and the Indian media share certain basic biases, many people end up believing in a range of myths about […]

By Litu Kabir [Reproduced from WORK Literary Magazine on occasion of the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy. – Eds] “50, that’s how many I pulled out”. This bare fact was stated in an even tone. His sallow face was drawn and he rarely talked unless addressed directly. If he had emotions such as […]

By Sanjeev Kumar (Antim) Author’s Note: This is part of a report on Gujarat’s model of development, written by me for Jagriti Natya Manch. I am the script writer, director and founding member of the Manch. This theater group consists of students from JNU, DU and IIMC. If not Modi, then at least some of […]

1. Background of the case 2. Urgent Appeal for Justice 3. Sample Letter to be sent to authorities 4. Prashant Rahi’s letter from Nagpur Jail Release Prashant Rahi ————————————————— My Fellow Brothers and Sisters, “A society which remains silent even when grave injustice is being done to those who fought for the justice of others, […]