Author: pinaki

In June this year, Uttarakhand witnessed a terrible disaster in which thousands of people lost their lives, a disaster that was greatly made worse by the illegal, irrational and undemocratic way in which this government is handing out the resources of the State. Even now, four months later, the Uttarakhand government has still done precious […]

Click here to obtain the pdf file of the report The Preface The Naxalites, or more specifically members of the CPI (Maoist), have establishedthemselves in the predominantly adivasi tracts of Central India. They have done thisby working among the adivasis and gaining their trust through successfully fightingagainst various forms of exploitation and oppression that the […]

Click here to obtain the pdf file of the report The Preface The Naxalites, or more specifically members of the CPI (Maoist), have establishedthemselves in the predominantly adivasi tracts of Central India. They have done thisby working among the adivasis and gaining their trust through successfully fightingagainst various forms of exploitation and oppression that the […]

Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan Mundra, Kutch, Gujarat, India Press Statement | October 24, 2013 CAO found IFC made serious lapses in funding Tata coal plant; President Kim rejects expert findings, thwarts further action The International Finance Corporation (IFC) broke its own social and environmental rules, says theCompliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) which released an investigation report […]

[The details of the scheduled protest can be found here. – Ed कैथल में धारा 144 के लागु किये जाने का विरोध करें! प्रशासन के अजनतांत्रिक रवैय्ये को चुनौती दें! साथियों, मारुति मजदूरों और हमारे परिजनों द्वारा 27 अक्टूबर को आयोजित किए जा रहे विशाल प्रदर्शन को रोकने के लिए प्रशासन ने पूरे कैथल जिले […]

[This report has been received from Lok Shikshak Manch, who have been critical of neo-liberal reforms in primary and secondary education, like contractualization of teaching positions, privatization and NGO-ization of schools etc. It is a critique of a study by Karthik Murlidharan, which concluded that private schools perform better than state run schools. – Ed] […]

Coordination of Democratic Rights Organisations From the independence right up to the last year, we have witnessed a consistent decline in carrying out the death sentence. This year, however, marks the breakup from previous practice. The President has rejected mercy petitions of 24 persons. Two of them already have been hanged. The matter of 22 […]

Struggle to protect the right to show and see truths uncomfortable for the State The last-minute cancellation of Soumitra Dastidar’s documentary, Musalmaner Katha, jointly organised by Cine Central and Films Division and scheduled to be screened at the state-owned Nandan-III auditorium on 30 September, is a spineless and non-transparent act by the organisers. The pretext […]

Released by the committee for the Protection of Media Freedom–Kerala, chaired by K M Roy, senior journalist Thejas, a daily newspaper in Malayalam, published from Calicut and four other centers in Kerala, has been served with a notice by the Additional District Magistrates of Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram, to show cause why its declaration for publication […]

Acquittal in Laxmanpur Bathe Massacre, a Complete Failure of Criminal Justice System in India 14th October, 2013: NAPM expresses its Outrage over the Judgment of Patna High Court on Laxmanpur Bathe Massacre of 1997, in which 58 Dalits including 27 women and 16 children were killed allegedly by members of the Ranbir Sena, a private […]