http://www.financialexpress.com/story-print/1258240 Vasundhara Raje’s Rajasthan government shows way in labour reforms P. Vaidyanathan Iyer Posted online: Sunday, Jun 08, 2014 at 0000 hrs Mumbai : The Vasundhara Raje-led government in Rajasthan has taken the lead in bringing about dramatic changes to Central labour laws, which reformists have long argued are holding back job creation in the […]
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The Incredulity Towards Metanarratives and the Logic of Counterinsurgency
By Karthick Rm “In a besieged fortress, all dissidence is treason.” -St. Ignatius of Loyola Ever since Lyotard famously described the postmodern condition as “incredulity towards metanarratives”, it has become fashion in the academia to obsess over micronarratives and particularities. The endless discussions over race, gender, sexuality are considered “subversive” while debates on universality, questions […]
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Open Statement for protection of our constitutional and democratic rights
Released by Concerned Citizens TO FREE SPEECH AND EXPRESSION I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire No democracy can claim to be one, unless freedom of speech and expression are guaranteed by statute and where the state machinery works to ensure […]
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Delhi : Press Release and Resolutions of the Democracy and Dissent Meeting at the Gandhi Peace Foundation
The meeting of the Delhi University Committee Against Police Repression DUPR organized the convention Democracy and dissent: Understanding the Abduction and Arrest of Saibaba with the solidarity of several individuals and institutions. At the meeting speakers like Dr Aparna (CPI(ML), New Democracy), Justice Sahai (PUCL), Prateek Bombade (Senior Advocate, SC) Seema Azad (Editor, Dastak), Majeet […]
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Truth is stranger than fiction: a note on the Akshardham acquittal
by R. Ravishankar The Akshardham attack of 2002 has recently been in the news after the Supreme Court acquitted all the main accused persons. As the first case where the accused were convicted under POTA, the acquittal is an apt illustration of all that’s wrong with repressive laws and how they are used to criminalize […]
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Uttar Pradesh: PUDR Statement condemning brutal sexual assault and murder of two minors in Badayun
Barely have the voices of the protests against sexual assault of four minor girls in Hisar district in Haryana subdued, another horrific display of sexual violence has occurred in Badayun district of Uttar Pradesh. Two Dalit cousins – both minors – were brutally gang raped, murdered and hung from a tree on May 27, 2014. […]
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How Did the BJP Sweep the Polls in 2014?
By Deepankar Basu Spread over a period of more than a month from April 7 to May 12 in 2014, close to 554 million voters in India chose 543 candidates to the 16th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the parliament. The voter turnout of 66.48 percent – 554 million voters from an electorate of […]
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Delhi: Public Meeting ‘Democracy & Dissent: Understanding the Abduction and Arrest of Dr. GN Saibaba’, Jun 3
Democracy & Dissent: Understanding the Abduction and Arrest of Dr. GN Saibaba On the 9th of May, Dr. G N Saibaba, an English teacher of Ram Lal Anand College in Delhi University and a well-known human rights activist, was abducted from within the Delhi University premises, flown to Maharashtra, produced before a magistrate in Aheri, […]
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A More Ruthless but Clearer Struggle Ahead
by Debarshi Das Abstract: The general elections of 2014 reiterate certain medium run trends. Regional parties have held their ground. The parties implementing deleterious neoliberal policies have been rejected by people to the extent they can do so by votes. That the new government would follow the same policies forecloses political possibilities in the existing […]
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Jun 1: Enough is Enough
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/enough-is-enough/article6070582.ece Enough is enough Anand Teltumbde The images of two innocent Dalit girls hanging from a tree in Katra village in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh and a crowd of spectators looking bewildered at them best describes our national character. We can endure any amount of ignominy, can stand any level of injustice, and tolerate […]