Government attitude is threatening an institution which has shown some degree of seriousness towards ensuring protection of human rights. There ought to be a rethink.
The importance of not forgetting
A report tracing the different forms of violence being meted out to Gujarat's Muslims over the last two years, starting with the carnage of February 2002. What has been the pain, and what has been the response of activists and support organisations?
Abdul Qadeer Khan, regarded as the 'Father of Pakistan's A-Bomb', was accused then pardoned by President Musharraf for his role in trafficking nuclear technology. But what sort of man is Qadeer, and what does his story reveal about the United States' role in Pakistan's nuclear proliferation?
Perhaps the lesser known of the infectious disease of Southasia, and the most neglected, is Kala-azar. The name stands for "Black Sickness," because of the darkened colour
India makes up the larger part of Southasia by landmass and population, and so if India were shining one could make the argument that so would Southasia. But this would
Books have been in the news in India recently, for no fault of theirs. First came the attack by the Sambhaji Brigade on the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute of Pune
The scizophrenia is certain bureaucratic echelons of the Government of India and its associated academia must be palpable. The entire line of the Himalayan frontier has been ultra-sensitive terrain
The thinker Satish Kumar on the divide between the two lndias – the affluent urbs and the other that is "based on land and livelihood, people and forests".
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