20-Oct-2010
October 20, 2010 In Defence of HR Defender Setalvad and the Course of Public Justice (Gujarat 2002) The Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) especially its secretary Teesta Setalvad has been made the focus of a malicious and motivated campaign spearheaded by a newspaper run by BJP parliamentarian Chandan Mitra. While legal rebuttals and…
21-Jan-2010
The DNA January 21, 2010 ‘Kodnani had fired from her revolver’ Witness of Naroda Patia riots gives graphic account of BJP MLA’s activity Roshan Kumar A witness in the Naroda Patia massacre case has told the court that Naroda’s BJP MLA Mayaben Kodnani not only incited the mob to target the minority community but…
01-Dec-1993
The good…. While many institutions of Indian democracy wilted under Hindutva’s onslaught, the secular press held its ground Peace-loving, liberal, secular-minded people who lived or ventured inside the Muslim mohallas in Bombay and elsewhere in the country in December, 1992 and in January, 1993 had a tough job on their hands. Because of Ayodhya and…
01-Aug-1993
Hindutva’s Hard Sell The BJP’s claim of being “within striking distance of the Centre” is bogus. But only the purblind will deny that, as of now, the party which is playing with fire seems to be the only dynamic force in the political arena It is only that the individual accounts get more gruesome. Acid…
01-Aug-1993
August – 1993 HINDUTVA’S HARD-SELL The BJP’s claim of being “within striking distance of the Centre” is bogus. But only the purblind will deny that, as of now, the party which is playing with fire seems to be the only dynamic force in the political arena PAGE NO. 3 Manusmruti or gender justice? THE saffron…
01-Aug-1993
August – 1993 HINDUTVA’S HARD-SELL The BJP’s claim of being “within striking distance of the Centre” is bogus. But only the purblind will deny that, as of now, the party which is playing with fire seems to be the only dynamic force in the political arena PAGE NO. 3 Muslim women against the Moulvis ON…