Secular Action Network
*Newsletter of All India Secular Forum*
*Volume. 9 No.11 November 2014 *
*C O N T E N T S*
* Editorial*
*1. Forum News*
*Workshop on National Integration*
*2. CSSS Activities*
*National Consultation on workers *
movement and communalism
ToT on Adivasi Movement in India and
Communalism
*3. Articles*
RSS Ideologue Nana Deshmukh Condemed the
Massacre of Sikhs in 1984 *by Shamsul Islam*
Meet the Icons of India’s refurbished history:
Mukherjee, Upadhyaya, Malavia *by Shoaib *
* Daniyal*
India: A Pattern of violence – The troubles in
Delhi *– by Mukul Kesavan*
इस्लाम पर खतरा ‘उनका इस्लाम’
By Javed Anand
*4. Syncretism*
Guess whichcity will host the world’s
biggest Indian Classical music festival?
*5. Happpenings*
*6. *भागलपुर दंगे के 25 साल by L.S. Hardenia
*7. Vadodara Violence*
*8. Violent Protest *
*9. Advocacy*
*10. Interview*
* 11. Resources*
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*Ph. 022-26149668, 022-26135098*
*E-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>*
*Editor*: Ram Puniyani, [email protected], www.pluralindia.com
*Advisory Board*: L.S. Hardenia, Irfan Engineer, Dhirendra Panda, Mohammad
Arif.
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*From the Editor’s Desk*
The nature of communal violence has been constantly changing. Lately
Muzzafarnagar was orchestrated around the issue of ‘Love Jihad’ and was
massive in scale. In Delhi as elections are close on the horizon communal
forces will ensure the polarization to get an electoral benefit. So the
newer issues have been invented and low intensity violence took place. The
scattered violence against Christian community is persisting and the
intimidation of Pastors and missionaries is going in various places, Bastar
District of Chattisgarh being in the news for banning the entry of Pastor
in to the district.
With Modi Sarkar in the saddle of power; in the Government with simple
majority, the Hindutvization of culture and education is on with full
intensity. The scientific temper is the major victim with the new Sarkar,
with Modi and company claiming the existence of Genetic Engineering,
plastic surgery in the ancient culture, the evidence for this is culled out
from the mythology, Elephant head on human body (Lord Ganesh), birth of
Karn from ear, and birth of Kauravas from the mass delivered by Gandhari.
The level of public discourse was never so distorted; how far will this go
only times will tell.
Sabrang and Hillele’s valuable initiative is of great benefit to the
secular movement, this month we carry the interview of Mahesh Bhatt on this
venture. This year is also the 25th Anniversary of the horrific Bhagalpur
violence. A program has been organized in Bhagalpur and we are carrying an
article on the history and anatomy of this violence.
Ram Puniyani
(Editor)
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http://www.csss-isla.com/SAN-November-2014-new.pdf
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