This is an extremely timely move - a highly welcome and significant
development.
Congrats to Dr. Udayakumar and his comrades for the great initiative.
The colonisation part, however, appears to be just a bit of rhetorical
hype.
The steel mills set up in India under Nehru regime soon after
*The Tone and the Music*
*Uri Avnery
6.6.09*
*ONE MAN spoke to the world, and the world listened.*
*He walked onto the stage in Cairo, alone, without hosts and without aides,
and delivered a sermon to an audience of billions. Egyptians and Americans,
Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs,
The initiative is undoubtedly highly welcome.
It may however be noted that colonisation bit which is harped on in
the Press Release does not figure in the Declaration, and quite
rightly so.
Major steel plants had been set up under Nehru regime in Bhilai,
Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela with foreign
I/II.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/crackdown-crunches-iran-reformers-20090614-c7bx.html
Crackdown crunches Iran reformers
Jason Koutsoukis and Anne Davies
June 15, 2009
A SEVERE crackdown on Iran's emerging reform movement began on the weekend
after incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scored a
http://www.truthout.org/061409Z
Stealing the Iranian Election http://www.truthout.org/061409Z
Saturday 13 June 2009
by: Juan Cole | Visit article original @ *Informed
Comment*http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/stealing-iranian-election.html
Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian
http://socialistworker.org/2009/06/15/iran-boils-over
ANALYSIS: LEE SUSTAR
Iran boils over
Lee Sustar looks at the dynamics driving mass protests and repression in
Iran following the rigged presidential election.
June 15, 2009
IRAN WAS in uncharted political territory following mass protests
[The concession made by the Iranian Supreme Leader in the face of rising
street protests is, in all probability, just a ploy to dissipate public
anger.
And it is not too unlikely that the ploy would eventually work out.
Nevertheless, those who were screaming and screeching, in defence of an
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM! Don't let these b*d dictators rule your life.
Remember, YOU have the f*g power, not them.
That's the cry renting the air of Tehran.
That must be quite unprecedented in the post-1979 Mullahcracy of Iran!
Here are links to two video clips:
Here is a far more realistic assessment of the Lalgarh movement: Quote Just
like in Nandigram, the footsoldiers of this campaign — more violent in its
scale than any — have come under a “rainbow coalition” of political forces
where everyone except the Marxists are welcome. So if there was the
While it'd be quite foolhardy to condemn violence under every and all
circumstances, violence has its own inherent pernicious dynamic - it
almost inevitably brutalises and undermines democratic principles.
It is at best a necessary evil, under certain, not all, circumstances.
Having said that,
Please read Peru instead of Chile in the note. The inadvertent slip is
regretted.
Sukla
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Venugopalan K M kmvenuan...@gmail.comwrote:
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Date: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Subject
*Unfolding Obama Presidency: Indian Worries over Changing Profile of
Bilateral Relations*
[The Indo-US nuclear deal is no longer just Indo-US nuclear deal. The
45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) having eventually granted the hard
fought for waiver in last September with the Bush
[The security forces have taken possession of the Lalgarh Police station -
the Ground Zero, so to say - surprisingly without any resistance worth the
name within 36 hours of starting the operation.
It is, however, quite possible that the insurgents have taken lessons from
the recent LTTE debacle
naturalism.” Karl Marx
i
when the prison doors are open, the real dragon will fly out..Ho Chi Minh
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[A group of Kolkata intellectuals - mainly comprising film/TV and theatre
artistes - who had played a verycrucial role to expose state atrocities in
case of Singur and Nandigram and mobilise public opinion visited Lalgarh
today ignoring the advice of the state administration and talked to
[The team undertook the visit defying the suggestion made by West Bengal
Chief Secretary Ashok Mohan Chakraborty that they defer their visit at least
by a couple of days. (As told on the TV channel Star Ananda on return.) And
one member received a nasty and abusive threat call on return apparently
http://www.hinduonnet.com/mag/2009/06/21/stories/2009062150010100.htm
*NREGA: Breaking new ground*
ARUNA ROY AND NIKHIL DEY
The NREGA, the flagship programme of the UPA government, was revolutionary
in its promise of inclusive growth, the right to work and the dignity of
labour and a rational,
[Pls. visit
http://aidindia.org/main/component/option,com_facileforms/Itemid,412/ and
sign up petition issuing a call for peace in Lalgarh.]
I/III.
http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090622/818/tnl-ban-on-cpi-maoist-extended-lalgarh-o.html
Ban on CPI-Maoist extended, Lalgarh operations continue
Here are two pieces. One, a news analysis. Quite a serious one. Whether one
agrees or disagrees with. The other one is an interview by Chhatradhar
Mahato, the leader of the PCAPA under the banner of which the highly
successful mass resistance was going on for the last seven months or so
keeping
Quote
Being far more rational people than the elitist bastards who ask them to lay
down their arms now admit, the Adivasis sought and received the assistance
of Maoists ..
Unquote
The term bastard is unabashedly sexist, upholding certain social values
which have become outdated and even repugnant
Chidambaram.
sad that WB givt followed it dittio.
Chidamabram, as FM in the last UPA givt had accused CPM for the raising and
management of funds ( or something like that) or was it on tax evasion.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com wrote:
Quote
Being far more
We are profoundly disturbed by the massive Central and state armed police
operation in Lalgarh-Jangalmahal in West Bengal. This was launched without
exploring a negotiated settlement of genuine popular grievances and by
blurring the crucial distinction between violent Maoists and peace-minded
[The Cabinet meeting did take place today. The Chief Minister, reportedly,
made a strong pitch to fall in line with the Centre. But, as per (my)
report, the Cabinet has not yet taken any such decision. But this is
disturbing enough. Moreover, the CPI(Maoist) spokesperson Gour Chakraborty,
who was
That the Lalgarh resistance was initiated and propelled by the Maoists
is just a myth - in fact, a piece of manufactured lie - dished out by
the state, which, however, for obvious reasons perfectly suits the
Maoists.
The best known face of the Lagarh resistance is on record having
denied that
The West Bengal police has filed criminal cases against Aparna Sen,
Saoli Mitra, Kaushik Sen, Joy Goswami and others - the artistes and
intellectuals from Kolkata who had visited Lalgarh, talked to
Chhatradhar Mahato in Pathardanga and issued a call for ceasefire to
both the state administration
[The military coup in tiny Central American state of Honduras is an an
extremely disturbing development. The democratic opinion all over the world
must raise its voice demanding the immediate restoration of the deposed
President Manuel Zelaya and smooth conduct of the planned referendum to
rewrite
This pigheaded scheme, which hopefully is unimplementable in the Indian
context, is evidently a huge invasion against privacy, and liberty, of
individual citizens, life since being always under the hawkish watch of the
Big Brother/Sister, as the article reproduced below has argued.
And there is
On 6/30/09, geetheshp Nair geetheshpn...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Mr Sukla,
Why is it a pigheaded scheme? It was BJP who had it in the election
agenda to provide every citizen on the country with Multi Purpose
National Identity (MNIC) cards. Later on congress picked up this idea
and now Mr.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Anivar Aravind ani...@movingrepublic.org
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:38:31 +0530
Subject: Re: [GreenYouth] The Unique ID Card Scheme: The Grave Threats It Poses!
To: free-binayak...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com
On 6/30/09
I/II.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/30/obama-wants-president-reinstated/?feat=home_headlines
Tuesday, June 30, 2009Obama wants Honduran leader reinstated
Stephen Dinan http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/stephen-dinan/
[The June 2009 issue of the 'Peace Now', referred to below, is now available
at http://www.cndpindia.org/download.php?list.10.
And the editorial, and list of contents, at
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/historic-judgment-delhi-hc-legalises-gay-sex/484039/
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/historic-judgment-delhi-hc-legalises-gay-sex/484039/Historic
judgment: Delhi HC legalises gay sex *Agencies* Posted online: Thursday ,
Jul 02, 2009 at 1158 hrs
*New Delhi : *In
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200907021631.htm
*Gay rights activists hail HC judgement, religious leaders fume*
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi High Court ruling on homosexuals on Thursday
brought cheers to the gay community and rights activists who described it as
a progressive move which
[This is a thought provoking, even if deceptively delightful, composition.
Of course no verbose rhetoric.
Never mind the informal chatty style, worth a, very, careful read.
It's a serious issue the author has taken on.
No way to be dismissed lightly.]
I/II.
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/medha-patkar-stopped-on-way-to-lalgarh_100213134.html
Medha Patkar stopped on way to LalgarhJuly 3rd, 2009 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) A 10-member team, comprising social activist Medha
Patkar and her associates, was
I/II.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePageid=4257203a-8878-45d7-b874-7caafe9304bdHeadline=Economic+Survey+seeks+policy+shift,+taxes+slashed
Economic Survey seeks policy shift, taxes slashed
The government’s pre-budget economic survey has recommended radical
These armed forces have ... engaged in brutal rapes?
Is it necessary to make unsubstantiated scandalous charges in order to
condemn police atrocities in Lalgarh?
This evidently demolishes the credibility of the petitioners and raises
serious doubts about the motives.
Has any known human rights
[The Organization of American States (OAS, or, as it is known in the three
other official languages, OEA) is an international organisation,
headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its members are the
thirty-five independent states of the Americas: Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile,
Quote
Homosexual act is not love but distorted mentality . Homosexuality
is [a] disease of mind.
Unquote
How about lefrhandedness? Some sort of distortion or perversion?
Should/must it not be banned?
Sukla
On 7/4/09, Prof R K Gupta-India cit...@rediffmail.com wrote:
The learned judges of
QuoteBut feeding its people and funding its industry is going to be huge
drain on the country's treasury.
Unquote
That's a huge nasty joke!
Whose country and whose treasury!?
Beyond that, even an economist of the reputation - and with somewhat
conservative orientation - of Amartya Sen has
[Assured access to food, preventive and curative health services and
education are the most basic necessities for raising the quality of life for
the masses.
This is immensely important in itself.
But that would also hugely raise the productive potential of the humanpower
and help creating wealth
The Finance Minister made a deliberate attempt to toe the June 4
Presidential address to the joint session of the parliament. The economic
survey does not appear to figure in the operative part.
No big ticket reforms on the immediate term.
A committee to go into petroleum and petroleum products
In the course of his budget speech, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee rather
deferentially, and not without a touch of pride, referred to bank
nationalisation by Indira Gandhi - forty years back on July 14.
In the context of his assertion that the banking and insurance industries
would continue to
There are two different sets of problems here.
One, very much recognised in the Western context.
That is the issue of privacy, data security and the threat of identity
theft. There is a strong aversion to allow the Big Brother / Sister all the
while breathe down the neck.
But there is also
*Nepal Updates: Parliament Session Resumes: Maoists End Obstruction*
I/II.
http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/1-top-story/328-house-resumes-maoist-chairman-vents-ire-at-ruling-coalition.html
House resumes; Maoist chairman vents ire at ruling coalition Monday, 06 July
2009 11:44
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Ne110709caught_between.asp
From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 27, Dated July 11, 2009
*
*
*
Caught Between Two Sickles
A democratic protest against gross police brutality becomes a battlefield
for two equally callous foes – Trinamool and the Left
[Quote
The Left doesn't acknowledge that its election rout is part of a much
greater crisis: of ideological clarity, of political strategy, and of social
and economic policy. The Left is unable to relate to parts of its
core-constituency because it doesn't come through as an intransigent
opponent
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*Dear Friends,*
*Below is a message from our colleagues at Sortir du Nucleaire in France,
about an important new international campaign on nukes and climate. We hope
you’ll support it, and add your voices to the international movement to
From: shiba...@studentsforafreetibet.org
Date: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM
Subject: [sftindia] Update:Unrest In East Turkestan
To: sftin...@lists.riseup.net
Update:Unrest In East Turkestan
Armed Chinese troops have flooded Urumchi, the capital of East
Turkestan (Chinese: Xinjiang) following
Response from a friend, on another list:Quote
The State uses any excuse/opportunity to aggrandize its repressive power (a
point Sukla has been emphasizing) -- it does not *necessarily* mean that,
even in the state's own internal estimation, the threat to it is necessarily
particularly great.
In a
South Asians Against Nukes - Year 11
July 9, 2009
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SAAN_/message/1282
[What good is a ban if India’s ability to purchase nuclear fuel and reactors
from the G8 or NSG countries is not affected? So what is this noise about?
HK]
o o o
The Hindu, July 11,
During the last 2000 days India changed its HDI ranking, amongst 177
countries ranked, down from 126th to 127th or up from 126th to 127th?
That's of course not to deny that while India reportedly has higher level of
malnutrition among children as compared to even sub-Saharan Africa also
undertakes
Quote
Most importantly, no words here on the two fundamental fallacies.
One, Lalgarh, or Nandigram, is from the most backward hinterland of India.
No typical Indian village. Hence even its best experience - say from
November 2008 to mid-June 2009 - has a very limited applicability.
Two, how the
I endorse.
Sukla Sen
Life Fellow, Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Allahabad
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?createdsuggestnote_id=232112560436
Please write to niveditamenon2...@yahoo.co.uk to be a part of the
campaign.
Sukla
Friends,
I am writing to you, academics from all over India
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From: Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com
Date: Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd. On rape testimonies
To: free-binayak...@googlegroups.com
Dear Sandy,
Has this Sajee Gopal completely lost his head?
It is reply to what?
His petition included
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/asia/14mumbai.html?_r=1ref=asia
July 14, 2009
MUMBAI JOURNAL
As Mumbai Spills Over, Floodwater Creeps CloserBy VIKAS
BAJAJhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/vikas_bajaj/index.html?inline=nyt-per
MUMBAI, India — As this city
*PEOPLE'S **UNION** FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES– *
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http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/21948
The Tragedy of the Left's Discourse on Iran
July 10, 2009 By Saeed Rahnema
The electoral coup and the subsequent uprising and suppression of the
revolting voters in Iran have prompted all sorts of analyses in Western
media from both the Right and the
The joint statement, in itself, given the developments since the spectacular
terror attack in Mumbai on November 26 last, would have had been considered
a notable positive development.
But mercifully enough, it has gone significantly beyond.
Quote
Both Prime Ministers recognised that dialogue is
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090717/jsp/opinion/story_11247748.jsp#
WHERE THE DIVIDEND LIES
- The Union budget has ignored the *Economic Survey*CUTTING CORNERS - Ashok
Mitra
In the mid-1940s, the country’s apex bank, the Reserve Bank of India, was
still very much a fledgling institution,
[Quote
What about the United States? When the coup occurred, some of the raucous
left commentators in the blogosphere called it Obama's coup. That misses
the point of what happened. Neither Zelaya nor his supporters on the street,
nor indeed Chavez or Fidel Castro, have such a simplistic view.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/956/op5.htm
Left is wrong on IranWho are and who promoted these leftist intellectuals
who question the social uprising of the people in Iran, asks *Hamid Dabashi*
* http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/print/2009/956/op5.htm#1
--
When a political
[The eruption of vigorous street protests again yesterday, in response to a
sermon by a highly influential, conservative and controversial cleric at a
Friday prayer meet, only goes to show that the turbulence is far from over.It
is just not that people groaning under Mullahcracy are protesting,
statememt released here.
The signatories to the joint statement also included Kamla Bhasin, Prof
Kamal Chenoy, Jatin Desai, Mazher Hussain, Varsha Rajan Berry, Lalita
Ramdas, Sukla Sen and Manisha Gupte.
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*July 9, 2009*
*Op-Ed Contributor*
*Obama’s Big Missile Test *
*By PHILIP TAUBMAN*
Stanford, Calif.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/opinion/09taubman.html
AS President Obama will soon discover, erasing the nuclear weapons legacy of
the cold war is like running the Snake River rapids in
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
- 19 Jul 2009
- Times of India New Delhi Edition
- Sukumar Mahato
- TNN TNN
Maoists’ posters threaten to behead 9 CPM leaders
Jhargram: A Maoist ‘people’s court’ on Saturday announced that nine CPM
members, including a prominent
of such arrests on India's democratic credentials and
prospects.Customary question and answer session would follow.
Please depute your reporter and photographer to cover the event and oblige.
Regards,
Dolphy D'souza Jatin DesaiSukla Sen
(9322255812
[Honduras is now faced with a stalemate.
Zelaya lacks the strength to overthrow the new regime installed through a
military takeover by means of popular insurrection.
The regime, already internationally ostracised, is in no position to subdue
persistent popular protests nor gain legitimacy with
QuoteObama Has the Power and Responsibility to Help Restore Democracy in
Honduras
Unquote
What a huge shift from September 11 1973 when Allende was deposed in Chile
or April 11 2002 when Chavez was overthrown!
Sukla
From: Sayan Bhattacharyya
appointment with him is being sought.
You are requested to immediately send in your endoresements.
In solidarity,
Sukla Sen
for Citizens' Initiative for Peace (CIP)
*
*
Letter to Maharshtra Home Minister Protesting Official Kidnap of Activists
Coinciding with Hillary Clinton Visit to Mummbai
From: ACHR REVIEW achr_rev...@achrweb.org
Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Subject: Report of the National Conference on the Prevention of Torture
Bill, 2008
Asian Centre for Human Rights
[ACHR has Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC]
C-3/441-C, Janakpuri, New Delhi-110058, India
to immediately send in your endoresements.
In solidarity,
Sukla Sen
for Citizens' Initiative for Peace (CIP)
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To
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Mumbai
I/II.http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE56K5WX20090722?sp=true
Honduras' Zelaya urges U.S. to step up sanctions
Tue Jul 21, 2009
By Simon
Gardnerhttp://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=usn=Simon.Gardner
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' ousted President Manuel
I/II.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Mahato-reaches-out-to-CPM-partners/492108
Mahato reaches out to CPM partners
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Tuesday , Jul 21, 2009 at 0452 hrs
Kolkata:
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The leader of the People's Committee Against Police
I.July 23, 2009
A Defining Moment Nears for PresidentBy SHERYL GAY
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/us/politics/23obama.html
WASHINGTON — Six months into his administration,
Media Release
23 July 2009
On 20th May, the Delhi High Court, acting on a petition filed by the
People’s union for democratic rights and Anhad, had asked the National
Human rights commission to conduct their own inqury into the alleged
Batla House encounter of September 2008 and give a report
The proposed bill must be opposed tooth and nail.
More so, as it's so ridiculous to indemnify the entities who appear to stand
already indemnified.
The suppliers, are all across the board - for all industries, indemnified
from consequential damages.
It is the operator, who is responsible for
One would hopefully find the following comparisons quite instructive.
Sukla
I.
Quote
*Have you left the path of armed struggle for good?*
*
*We have given up violence for the time being. In fact, we want to integrate
our People's Liberation Army into the Nepal Army so that our boys receive
good
27 July 2009
*Stop! Militarization of Democratic Processes and Space*
*A Public Meeting *
*04th August 2009, India Islamic Cultural Center, Lodi Road, New Delhi*
*3.00 pm to 7.30 pm ***
Dear friends,
According to newspaper reports, the Union Home Ministry is planning to
finish the
Thanks.
Sukla
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM, contact cont...@sichrem.org wrote:
Dear Mr. Sen,
Please include ' South India Cell for Human Rights Education and
Monitoring- SICHREM' in the list of endorsements.
Sincerely,
Mathews Philip.
- Original Message -
*From:* Sukla Sen
The proposed bill must be opposed tooth and nail.
More so, as it's so ridiculous to indemnify the entities who appear to
stand already indemnified.
The suppliers, are all across the board - for all industries,
indemnified from consequential damages.
It is the operator, who is responsible for
[Dr. Binayak Sen was recently in Mumbai on his first visit to the city after
his much celebrated release on bail on the order of the Supreme Court of
India after over two years of incarceration in the Raipur jail under the
draconian Chhattisgarh Public Security Act 2005.
He took time off to talk
What Binayak Said? An Excerpt
[Dr. Binayak Sen was recently in Mumbai on his first visit to the city after
his much celebrated release on bail on the order of the Supreme Court of
India after over two years of incarceration in the Raipur jail under the
Chhattisgarh Public Security Act 2005.
He
*Obama Faces Carter/Clinton Parallels*
*by Robert Parry*
After six months in office, Barack Obama’s presidency reveals striking
parallels not only to Bill Clinton’s troubled first term, but to Jimmy
Carter’s only term. And, how those dangers are reappearing show that the
Democrats and American
http://www.nepalnews.com/main/index.php/news-archive/2-political/712-three-parties-form-6-member-political-mechanism-.html
Top three form 6-member taskforce for political mechanism
Saturday, 01 August 2009 10:57
Top leaders of Nepali Congress, CPN (UML) and UCPN (Maoist) have agreed to
constitute
The regimes constituting the Warsaw Pact fell one after another, like nine
pins, between 89 and 91.
Despite some rumblings, in Poland in particular, the developments looked too
sudden.
The crumbling of the Soviet Union following a failed coup attempt by a hard
line section of the Communist Party
I.http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=207851
*Maoists for executive President elected directly
*
Kantipur ReportKATHMANDU, Aug 4 - Unified CPN (Maoist) on Tuesday opined
that the Executive President must be elected in the new constitution through
direct election. The Maoists who were
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Quote
The so called RTE has snatched many existing rights of the children.
Unquote
Would you please list these out?
My impression till now was that the Bill was deficient - mainly in so
far as it does not move in the direction of neighbourhood schooling
system - no doubt a laudable idea.
Fair
Tomorrow, August 6th, is the world would commemorate nuking of Hiroshima by
the US at the end of the WII on the same day in 1945. Three days later,
Nagasaki would be nuked.
A huge human tragedy was caused, for no apparent reasons.
Germany had already surrendered. Japan was just on its way.
Indian Parliament has unanimously passed the Right to Education bill on
Tuesday.
It will pave way for free and compulsory education for children in the age
group of 6 to 14 years in India.
Also look up for the history (till July 19 2006):
http://www.ilpnet.org/rte/
and another news item:
I/II.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jb7aYlanpMk7_1iLgokikpzKFh8wD99T562O0
Hiroshima mayor calls for abolishing nuke weapons
By SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI (AP) – 1 hour ago
HIROSHIMA, Japan — Hiroshima's mayor urged global leaders on Thursday to
back President Barack Obama's call to
law rather than a PRO-
PLUNDERER'S LAW like this.
V.P.SARATHI
On 5 Aug, 20:30, Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com wrote:
Indian Parliament has unanimously passed the Right to Education bill on
Tuesday.
It will pave way for free and compulsory education for children in the age
group of 6 to 14
[This note is admittedly somewhat old. But, as it appears, there has been no
(substantive) change in the Bill since. So the analysis still holds.
This one is a rather harsh critique. It clearly brings out how it
falls significaantly short of what it should have had been.
But it comprehensively
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... the answer would lie in sustained, determined, intelligent
politico- adminstrative measures to mobilize the beneficiaries and
neutralize the losers
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Forget about neo-liberalism!
The terms mobilize and neutralize, as used here, have
spine-chilling implications.
The bloodbath in
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/currents/20090809_Turbulence_in_Honduras_must_be_allayed_quickly.html
Posted on Sun, Aug. 9, 2009
Turbulence in Honduras must be allayed quickly
By Maurice Lemoine
The reaction was unanimous - from the Organization of American States to the
United Nations, from
May find the following relevant in the current context.
Sukla
http://www.countercurrents.org/guj-sen290604.htm
*Encounter or Murder?*
*By Sukla Sen*
29 June 2004
*SACW*
*F*our bodies, four blood stained motionless bodies - fully stretched, lying
side by side on their backs close
A couple of points here.
I had chanced upon Mr. Raghuvanshi, the ATS head, in a public event .
He was specifically asked why not war against the state?
His reply was that the charges framed are easier to prove. Punishments as or
more severe.
Needs be checked, of course.
One should not crib about
Some justice at long last!
Quite significant is that the amount was offered by none other than the
Gujarat government counsel. What a climbdown! A far cry from Himmat Hai To
Mujhe Phansi Pe Latka De! (Let them dare to hang me (on the charge of
murder)!)
But the probe must go on till logical
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