Posted on October 2, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
This article http://www.indianexpress.com/news/You-re-either-with-us-or-against-us/368483 - an article by an IPS officer defining how the police has a “thankless job” and has to work with either conspiracy theories or flak.
The title of the article - “You’re either with us or against us” - rather sadly, defines the more highlighted muslim mindset, which is mostly a result of [...]
Filed under: Advocacy and Activism, State of the Nation | Tagged: india, islam, delhi, muslim, hindu, Terrorism, jamia nagar, shootout, police, conspiracy theory | No Comments »
Posted on August 18, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
n 2004 my friend and mentor, Prasanna Lal Das, wrote an article called “Article 370 - a case to extend it beyond Kashmir“, and ofcourse as most Indians do, I was out of my wits on reading the title. To me Article 370 was clearly another case of appeasement of “kashmiri muslims”. I never read [...]
Filed under: Advocacy and Activism, Articles, State of the Nation | Tagged: india, secularism, Kashmir, Article 370, Indian Constitution, conflict management, federalism, self-determination, liberty | No Comments »
Posted on August 18, 2008 by Colrama
Help for Bandra braveheart’s kin
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: “He was always a quiet boy. He was always the first one to rush and help people,’’ said 55-year-old Pandurang Redkar about his 20-year-old son Mohan who died while saving a couple from drowning at Bandra bandstand four months ago.
He seemed oblivious of [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
This is another initiative by Srijan Foundation Trust to help change government (state and central) policies and mismanagement of issues that concerns the ordinary citizen of the city/country.
See: http://curethis.wordpress.com/ to see some recent posts on water mismanagement by the Delhi government.
Filed under: Our Projects, State of the Nation | Tagged: delhi government, killing water bodies, mismanagement, poor governance, water conservation | No Comments »
Posted on April 23, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
An enlightening (and frustrating) article by P. Sainath. He is an authority on state of Indian agriculture, and has travelled extensively throughout the country, documenting the disgraceful mess created by this entity called “the Indian government”. One of the most popular books he has written, which will send shivers up your spine is, “Everyone loves [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, Economy, State of the Nation | Tagged: india, government, Agriculture, droughts, economic policies, anti-farmer | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 17, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
This is a wonderful eye opening article, very well reasoned out for creating a much more radical Tibet policy by the Indian government - for reasons much beyond politics alone - and covering matters of India’s integrity and Spirituality.
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/296828.html : by Sonia Jabbar for the Indian Express.
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To sacrifice Tibet’s interests would be to sacrifice our [...]
Filed under: Spirituality and Religion, State of the Nation, Tibet, World | Tagged: Buddhism, china, Dalai Lama, Hinduism, india, Indian culture, Sprituality, tibet, Truth | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 2, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
While Bhutia refused to carry the Olympic torch in his support for Tibet and HH Dalai Lama, Aamir is carrying the same ‘…with a prayer for the Tibetans and their struggle’. I relate to both of these men, and their stand in taking opposite actions but with the same purpose.
Shame to the communists in India, [...]
Filed under: Security, Spirituality and Religion, State of the Nation, World | Tagged: aamir, bhutia, china, fanatics, fundamentalism, islam, olympic torch, radicals, saudi arabia, tibet | No Comments »
Posted on March 30, 2008 by Rahul Dewan
There is an interesting discussion on the issues between the locals and Tibetans in Dharamsala/ McLeodganj at the www.himvani.com promoted Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/himvani/message/4001.
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Colrama
Christian Dalits face Intolerance from co religionists .
Casteism supersedes religion
All In the name of the Father
Extracts from a report in Mail Today
IT HAS been simmering under the surface for a long time. And despite repeated pleas from Dalit Christians of Eraiyur, a small hamlet in Northern Tamil Nadu, against discrimination from caste Christians, the [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2008 by Colrama
Even cooks can one day be panchayat head
KALAIVANI works as a cook in a school. But this is not her only job. The middleaged woman also doubles up as the Panchayat President of her Keezhkuppam village in the backward Dharmapuri district.
Riding a trendy two- wheeler on the bumpy roads, she sets [...]
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