Mozilla: Take Action On Aadhaar



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Mitchell Baker, Executive chairwomen of Mozilla published an open letter responding to the Srikrishna Committee. Mitchell is asking for indian community members and friends of Mozilla to support the demands by cosigning this letter. 

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Mozilla: Take Action On Aadhaar


Mitchell Baker, Executive chairwomen of Mozilla published an open letter responding to the Srikrishna Committee. Mitchell is asking for indian community members and friends of Mozilla to support the demands by cosigning this letter. 




From Degrowth To De-Globalization
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The rise of far-right globalization criticism requires a new role for the Degrowth movement. ‘Progressive De-Globalization‘ could be the counter-project that is urgently needed.




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Trump Henchman coming
Trump College of Law
Over my dead body unopposed!




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Millions of immigrants, including 800,000 DACA recipients (“Dreamers,” undocumented immigrants brought here as children), were betrayed and dealt a very serious blow today when the Democrats caved in to the Republicans and voted to reopen the government.




Dredging The Brahmaputra: Locking The Stable After The Horses Bolt
by Dr Walter Fernandes 


The rivers are silted because of deforestation in their catchment area. According to experts like Prof Madhav Gadgil, it has resulted in their level rising by ten to fifteen metres and that is the main cause of excessive floods and droughts in recent decades. The solutions found of building bunds and dredging the Brahmaputra without any other preventive measures deal with the consequences of deforestation, not the cause.




Institutional Murder And Gangrape Of A Minor Dalit Girl By Security Forces In Odisha
by Peoples Union for Democratic Rights 


PUDR CONDEMNS INSTITUTIONAL MURDER AND GANGRAPE OF A MINOR DALIT GIRL BY SECURITY FORCES IN KUNDULI, ODISHA DEMANDS PROPER INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION




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A liberal secular socialist democracy is the only way out for Dalits and other marginalized to progress. Theocracies and dictatorship will never do any justice to the emancipation and empowerment of Dalits and other marginalized according to DrAmbedkar. It is important that democracy flourish in South Asia and governments adhere to secular principles and ensure that the secular liberal democratic values become part of our constitution so that those victims of religion and religious values are protected legally and can find equal opportunities to progress.




Is Indian Democracy Turning Into Mobocracy?
by Ashraf Lone 


  India’s democracy, social setup and secularism is in grave danger.    And this danger has become more visible now. The pace with which Indian society is indoctrinated with the hatred of muslims, dalits and other marginal communities is  increasing with each passing day.




  BJP’s  Appropriation  Of  The  Telengana  Liberation  Struggle  Of    1946-48
by Sumanta Banerjee 


The BJP last year observed September 17, as Liberation of Hyderabad Day’, celebrating the Indian government’spolice action’ (a euphemism for what was actually a military invasion) in 1948, which led to the integration of the Nizam’s princely state into the Indian Union. It claims that its political ancestors (members of the Arya Samaj, Hindu Mahasabha, RSS and other Hindu militant outfits) led a `liberation struggle’ against the Nizam, which forced him to abdicate and surrender to the Indian army.




Development Landscape Needs A Fresh Lens
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