Greatly expanded U.S. military Special Ops teams, U.S. drone strikes and private espionage networks run by former CIA assassins create a threat to our security [Editorial By Fred Branfman, the editor of “Voices From the Plain of Jars: Life Under an Air War” (Harper & Row, 1972), exposed the U.S. secret air war while living [...]
A week with the CRPF in the jungles of Chhattisgarh gives BRIJESH PANDEY a first hand view of what the forces are fighting in India’s bloodiest internal conflict THE RAIN is coming down in uneven patterns, making an irregular rhythm in the middle of the jungle. It’s been three hours and we have been walking [...]
Maa Tujhe Salaam: Vande Matram Controversy to the fore again by Ram Puniyani Jamiat-Ulema-eHind on 2nd Nov 2009 passed a resolution asking Muslims not to recite Vande Mataram on the ground that some verses of the national song are against the tenets of Islam. Similar fatwa was also passed by Darul Ulum Deoband three years [...]
At a point of time there was a slogan by RSS combine, Pehle Kasai Phir Isai (First the Muslims then the Christians). And lo and behold that was the pattern of communal violence. First it began against Muslims and in the decade of 1990s Christians were also put on the chopping block. It must be [...]
Swamis, Celibacy and Sex Scandals by Ram Puniyani Many a sex scandals related to Holy men have come to surface during last few weeks (March 2010). Its not that these are the first one’s to have been brought to social attention, such incidents have been coming to social notice time and over again. The present ones’ [...]
A crusader for justice is silenced. Actually not, says AJIT SAHI Incredible life of Shahid Azmi went from insurgent to rights lawyer, studying law to serve the poor. HAD SHAHID Azmi been gunned down in Russia, China or Iran, his news would have been all over The New York Times the next morning. Working on [...]
Armed with just stones, the protesters in the Kashmir Valley have got the government in a tizzy, reports PARVAIZ BUKHARI Anger management Youth who have lost all hopes of a return to normalcy, resort to stone-pelting IN A stable political environment, these young boys would perhaps have started a music band or a fan club [...]
LAST WEEK, TEHELKA published stories of four ordinary men branded as terrorists and jailed by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. Continuing with the series, BRIJESH PANDEY profiles two more “terrorists”, recently freed by the lower courts, who are struggling to overcome their trauma “I WILL NEVER travel anywhere in India again,” Gulzar Ahmed Ganai, [...]
Vigilante Hindutva groups and cultural policing — coastal Karnataka is a bitterly divided place today… by HARSH MANDER
Americans are the laziest people on the planet, according to a new survey. The Daily Beast survey took into consideration daily calorie intake, TV viewing habits, percentage of the population that plays sports and Internet usage, reports the New York Post. Out of those four categories, the US was first in calories and watching the [...]
