Shocking reports emerge of the role played by Republic TV in the events that unfolded at the Aligarh Muslim Universtity campus. Reports from students describe incitement, accusations of “terrorist college” and violence by BJP activists, including a gun fired. Not the first time that TV crews were present and ready to cover BJP affiliated violence.
Harshit Agarwal, student of JNU for 2.5 years and eyewitness to the events that unfolded after the protest by DSU on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus.
When the Bombay High Court dropped the absurd sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, it ordered the Maharashtra government to issue guidelines to the police on how the sedition law may be appropriately implemented. The resulting BJP-led Maharashtra government advisory to the police on Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code makes a mockery of democracy …
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Looking at the rain and smelling the scent of wet soil here. #Yakub Memon will probably be hanged tomorrow. Idle question comes up in my mind. What would I do if I were him? Too big a question. I know nothing about being him, his circumstances, motivations. What would I do if I were stood …
What if I stood before a court? Contemplating freedom. Read More »
Green peace is an anti-national organization. Don’t believe them when they say they are mostly funded by Indians. Green peace was instrumental in Australia declaring Virat Indian Adani’s $7 billion Carmichael coal project in Australia unviable for environmental reasons. Now, you will agree that Australians donate to Greenpeace Australia and not Indians. Thus proved that …
Bal Thackeray died yesterday, and all hell broke loose among the polarized opinions. Some respected him for what he did. Others saw him as a fascist. There was very little overlap if any. In my eyes, mass leaders like Balasaheb Thackeray cannot be viewed in isolation from the masses. While it is undeniable that the …
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I support the cause of the Jan Lokpal movement, but am concerned by Arvind Kejriwal’s latest statement. “ This government will be responsible if anything happens to Anna: Kejriwal #lokpal starnewslive August 25, 2011 I believe that this is false and incites anger against the government. I think it weakens Satyagraha to lose its insistence …
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