Massive crowd at Deeksha Bhoomi on Dhammachakra Pravartan Din

Indian media un-noticed lakhs celebrating Dhammachakra Pravartan Din

1 Comment / Public Interest, Uncategorized / By Pratik Tembhurne

Dhammachakra Pravartan Din at Deekshabhoomi “I have no Motherland’ Ambedkar once said to Gandhi, in frustration following the treatment dalits received in 20th Century. However, even if today an educated chunk belonging to Scheduled caste group get similar feeling of whether this is really “My Motherland”, then the status quo of the Indian society and the treatment its people receive …

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Zahid Ansari train stunt survivor and counsellor

Railway daredevils: Mumbai local train stunts

Leave a Comment / Public Interest / By Vidyut

Mumbai local trains are infested with young daredevil stunt performers who perform death defying feats clinging to the sides of the train and resting on foot boards and window edges. Accidents abound.

kranti NGO rehabilitates children of sex workers

Urgent appeal for help for NGO working for daughters of sex workers

3 Comments / Public Interest, Uncategorized / By Vidyut

Kranti is an organization in Mumbai working to rehabilitate girls between ages 13 and 19 from Kamathipura (Mumbai’s red light area) by providing them residential accommodation, therapy, sports travel …. and a reason to rise beyond their limits and change the world. Girls here are daughters of sex workers and victims of trafficking rising above …

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A world of our own creation

3 Comments / Uncategorized / By Vidyut

The Guwahati gang molestation shocked the Nation with the usual monthly fury. How can men behave like animals? Women are not safe anymore and such talk abounded. Lot of moral outrage. In other news, there was a group of people criticizing the NCW team for posing for a picture where they are smiling and look …

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Some questions raised by Satyamev Jayate

3 Comments / Public Interest, Uncategorized / By Vidyut

Aamir Khan’s very excellent foray into television activism has stunned viewers and brought many facts to undeniable light. As I observed the reactions in social media, a few questions come to my awareness. What motivates cynics? It is a fairly known factor that any kind of an activist ends up with a struggle to retain …

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Anonymous Speech – A Press Release by Riseup

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FBI seizes server providing anonymous remailer and many other services from colocation facility. Contacts: Riseup Networks, Devin Theriot-Orr, 206-708-8740, sunbird@riseup.net May First/People Link, Jamie McClelland, 917-509-5734, jm@mayfirst.org ECN: Isole Nella Rete, inr@riseup.net Attack on Anonymous Speech On Wednesday, April 18, at approximately 16:00 Eastern Time, U.S. Federal authorities removed a server from a colocation facility …

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InkLab – A film inspired by Shaheed Bhagat Singh, denied Censor Certificate

6 Comments / General, Public Interest / By Vidyut

If you remember our earlier appreciative publishing of the indie film Inklab and the interview with Dr. Gaurav Chhabra that followed, we are glad to share that the film was widely appreciated. But once it came to the “real world”, it ran into trouble – specifically, trouble with our nitpicking, politically meddling censor board. A …

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About respect for Keenan and Reuben

8 Comments / Uncategorized / By Vidyut

A friend called me like she does once in a while (since I never call anyone). We talked about current happenings in our life, so naturally I told her about my posts and attempts to bring attention to the Amboli attack which lead to the murders of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes. Justice for Keenan …

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Satyagraha – Speaking up against the tide

2 Comments / Politics & Political Commentary / By Vidyut

Difficult moment in the Jan Lokpal struggle. Arvind Kejriwal says that the government is responsible if something happens to Anna.

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