Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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India’s human rights violations raised in EU parliament
In Shining India Human Rights gets murkier! The convener of Peoples’ Solidarity Concerns-Bangalore (India) and the international spokesperson of Posco Prathirodh Sangram Samithi (anti-Posco Struggle) Jagadish G Chandra will be speaking at the hearing in the European Parliament on the topic: The rise of national conflicts and religious tensions in Asia and Africa-Strategies for conflict…
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Girish Karnad turns down the BJP govt. award
It is indeed inspiriting to note that Girish Karnad, Jnanapeeth awardee (India’s highest literary award) and well known Kannada playwright, has refused to accept the “Puttanna Kanagal award” proposed to be given to him by BJP led Karnataka govt. While Girish may not have cited any reason for not accepting this award, it is nevertheless…
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Will Irom Sharmila Meet Her Mother?
What makes a human being himself or herself is very much determined by the context of the social, genetic and environmental factors apart from the subjective will to make the necessary choices. When I look back, I am sure that I would not have become me, if Emergency was not declared in India. I learnt…
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10 Years of Sharmila’s Fast
She is Hungry for Justice-Peace-Democracy Repeal AFSPA During the last few decades, the people of North Eastern states and J&K have witnessed severe repression with the implementation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (1958). Under this law, the security forces have: The power to arrest and enter property without warrant. The power to shoot, arrest…
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Kashmir: A horror without end
Almost three years ago when Mr. Omar Abdullah was elected as the chief minister of Kashmir, more than sixty percent of the state’s eligible voters took part in that election, it was a happy moment for the Indian state and the country’s main stream media, who after a long time had something to brag about…
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India’s Own Economic Hitman
Right from the days of the end of post war boom, when the frantic search for new markets were on, a plot was hatched to place locally bred but globally trained Econocrats all around the world by the three economic terrorist organisations IMF, WB & WTO. It was very much true in the case of…
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Indian Democracy at Work: Silence Please!
Indian ruling classes which often projects India as the world’s largest democracy, through their handling of the Kashmir nationality question in the past six decades, have shown their true colors. Their imperialistic & colonial attitude towards many nationalities is no different from their predecessor British imperialism that once oppressed the people of India. The people…
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Ayodhya Verdict 2010 – By Ram Puniyani
Since the day of the “judgment on faith” (Ayodhya verdict on 29 Sept. 2010) many of us are in a state of flux. One feels much more aghast than on the day of December 6th of 1992, as was expressed in a blog that the “judgment has endorsed the fact that the religious minorities of…
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CWG: Showcase of India’s Progress?
Now it’s more than a month since Common Wealth Games (CWG) 2010 hosted by India at the national capital Delhi concluded (14th Oct) after 12 days of competition. Games witnessed participation of 6000 athletes from 71 nations competing in 17 sports. Indian ruling class was determined to use this as an opportunity to showcase country’s…
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Karnataka: BJP’s Count Down Has Begun
Though the crisis within the corruption ridden BJP state government is nothing new, the land de-notification scam involving hundreds of crores worth of land being distributed to kith and kin of none other than the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is of Pokhran proportions. It is definitely shameful on the part of the BJP (the…
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