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		<title>Euthanasia &#8211; latest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[নিষ্কৃতি-মৃত্যু বা স্বেচ্ছামৃত্যু নিয়ে শেষ পর্য্যন্ত তাহলে ব্যাপারটা কী দাঁড়ালো? সুমিত্রা পদ্মনাভন অরুণা শানবাগ এর ঘটনাটা বোধহয় সকলের ই জানা। ৩৭ বছর আধা-কোমায় থাকার পর এই জীবন্মৃত অবস্থা থেকে তাকে রেহাই দেওয়া – অর্থাৎ তাকে নিষ্কৃতি-মৃত্যু উপহার দেওয়া মানবিক না অমানবিক? নৈতিক না অনৈতিক? &#8212; এই নিয়ে আবার নতুন করে ভাবনা চিন্তা করতে বাধ্য হলাম [...]


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		<title>Euthanasia</title>
		<link>http://www.srai.org/euthanasia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sumitra Padmanabhan Related posts:Euthanasia or Swechhamrityu: Let’s be practical yaar!GUZARISH: A FILM ON EUTHANASIAEuthanasia &#8211; latest


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		<title>THE AYODHYA VERDICT</title>
		<link>http://www.srai.org/the-ayodhya-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sumitra Padmanabhan Yes, we could avoid another communal riot. Disregarding all historical and archeological truths we stooped to honor the ‘faith and sentiment of the majority’. Who did this? The answer is &#8212; the honorable court. This farce will remain as a milestone in the history of India’s regression; at least that is what [...]


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		<title>What is Zeitgeist Movement (ZM)?</title>
		<link>http://www.srai.org/what-is-zeitgeist-movement-zm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 13:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sumitra Padmanabhan This is to spread the aims and goals of The Zeitgeist Movement :&#8211; [আমরা এটাকে বলছি ‘যুগের হাওযা’ আন্দোলন – যাতে এক বিশ্বজনীন রসদ-ভিত্তিক অর্থনীতির কথা ভাবা হয়েছে, যার নির্যাস দেওয়া হয়েছে সুমিত্রা পদ্মনাভন এর “হট্টমালার দেশ অথবা যুগের হাওয়া” বইতে] 1. Conserving all the world&#8217;s resources as the common heritage of all [...]


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		<title>Kasab – Kasab – Kasab</title>
		<link>http://www.srai.org/kasab-kasab-kasab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 13:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be no other news in the papers for the last few weeks – culminating in Kasab’s death sentence announced on May 6, 2010. The font size gets bigger and bigger on the headline as the days pass. It makes us feel that with Kasab’s hanging terrorism will come to a sublime and [...]


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		<title>News: CHILD MARRIAGE Attempt Foiled by Rationalists</title>
		<link>http://www.srai.org/news-child-marriage-attempt-foiled-by-rationalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right after the Annual Conference held at Kolkata, our Bankura branch has jumped into action. A tribal girl, Putul Tudu aged 12 years was being given in marriage against her will. It is not only illegal in India, but unethical and inhuman. Our secretary Biplab Das from Bankura visited the remote village Housibad amidst the [...]


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		<title>OC Against Animal Slaughter</title>
		<link>http://www.srai.org/oc-against-animal-slaughter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ভাতার থানার ও সি &#8212; কালী মন্দিরে বলি না দিয়ে পাঁঠাদের পুষে ফেললেন। নাম দিলেন রামু-শামু। ছবিতে দেখুন কেমন পাতা খাচ্ছে রামু-শামু। আর মা-কালীর জায়গা দখল করেছে খুদে খুদে রাধা-কৃষ্ণ। এই ঘটনায় যুক্তিবাদীদের অবশ্যই হাত আছে। পেপার কাটিং পড়ে নিন। আমাদের আশা ভবিষ্যতে আরো ছোট হতে হতে রাধা-কৃষ্ণ ভ্যানিশ হয়ে যাবেন। নতুবা ঠাঁই পাবেন ও [...]


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		<title>One year after 26/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sumitra Padmanabhan People sang, prayed, marched with candles and protested against terrorism. It all sounds so common, a little silly and rather childish. On 26 November 2009, throughout the day all the TV channels showed thousands of people – young, smart, educated, upper or at least middle class Bombayites (now called Mumbaikars) thronging to the [...]


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		<title>Many police officers are reluctant to work in Jangalmahal</title>
		<link>http://www.srai.org/many-police-officers-are-reluctant-to-work-in-jangalmahal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[“মাও-দমনের স্নায়বিক চাপ নিতে পারছেন না বহু পুলিশকর্মী”] No, it is not in fear of the Maoists, but being unable to cope with the pressure from the government. They do not want to be a party to the state-sponsored terrorism. They cannot support the random and mindless killing of poor tribal people by branding them [...]


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		<title>Euthanasia or Swechhamrityu: Let’s be practical yaar!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumitra Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We want to strengthen our campaign for legalizing Euthanasia in India. Seriously. Before that, I request all readers to go through the entire essay “Euthanasia or death-wish” available on this site. Those who agree with the idea are free to offer new points, ask questions based on the article mentioned above and design a short [...]


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