Archive for 'Human Rights'

Four new books by Prabir Ghosh in Kolkata Book Fair

Click on the images to enlarge. Publisher: Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata- 73 Publisher: Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata- 73 Publisher: Dey’s Publishing, Kolkata- 73 Publisher: Abasar Prakashana Sangstha, Dhaka

Equivocal Vivekananda

স্ববিরোধী বিবেকানন্দ লিখেছেন: অভিজিত [স্বামী বিবেকানন্দকে নিয়ে লেখার ইচ্ছে আমার পুরনো। লেখাটা প্রায় সমাপ্ত করে মুক্তমনায় দেয়ার সময় নজরে আসলো বিপ্লব পালের বিবেকানন্দ নিয়ে চমৎকার লেখাটি। ভাবছিলাম এখন আর লেখাটা না দেই। কিন্তু বিবেকানন্দকে নিয়ে যখন আলোচনা হচ্ছেই, তখন ভাবলাম আমার নিজস্ব মতামতটিও আলোচনার জন্য দেয়া যাক। আর তাছাড়া বিপ্লবও অনুরোধ করেছে লেখাটি দিতে। তাই [...]

Govt. VS Governor of West Bengal

Courtesy: Bartaman, 16 January 2012

Laws of the Jungle

Demand of Free & Fair Enquiry On Death of KISHENJI

From The Bartaman 23.12.11

Recent Activity of HA and SRAI

Celebration of INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY From Dainik VISWAMITRA-11.12.11 BY SANTOSH SHARMA ********************************************************************************************************** SRAI (Purulia Branch) Against Advertisement of ASTROLOGY From Dainik VISWAMITRA-12.12.11 BY SANTOSH SHARMA

AMRI Scandal: Some Questions

From The Anandabazar Patrika-20.12.11

Only sorrow & condolences! Doesn’t Kolkata get really Angry?

By Anindya Jana Click here to enlarge Courtesy: Anandabazar Patrika, December 13, 2011

India wanted 358 items removed

NEW DELHI, December 8, 2011 PRISCILLA JEBARAJ India is one of only four countries which, during the first half of 2011, requested Google to remove content on the basis that it was critical of the government. Google refused to comply. The other countries were Thailand and Turkey — where Google restricted local users from accessing the [...]

Protest against Govt. Of India’s attempt to control social networking sites

Central Government’s attempt to control social networking sites is an assault on freedom of expression. We will meet (at 33A Creek Row, Kolkata) on 10th December, International Human Rights Day to condemn this attack on basic human freedom.

KISHENJI’S DEATH: When there are allegations, why not conduct a proper Judicial Enquiry!

By RANTIDEB SENGUPTA From BARTAMAN -28.11.11

Last Rites for KISHEN JI in his own town: Not as a murderer but a brave & loved hero

From BARTAMAN -28.11.11

Kishanji’s death: CPI MP demands probe

Click here to enlarge Courtesy: Anandabazar Patrika, November 26, 2011

Kishanji’s death: Swami Agnivesh demands probe

Debashis Konar, TNN Nov 25, 2011, 05.01AM IST KOLKATA: Swami Agnivesh, once an interlocutor between the Centre and the Maoists, wants a proper judicial probe into the feared encounter death of Maoist military strategist Koteswar Rao, alias Kishanji. Agnivesh made the same demand after Maoist leader Azad was killed, which did not get a positive [...]

BATTLING BLINDNESS

By UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, The Telegraph, November 24 , 2011 Some years ago, in Purulia’s Kantaberia village, some people had gathered around a gunin who had been invited to identify a witch. Several women were lined up near him. Chanting prayers, the gunin beckoned one woman at a time, dipped a pellet of dough in a [...]