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The land question
BJP’s U-turn on the proposed land Act reflects a re-balancing of deeper political forces that are at work in India’s political economy.
Sudipto Mundle
Photo: Jaydit Bhatt/Mint
TheReportedly, this BJP U-turn on the land Act amendment is attributable not so much to resistance from the Congress-led opposition, but to strong reservations against the amendment bill among its own members, its allies and its sister organizations within the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) such as the Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram. This is because the land question...
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What the historical inaccuracies in “Dracula Untold” tell us about the rise of Islamophobia
The vilification of Islam has reached such heights that when the Muslim Sultan Mehmet II is cast opposite history’s bloodiest psycho-tyrant, it’s Dracula who emerges as the tragic hero.
Luke Evans in Dracula Untold.
This week I saw Dracula Untold in Istanbul, with an Italian Turkologist who shares my enthusiasm for vampire movies. It was past 10pm when the credits rolled, and the audience was disgruntled. Outside, Istiklal Street was still booming. An armored police van drove passed us, weaving through indifferent crowds. “That film was very anti-Muslim,” said my friend. I’m the Muslim one in our relationship, but I was trying to shrug it off, because frankly what else is new?
I do love a good...
Posted by Jamboodweepsecurity.blogspot.in on 22:50
Richard Javad Heydarian Academic, policy adviser, and author of "Asia's New Battlefield: US, China, and the Struggle for Western Pacific"
In the West, it is often said that Asians are a different bunch, that they conduct diplomacy in a more subtle fashion -- disguising their differences under the veil of cultural solidarity and burgeoning economic ties. I vividly recall the 'guidelines' forwarded to me by a prominent American think tank ahead of a major conference hosted in an Asian capital.
In a politely Orientalist fashion, the participants, particularly those form the West, were encouraged to be circumspect and courteous in expressing their views, to hold the business cards of their Asia counterparts...
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Tibetan Prisoner Linked to 2012 Self-Immolation is Moved to Hospital in Qinghai
2015-08-1
Map showing location of Themchen county in Qinghai's Tsonub prefecture.
A Tibetan prisoner linked to a 2012 self-immolation protest in northwestern China’s Qinghai province has been moved to an emergency care facility in the provincial capital Xining after complaining of severe stomach pain, sources said.
Phuntsok, believed to be in his 50s, was one of three nonmonastic tantric practitioners, or ngakpas, taken into custody during mass detentions following the self-immolation of Damchoe Sangpo, a monk at the Bongtak monastery in Themchen...
Posted by Jamboodweepsecurity.blogspot.in on 22:11
China Indicts Dozens of Journalists, Media Companies For 'Extortion'
Chinese authorities in Shanghai have indicted more than 30 journalists and 15 companies on extortion charges, including former top editors and executives of the 21st Century media group, prosecutors said.
A man reads a newspaper beside an electric tricycle on a street corner in Beijing, July 22, 2015.
The indictment paves the way for a trial involving one of the country's top financial newspapers, the 21st Century Business Herald.The number being indicted is much higher than the previous number reported last year, and the charges include "extortion," "blackmail,"...
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'They Are Locking Up The Conscience of Our Society'
He Xiaolian, wife of Chinese rights activist Li Huaping, speaks to RFA about her husband's role as a prisoner of conscience, Aug. 12, 2015.
RFA
Chinese rights activist Li Huaping, known by his online nickname "Norwegian Wood," or Nuowei Senlin, was led away by police on his release from prison in the eastern province of Anhui, and taken to a neighboring province in handcuffs, before being released in a strange city. Li had been active in the New Citizens' Movement founded by rights activist Xu Zhiyong, and had protested on behalf of Zhang Anni, daughter of veteran dissident...
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'They Are Locking Up The Conscience of Our Society'
He Xiaolian, wife of Chinese rights activist Li Huaping, speaks to RFA about her husband's role as a prisoner of conscience, Aug. 12, 2015.
RFA
Chinese rights activist Li Huaping, known by his online nickname "Norwegian Wood," or Nuowei Senlin, was led away by police on his release from prison in the eastern province of Anhui, and taken to a neighboring province in handcuffs, before being released in a strange city. Li had been active in the New Citizens' Movement founded by rights activist Xu Zhiyong, and had protested on behalf of Zhang Anni, daughter of veteran dissident...
Posted by Jamboodweepsecurity.blogspot.in on 14:15
'They Are Locking Up The Conscience of Our Society'
He Xiaolian, wife of Chinese rights activist Li Huaping, speaks to RFA about her husband's role as a prisoner of conscience, Aug. 12, 2015.
RFA
Chinese rights activist Li Huaping, known by his online nickname "Norwegian Wood," or Nuowei Senlin, was led away by police on his release from prison in the eastern province of Anhui, and taken to a neighboring province in handcuffs, before being released in a strange city. Li had been active in the New Citizens' Movement founded by rights activist Xu Zhiyong, and had protested on behalf of Zhang Anni, daughter of veteran dissident...
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