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  • India: Sectarianism suppressing democratic right of Expression

    21 October, by Ram Puniyani

    Freedom of expression has been the core value which accompanied the struggle for India’s Independence. The British did attempt to stifle the voices of dissent but the freedom fighters did see this as a crucial mechanism of rooting democratic ethos in the society. At heavy cost the major leaders had to face the wrath of British colonialist powers for upholding the foundation of a democratic society through freedom of expression.

  • India: Welfare Needs Aadhaar Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle? | Lecture by Reetika Khera

    20 October

    Video recording of a lecture delivered by Prof Reetika Khera at Institute for South Asia Studies UC Berkeley on October 17 2017. Aadhaar, India’s ambitious biometric ID project, was portrayed as one that would enhance India’s welfare efforts by promoting inclusion and reducing corruption. From being a voluntary ID, it has become de facto compulsory for most welfare programmes such as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and the Public Distribution System (PDS). Despite early warnings of its limited role in its stated objected, successive government’s have ramped up its use. Using a variety of data sources, this paper reviews the impact of Aadhaar on welfare programmes. Far from being inclusive and reducing corruption, Aadhaar is becoming a tool of exclusion, with little evidence of an impact on corruption in NREGA, PDS and pensions, etc.

  • India: The Story of Forced Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits [An NDTV programme in Hindi]

    20 October

    The Story of Kashmiri Pandits (on Hum Log - a hindi TV programme anchored by Ravish Kumar for NDTV)

  • Ponnappa cartoon on fatwa banning Indian muslims from posting photos on social media

    20 October

    Nala Ponnappa responds to news report regarding a fatwa that bans Muslims from posting pictures on social media sites

  • Baba Yaga on the Ganges - on reading Soviet books in socialist India | Palash Krishna Mehrotra

    17 October

    The Soviets we loved. When printing technology in India was restricted to black and white, Russia bamboozled us with colorful comics and magazines. Russian ballets and circuses performed in Indian cities and were broadcast frequently on Indian state television.

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