-The Hindu The Communist Party of India (Marxist) protests against the manner in which anti-corruption activist anna hazare was arrested, but does not support the method adopted in his agitation, Biman Bose State secretary of the party stated here on Sunday. According to the Constitution, the Parliament and State Legislatures have the authority to make laws, Mr. Bose told journalists after a meeting of the State Committee of the CPI(M). “Undemocratic” “Laws cannot be...
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Northeast rebels at Ramlila by Nishit Dholabhai
anna hazare’s movement has got support from at least two Northeast outfits that till a few years ago had been wielding Kalashnikov assault rifles. Dilip Nunisa, chairman of the Dima Halam Daoga (pro-talks) group that is in a peace pact with the Centre, was at Ramlila Maidan today with his deputy Yathong and publicity secretary S. Langthasa. “We could not meet Annaji but met some other leaders of his team and expressed...
More »Civil society without borders by Sreelatha Menon
Leprosy is generally taken as almost a non-issue in the country now. But, the surprise is that there has been a spurt in leprosy cases this year. No one seems to be worrying aloud about it too much, except a strange old man from Japan who has made it his job to eradicate leprosy and empower leprosy-cured people in this country. Of course, he works on the same issue in...
More »Prof. Yogendra Yadav, Senior Fellow at the CSDS interviewed by Revati Laul
You said that the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies conducted a survey asking people what they felt about street protest. What did you find? One of the first national representative surveys was the National Election Study held in 1971. This is when a protest culture was beginning to take shape in the country. There was the Naxalite movement and also a time when the Congress was dislodged for the...
More »Government's new approach to Anna fast
anna hazare has reached Ramlila Maidan to continue his fast. Along his route, Delhi is out in big numbers to cheer the man India is looking at as the icon of the war against corruption. Watching keenly, is the UPA government, battered by the events of the last few days and in desperate need of a concrete strategy to meet the Anna challenge. In its new approach, sources say, the government...
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