South Asia

Articles

• India: B.R. Ambedkar’s Views on Women Question and Current Electoral Politics
  6 May, by siawi3

  Even the mainstream secular and left forces have not seriously bothered about Ambedkar’s views on caste and gender issues

• Failing to Internalise Why India Fought the 1971 War
  6 May, by siawi3

  In ’December in Dacca’, K.S. Nair argues that the jubilation about 1971 should have been for ending a monstrous humanitarian crisis in East Pakistan, rather than just defeating Pakistan.

• India: The Misogyny in Karnataka’s Hindutva Push
  6 May, by siawi3

  The Abducted Person (Recovery and Restoration) Act of 1949 made formal an agreement between the governments of India and Pakistan for the ‘recovery’ and ‘restoration’ of abducted persons (approximately 10,000 women), who became victims of communal violence in both countries, to their respective ‘homes’. This was the second act of violence inflicted on women who had already dealt with the traumas of Partition. It was an unsettling repatriation of women, often against their will, more to meet the new nation-states’ yearning to uphold an ‘official kinship’ rather than a felt social need.

• Ahead of May Day 2022, a call for worker unity, solidarity and a visa-free Southasia
  7 May, by siawi3

  Imagine! Neighbours in Peace !

• USA: For Second-Generation Immigrants, the American Dream Can Be a Nightmare
  7 May, by siawi3

  May is Asian American Heritage Month. It’s a good time to celebrate the many successes and contributions of our diverse immigrant communities. But for the second generation, the reality is often more complicated.

• Afghanistan : la burqa redevient obligatoire pour les femmes en public
  7 mai, par siawi3

  « Les femmes […] devraient voiler leur visage quand elles font face à un homme qui n’est pas membre de leur famille », précise le décret.

• India: Will keep loudspeaker volume low: Mumbai Mosques
  11 May, by siawi3

  Mosques continue with their resolve to adhere to Supreme Court guidelines on the use of loudspeakers. The equipment is not used between 10 PM and 6PM, and the mosque follows the Pollution Control Board’s rules on noise pollution during the day. The honking of cars on the road are louder than the masjid’s prayers.

• India: Persecuting Indian Muslims for crimes of ‘Muslim’ rulers
  11 May, by siawi3

  One has lost count of religious conclaves of Hindu ‘saints’, friendly to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), calling for violent cleansing of lawful Indian Muslims. It is sad that RSS-BJP rulers of India, who are never tired of talking of a powerful Hindu nation: Hindusthan leading the world, are forcing the country into a state of civil war. With them around putting one section of Indians against the other there is no need of any foreign enemy to undo a democratic-secular India.

• India: 25 Issues Of Increasing And Serious Concern In India
  12 May, by siawi3

  There is increasing worry that in some areas of critical importance the situation in India has been deteriorating steadily during the last eight years or so.

• Sri Lanka: Anarchy must be averted
  12 May, by siawi3

  At present all important activities of the country are taking place in an anarchic manner. In this backdrop, the Government is anarchic. The Opposition is also anarchic. There is anarchy in the public (youth) uprising also. The anarchy reigns in these three main areas could be alleviated, if negotiations were initiated for a reform program leading to a transformation of the system. Otherwise, the country will inevitably be plunged into a terrible state of anarchy from which it cannot be rescued easily

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