India Misses J. N. Dixit as NSA

The Indian discourses on Myanmar are increasingly looking surreal. The official mantra is that New Delhi and the leadership in Myanmar (dominated by the military) have one hell of a Faustian deal between them to crush the Naga insurgent groups advocating separatism within Myanmar and in India.

Achche Din for Corporates & Sangh Parivar, Bure Din with a Vengeance for the Masses

AS expected, the Narendra Modi-led BJP/NDA central government launched a propaganda blitzkrieg in both print and electronic media on the completion of its one year in office on May 26, 2015. Modi himself addressed a rally in Mathura. It was announced that BJP central ministers would address 200 rallies and 200 press conferences all over the country to propagate the ‘achievements’ of the Modi regime. But unlike the pure hype generated in the election campaign a year ago, the propaganda this time had lost much of its sheen.

Fact Finding Team to Narmada–SSP Affected Areas Releases Report

THE ground level fact finding report from Sardar Sarovar Project Submergence Areas in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat titled ‘Drowning a Valley: Destroying a Civilisation” was released on June 13 at Indian Women’s Press Corps by the Fact Finding team who visited the villages on May 9-10, 2015. A 20 minute short film shot on the governmental decision to raise the height of the SSP from 121.92 mts to its full height of 138.68 mts by Anil Anand and Ramesh Pimple was also screened at the same.

Uttarakhand: CPI(M) Observes Month-long Vigil To Commemorate Rawain Insurrection

IN 1930, every attempt was made to suppress the news when 100 farmers protesting against the forest policies were cut down by police bullets because they wanted justice against the arbitrary writs of their masters, who wanted to snatch from them what was naturally theirs and not for some tax surveyor to levy a cess on.

BJP Govt Betrays Farmers in Distress Yet Again

THE BJP-led NDA government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have yet again betrayed the farmers in distress by going back on their promise of fixing remunerative minimum support prices (MSP) at least 50 percent above the cost of production. The MSP announced for Kharif crops 2015-16 does not meet even the cost of production and in most cases the increase is ranging merely from Rs15 to Rs 50 per quintal. In a press statement issued on June 17, the All India Kisan Sabha said that this does not reflect the actual costs of production and increasing input costs.

Chandrababu Naidu in Deep Trouble

ANDHRA Pradesh chief minister Chandrababbu Naidu is in deep trouble. For the first time in his over 35 year long political career, he has been caught in a corrupt act with clinching proof. Audio tapes of Naidu’s telephonic conversation with a nominated MLA Stephenson, which directly link him to the ‘cash-for-vote’ case, surfaced on June 8.

On the Political Developments in Bihar

ELECTION bugle has been sounded in Bihar. Each and every party worth the name has started preparing its political strategy to face the coming assembly elections by posing itself as a savior of a particular caste as caste mobilisation plays a crucial role in Bihar politics due to the structurally entrenched feudal system dominating the day-to-day life of common people of Bihar.With the coming together of the RJD & JD(U) the caste mobilisation has got further impetus.

A Deep Insult and Permanent Injury to FTII

IN its ‘crusade’ against the intellectual life of the nation and the institutional framework purported to nurture the same, the Modi government and the Sangh Parivar has taken one more victim. This time it is the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), one of the most revered institutes in imparting education in film making, not only in India, but in the whole of Asia.It has appointed Gajendra Chouhan as the chairperson of the governing council of FTII.

SAHMAT Supports FTII Protests

Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) has issued the following statement on June 16.

WE feel very disturbed by the developments that have happened at FTII Pune. One cannot allow this institution to be pulled down by the government with such insensitivity. These are places of higher learning and cutting edge technology. FTII has great legacy and that has to continue on that path. We fully support the protests of the students. Save FTII is to save freedom of expression and intellectual freedom.

SFI Stands in Solidarity With The Fighting Students of FTII

THE Central Executive Committee of the Students Federation of India in a statement issued on June 15 has expressed solidarity with the students of Film and Television Institute of India, FTII who are bravely protesting against the shameless attempts to saffronise one of the prime institutes of the country. An indefinite hunger strike has been launched by the students against the Modi led NDA government's appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of the governing council of the FTII.

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