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Khusar-Pusar
Author(s): Sherein Bansal
"Kab poora hua?"
"Hafta toh ho hi gaya"
"Dekhna bua ni aayi"
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Responses to - Some Thoughts on India's Republic Day
Could it be that all shops are closed voluntarily due to 26th January rather than government for...
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Some Thoughts on India's Republic Day
Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
I have never felt like celebrating 15th August, Independence Day. For me, coming from a family of ...
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Gently Stooped a Shadow Amply Serene
Author(s): M. Hasan
This poem was written in response to an article on
Lesser Citizens: Indian Migrant D...
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ILL Founded Prejudice
Author(s): Maj Gen Raj Mehta (Retd)
In recent years, there has been animated debate in the media and certainly within the uniformed fr...
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Lesser Citizens
Author(s): Bhoomika Joshi
Shanta (name changed), a domestic worker came to the U.K with her employer from Delhi, having work...
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Responses to "Some Thoughts on Dipawali"
I recollected a beautiful story when I read of your habit of losing things like shawls etc. on a r...
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Some Thoughts on Dipawali
Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The happiest memories of my life are connected with the festival of Dipawali even though I hate the ...
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Police Raj in Kashmir
Author(s): A Manushi Report
One of India's finest journalists, David Devadas, who is also the author of In Search of a Future,...
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Lokpal Bill - Need to Look Beyond Magic Wands
Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The country owes a debt of gratitude to Team Anna for succeeding in channeling popular anger again...
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Symphony of Golden Poories
Author(s): M Hasan
Slowly kneading American dough
from her aged face drips
some salty spontaneous drops...
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Counterpoint: Jan Lokpal: A Quack’s Prescription
Author(s): Amitabha Pande
There exists an astonishing perversity of consensus about the desirability of having a Lokpal. Ev...
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I Wish I Was Malamasa
Author(s): Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor
The concrete, colourless and crude staircase of the Civil Secretariat building in the heart of th...
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Civil Society: a New Threat for the Congress Party?
Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The Congress Party has suddenly discovered a new threat in "Civil Society," not just t...
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Communal Games of the 'Secular' Congress
Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The Congress Party may think that by dividing the anti corruption movement and by tabling its own ...
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Responses from Readers and Friends
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Campaigns and Projects
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Clean Rivers Campaign |
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Introductory Note,
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Petition to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh |
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We the undersigned express solidarity with the tapasya of Swami Gyan Swarup Anand involving fast unto death to save river Ganga from total destruction.
We are deeply pained by the fact that you have failed to honour your promise of giving the protection due to Ganga after it was officially declared as the "national river".
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Resolution of Kashmir Conflict |
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Introductory Note,
Slide Shows,
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A Step at a Time |
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| Kashmir Committee Interaction with Syed Ali Shah Geelani of Hurriyat Conference |
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All those who think that the Kashmir problem is intractable due to the intransigent stand taken by pro-plebiscite hardliners of the Hurriyat Conference should have witnessed the historic February 3, 2012 interaction organized by the Kashmir Committee with Syed Ali Shah Geelani. He is widely perceived as the most &quo...
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Kashmir Committee
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| A Citizen Initiative for Exploring a Consensual Solution to the Kashmir Problem |
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Kashmir Committee was first formed in 2002 by Ram Jethmalani, Member of Parliament
and Former Minister of Law & Urban Development. However due to
circumstances beyond its ken and control it became dormant within a year of its
formation. It was revived by Mr Jethmalani
in April 2011 after intensiv...
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Policy Reform Work for Street Vendors |
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Introductory Note,
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Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors |
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| Avatār of Goddess of Good Governance and Citizenship Rights |
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On 12th March 2005, a new broom wielding deity, Manushi Swachha Narayani, Goddess of Good Governance and Citizenship Rights, chose Sewa Nagar street hawker market as her abode. The Goddess took her avataar in order to lend strength to Manushi'slong battle to protect street hawkers from routine human rights abuses, as...
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Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors
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| Criminal Mafias Take Over Sewa Nagar Pilot Project |
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The beautification of the Model Market at Sewa Nagar and the up-gradation of the civic infra structure produced many unexpected consequences. As long as vendors were operating from "illegally" occupied spaces, the rents they paid to those who claimed "ownership" of the space ranged from Rs 500 to ...
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Policy Reform Work for Cycle Rickshaw Pullers |
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Reforming the Licensing Regime
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| Prime Minister’s New Policy for Street Hawkers and Rickshaw Pullers in Delhi |
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Copy of the letter sent by the Prime Minister to the Lt. Governor, Delhi
New Delhi
August 23, 2001
Dear Shri Kapoor,
My attention has been drawn to a series of recent articles in the media on the problems faced by street hawkers and cycle rickshaw-pullers in Delhi (e.g. articles titled: "Poor Ex...
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Gender Justice |
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Introductory Note,
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Politics Triumphs over Justice |
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| Supreme Court Judgement on Tribal Women's Land Rights |
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We reproduce below the text of the Supreme Court judgement in a case filed in August 1982 by Madhu Kishwar and Ho tribal woman Maki Bui challenging the denial of land rights to tribal women. Click here for judgement
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Public Interest Litigation
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| One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards |
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With the introduction of the concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the late 1970s direct access for citizens was provided to the High Courts as well as the Supreme Court. Progressive judges such as Justice P.N.Bhagwati began to actively encourage social and political activists to bring instances of injustice...
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