Days after a series of attacks on Africans just an hour’s drive from capital New Delhi and a sharp barb by foreign diplomats, the Indian government rejected that the incidents were racist in nature, pending an investigation. On this edition of We The People, we ask: Are we in denial when we say that India […]
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Kashmir on the edge – What’s the solution?
NDTV Published on Apr 23, 2016 On The Big Fight tonight we debate the issue of rising radicalisation in Kashmir and the presence of the Army in civilian areas. Questions on the misuse of the Armed Forces Special Act (AFSPA) continue as activists from Kashmir confess that it is time that the voice of the […]
The Big Fight: Are Indians racist?
NDTV Published on Feb 13, 2016 Though we profess to believe in the mantra of universal brotherhood yet there is no denying of the fact that there is a deep-seated bias or prejudice against communities different from our own. Whether it’s the taunt that people from North East hear in Delhi or police hostility towards […]
Desh Deshantar – Case of Rohingyas: History and their identity crisis
Rajya Sabha TV Published on May 29, 2015 Guests: Qamar Agha (International Affairs Expert & Senior Journalist) ; Veena Sikri (Former Ambassador) ; Subhash Chakma (Director, Asian Centre of Human Rights) ; Sanghmitra (Advocate, Human Rights Law Network, Delhi) ; Sanjay Bhardwaj (Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, JNU) Anchor: Arfa Khanum Sherwani
Fighting the Maoists: Time For a New Approach?
NDTV Published on : December 2, 2014 Fighting the Maoists: Time for a new approach? As India pays tribute to 14 CRPF men who lost their lives in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh on Monday, we ask whether it’s time to radically change the approach to dealing with Naxals. Delhi church fire: More attempts to […]
India Debate: Is Delhi police Chief hiding own failures by playing down racist killing? – NewsX
NewsX Published on Feb 1, 2014 In a gruesome incident, a boy from Arunachal Pradesh, Nido Taniam, was allegedly beaten to death in Delhi. The incident took place on Wednesday at Lajpat Nagar in Southeast Delhi. Nido Taniam, a student, was the son of an Arunachal MLA. His body is in the mortuary of the […]
India: The price of change
Al Jazeera 14 September 2013 Will the New Delhi gang rape verdict help change social attitudes and stem violence against women? The four men found guilty of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi in December 2012 have been given the strongest punishment possible in the Indian legal system – death. The fact […]