Another Summer Of Discontent

Another Summer Of Discontent Karnataka is facing its fourth drought in a row. With the government clueless, farmers are preparing for the worst.                                                                       Parched In June, Karnataka received the lowest rainfall...

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Justice Eludes The Wrongly Accused

Remains of the day 16 persons were injured in the 2013 Malleswaram blast.Photo: Bangalore News Photo Last November, in what was perhaps its first such intervention in a terror case, the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) directed the state government to pay compensation to three men wrongly arrested for involvement in a bomb blast outside the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru. But Peer Mohideen, Saddam Hussain and Tenkashi...

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Money Can’t Buy Loyalty: Opposition to the government’s decision to payimams has come from a surprise quarter: Muslims themselves.

The Congress government in Karnataka has touched a raw nerve by deciding to give honorariums to pesh-imams (chief imams) and muezzins (who call people for the congregational prayer). While the government claims that it is following a Supreme Court directive, the move has raised concern and confusion in the community. Some Muslim scholars and activists have decried the move as “internal meddling” and “against the principles of Islam”. Interestingly,...

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Al Ummah Arrests: The Big Catch That Never Was

Left in the lurch Husna and her husband Malik used to sell kitchenware. Photo: Imran KhanBut for the fact that it is less than an hour’s road journey from the historic Hindu shrine at Tirupati, Puttur in Andhra Pradesh is a forgettable dusty town one drives through in minutes on the way from one city to another without even noticing it. Earlier this month, however, national news networks stopped over there after the police arrested...

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Beyond The Rainbow Stereotype

Me, Myself and my Gender, a documentary which explores the life of male sex workers in Karnataka is headed for the international gay film festival in Slovenia. Directed by the husband-wife team of G K Vasuki and Maya Jaideep, both journalists hailing from the state, the film is the first look at communities of male sex workers and other MSM (Men having sex with men) communities in the state, which are slowly starting to emerge from the confines of...

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Karnataka government’s war on journalists continues

The Karnataka government’s war on journalists continuesThe Karnataka BJP has chosen to hit back at the journalist who reported the infamous homestay attack where a few partying girls and boys were roughed up by more than 50 Hindutva goons. The images of the brutal attack captured by Kasturi channel reporter Naveen Soorinje created an outrage at the national level forcing the BJP government to invoke the Goonda act against them. A vengeful district...

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The ‘Koodankulam Conflict’ Map

Koodanlulam Nuclear Plant  Anti Nuke Pro Nuke ActorsFisherfolk, farmers, workers, Dalits, Muslims, women, children etc. Supporters in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and rest of India. Supporting political parties,Social movements, Human rights groups etc. Some sections of Media Some international friendsGovernment of India Government of Tamil Nadu  Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, CISF, Tamil Nadu Police,...

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