The long dark tea time of the soul

On this 40th anniversary of the Naxalbari uprising, I dedicate this post to

the santhal peasants who raided the farms of the zamindars in Naxalbari to break the shackles of a thousand years of slavery
the students, labourers, farmers, social activists, writers, poets, journalists, professionals who were branded as naxalites and silenced by the state
the victims of [...]

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This is a video interview with the Sarpanch of Santoshpur, Ganga Emla. Emla is also an SPO, an offshoot of Salwa Judum, a kind of private militia that is armed and funded by the state. The interview is in references to the alleged fake encounter of 6 tribals at Santoshpur, Bastar. What happenned in [...]

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This is old news, but those who are still unaware of it, here is the declaration. I got married to Sonali on 6th Feb 2007. Marriage does wonderful things to people. This post is not about that magic.
Talking about information sharing, we recently saw the power and magic of RTI. On september 22 2006, Sonali [...]

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Apologies for the delay in this May day post.
Most people remember 1991 as the year when Rajiv Gandhi, one of the better and brighter prime ministers of India was assassinated. That and the economic liberalization ushered in by then finance minister Sh. Manmohan Singh were the two most significant event of that year. These events [...]

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