For the world’s largest democracy, India is alarmingly quick to ban or censor books, artworks and films. Usually, the charge in legal parlance is “injury†to the “sentiments†of a community or group, often on grounds of religious belief.
For the world’s largest democracy, India is alarmingly quick to ban or censor books, artworks and films. Usually, the charge in legal parlance is “injury†to the “sentiments†of a community or group, often on grounds of religious belief.
The political economy of Sri Lanka has historically been constituted by global developments and this continues to be so in the current era. And the Rajapaksa regime has to be understood as a bloc of forces from the hardened nationalists to the neoliberal right. Here, the first term of the Rajapaksa Presidency, from 2005 to 2009, capitalised on the global "war on terror", and with the support of many international actors, ended the civil war and radically changed the political landscape of the country. The second term of the Rajapaksa Presidency, beginning in 2010, is now radically transforming the economic landscape, through a second wave of neoliberal reforms with considerable accumulation of wealth for few actors in the short run and the possibility of a serious economic crisis looming ahead.
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has expanded its existing scientific team and constituted an Expert Panel of noted scientists, engineers, doctors, environmentalists, advocates and specialists with the objectives of advising the movement, educating the public, interacting with the state and central government officials, and the Expert Group constituted by the central government.
The people’s struggle against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project has reached a critical juncture. While the 15-member Expert Committee appointed by the Central Government met the NPCIL officials for the first time last week, there have been attempts by the top leadership of the NPCIL and the AEC not only to scuttle the consultation process, but also to malign the people’s movement with baseless allegations that it is being instigated by foreigners.
Renowned cartoonist Kutty, 90, who took cartooning to new realms of sparkling wit and humour in a career spanning over five decades, passed away in the United States on Saturday [22 October 2011]. The end came at Madison, Texas, where he had been living after retirement in 1997.
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