Chinese Repression
27-03-2008
Afroz Ashrafi
Since 1949 Tibet has been hounded pounded and ostracised from the international community as one untouchable child denied its share of due . Tibet has been bleeding , a nation supposedly submitting to the imperial blues , repressive tendencies and the Chinese aggression without realizing that Tibet has every right to demand its own share of cake . But far from acceding the legitimate claims, the Chinese forces have ...... Read more
by Afroz Ashrafi posted in Politics
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Goa, Today
27-03-2008
Dr. Vitull K. Gupta MD
Recent incidents of murders, sex crimes and increasing menace of drugs has really exposed the tourisms' darker side Goa is facing today ripping open the cultural conflicts. I feel Goa is being run over by drugs, sex and crime with active connivance of corrupt politico-bureaucratic system and law enforcing agencies which in fact is turning the whole nation in to a great sex, drug and crime ... ... Read more
by Dr. Vitull K. Gupta MD posted in General
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Tibetan Conundrum
27-03-2008
Bichu Muttathara
The sudden outbreak of rebellion in Chinese-occupied Tibet has taken the entire world by surprise to say the least. The root cause of the violence appears to be the deep disenchantment of the ethnic Tibetans with the endeavours of the Communist China to change the demographic patterns of the region and the perceived cultural genocide. On its part, China has been thumbing its nose at the international community for ...... Read more
by Bichu Muttathara posted in General
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Fisherfolk In India
27-03-2008
Anton Gomez
The short term planning and execution of the state and central governments have made the life of the fisherfolk in India a miserable one. Nuclear Power Plants, Thermal Power Plants, dumping of hazardous effluents into the sea, monetary motivated ports, Sethu Samudram Ship Canal Project, Srilankan army shootings on innocent fishermen and the Coastal Management Zone have made the fishermans life wretched. He is being diven out of his ... ... Read more
by Anton Gomez posted in General
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