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Hate Modi Campaign or Hurt India Agenda?
Even if Narendra Modi doesn’t do any other good as prime minister of India, he has made one historic contribution to politics – i.e. exposed the hollowness, hypocrisy and sheer venality of what masquerades as secularism and human rights activism with regard to India. Recently a moral advisory ha...

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RB Shreekumar: Hero No. 2 of Secular Brigade - Part I

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
While the country is celebrating the launch of ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite on 6 January 2014 putting behind several past failures, we should a...

MODINAMA 13 - How India�s Space Program was Sabotaged - Part II

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
In Part 1 of this article I had described the role of IPS officer R B Sreekumar in fabricating the ISRO spy scandal allegedly at the behest of the CIA. (Read...

MODINAMA 13 - Third Degree Torture by IB Officials of ISRO Scientist and Others - PART III

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
In part I and II of this article, I had described the key role played by IPS officer Shreekumar in sabotaging ISRO’s satellite program allegedly at the behest of the ...

Petition to PM to Ban Foreign Funding of NGOs & Set Up a National Social Service Fund to Support NGOs

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, 7 Race Course Road New Delhi. February 17, 2015 Dear Prime Minister Subject: Impartial Commission of Inquiry ...

Need for Self Reliant Politics

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, 7 Race Course Road New Delhi. February 17, 2015 Dear Prime Minister Subject: Impartial Commission of Inq...

Responses to Petition to PM regarding Foreign Funded NGOs

Dear Friends, We are posting below a letter written by Dunu Roy in response to our petition to the Prime Minister demanding a Commission of Inquiry on Foreign Funded NGOs ...

Slogan Murugan or Action Murugan?

Author(s): Dr V Anantha Nageswaran
Journalist TCA Srinivasa Raghavan has written a column[1] on the relative timidity of Modi, the Prime Minister in comparison to Modi, the campaigner. He also of...

Short Story: Simmering

Author(s): Namitha Varma
Did he see me? Did he recognise me? The last I saw him, he had long hair. But that doesn’t make a difference – it is him, Kalpesh, my former “boss&r...

Invitation for Conference on 'Towards a Rational Government Policy for NGOs'

Dear Friends, This is to invite you to on a daylong conference "Towards a Rational Government Policy for NGOs”being organized by Indic ...

The Story behind the Success of Rann Utsav

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The dramatic and speedy transformation brought about by Modi’s development model in Gujarat is best illustrated by the exponential growth of incomes and self esteem among...

Our Agriculture, Our Food and GM Crops

Author(s): Ram Kaundinya
Thus far we have mostly heard the voices of all those who are opposed to GM crops. We present below an article by a well informed insider of the industry. Population explos...

Chidambaram’s Wife Accused of Receiving 50 Cr Bribe in Saradha Chit Fund Scam

Author(s): Suchitra Kulkarni
The ongoing Saradha scam in Bengal that has engulfed many members of the ruling Trinamool Congress has now extended its reach beyond the state. Earlier, it was let out that the...

How HRD Ministry Kills Educational Institutions

Author(s): S Ramachandran
Just as needless bureaucratic controls have retarded the growth of Indian industry, so also our educational sector continues to lag far behind the rest of the world&n...

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Modinama: Articles on Post Godhra Gujarat

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Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
On Modi: Do Our Intellectuals Suffer From a Wilful Suspension of Disbelief?
Author(s) : Jaya Jaitly
We acclaim our intellectuals as ‘eminent’, ‘liberal’ and ‘progressive’. It is time to wonder what these words actually mean – especially the word ‘intellectual’in the context of political India. Minds of poor citizens who believed a stone Ganesh idol drank milk...
 
Not 2002, 2001 Shapes My View on Modi
Author(s) : Hashmi Hams Tabreed
I was an intern back then. Having done my diploma in journalism and mass communication, i was working with a senior journalist to learn the tricks of on-ground reporting and developing contacts.My mentor was a veteran journalist, aged about 52 years. Everyone used to call him Haji sahab. He had gone on Haj ...

In Defence of Khap Panchayats

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
Manushi Intervention in the Supreme Court Stalls Unconstitutional Law Demanded by NGOs to Ban Khaps
In recent years, media has systematically led a hate campaign against Khap Panchayats projecting them as an unwanted hangover of India’s “barbaric” medieval past. Even those who had never heard or knew the meaning of the word Khap, nor ever seen or met a person belonging to any Khap jo...

Resolution of Kashmir Conflict

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
Kapil Sibal comes to the Rescue of Kashmir’s Cable Operators
Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
For decades now, Kashmiri Muslims have held the Government of India responsible for all their woes. This is because the Government of India time and again allowed the ruling National Conference to rig elections and run a corrupt, uncaring and authoritarian regime in Jammu and Kashmir. Whenever Kashmiris rose in...
 
 
 
Love Us or Leave Us
Union Minister Kapil Sibal's Path Breaking Interaction with Kashmiri Youth
Author(s) : Waheed ur Rehman
It was a historic day for Kashmir in general and Pulwama in particular when on 23rd of October 2012, Union Cabinet Minister Shri Kapil Sibal interacted with Kashmiri youth--a large number being students and teachers-- and talked to them on “The New Education Policy of India: What it  Means for Kashmir&rd...

Clean Rivers Campaign

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
Government of India Betrays Promise on Ganga
Swami Sanand Continues His Fast Unto Death under Police Custody in AIIMS
Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar On Behalf of Ganga Seva Abhiyan
Manushi friends will recall that Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand (Formerly Professor G D Aggarwal of IIT Kanpur) had broken his tapasya for saving Ganga involving going without food and water on March 23, 2012 on the assurance of two Central Government ministers who came as Prime Minister's emissaries. They had given their ...
 
 
 
A Significant Breakthrough in GoI's Response to Swami Sanand's Ganga Tapasya
Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
Finally, a significant breakthrough in the deadly impasse between Government of India's attitude with regard to Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand’s (formerly Prof. G.D. Aggarwal)  fast unto death from February 7, 2012 to save Ganga from total annihilation. This afternoon, March 23, following a signed agree...

Policy Reform Work for Street Vendors

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors
Criminal Mafias Take Over Sewa Nagar Pilot Project
Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The beautification of the Model Market at Sewa Nagar and the up-gradation of the civic infrastructure produced many unexpected consequences. As long as vendors were operating from "illegally" occupied spaces, the rents they paid to those who claimed "ownership" of the space ranged from Rs 500 to R...
 
 
 
Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors
Avatar of Goddess of Good Governance and Citizenship Rights
Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
On 12th March 2005, a new broom wielding deity, MANUSHI Swachha Narayani, Goddess of Good Governance and Citizenship Rights, chose Sewa Nagar street hawker market as her abode. At the time, Sewa Nagar was being developed by MANUSHI as a model market for street vendors. The Goddess took her avatar in form to lend stre...

Gender Justice

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
Claiming Land Rights for Women
Lessons Learnt from two Different Endeavours to Help Women Claim Share of Family Land
Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
A chance encounter with a 55-year-old Ho tribal woman in Lonjo village, Jharkhand, was a life transforming experience for me. In 1981, Jharkhand, then part of Bihar, was witnessing a tribal movement to reclaim forest rights. A reign of terror was unleashed with mass arrests and rapes of women by the police and pa...
 
 
 
Politics Triumphs over Justice
Supreme Court Judgement on Tribal Women's Land Rights
We reproduce below the text of the Supreme Court judgement in a case filed in August 1982 by Madhu Kishwar and Ho tribal woman Maki Bui challenging the denial of land rights to tribal women. Click here for judgement

Policy Reform Work for Cycle Rickshaw Pullers

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
Big Win for Cycle Rickshaw Pullers & Manushi
Urban Ministry Orders Delhi Government to Provide Rickshaw Lanes on all Main Roads
Ever since the Delhi High Court gave a historic judgement in the PIL filed by Manushi on behalf of cycle rickshaw pullers, asking the Delhi Government to treat eco friendly Non-motorized vehicles (NMVs) as an integral part of city traffic instead of treating them as an unwanted nuisance, Manushi has been battling...
 
 
To Members of Task Force on Traffic Issues in Delhi
  Dear All, You are well aware that this particular Task Force was constituted at the orders of the Delhi High Court with the specific purpose of working out a new policy that treats Non Motorized Vehicles (NMVs) as an integral part of road traffic in Delhi.  This order came in response to a p...
 
 
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Modi Muslims and Media (Digital Edition)
Manushi Publications, New Delhi
Madhu Purnima Kishwar
In Search of Answers
Manohar Publisher, 3rd edition, 1996
(Ed) Madhu Kishwar & Ruth Vanita
Banayein Ajoobe, Kehlayein Pichhde!

Madhu Kishwar
Women Bhakta Poets
Manushi Prakashan, 1989
(Ed) Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita
Being Different - An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism
HarperCollins Publishers India
Rajiv Malhotra
Sharaab: Kaun Pilaye, Kaun Rukaye?

Madhu Kishwar
Zealous Reformers, Deadly Laws
Sage Publications 2008
Madhu Purnima Kishwar
Dahej: Majboori ya Zaroorat?

Madhu Kishwar
Modi Muslims and Media (Print Edition)
Manushi Publications, New Delhi
Madhu Purnima Kishwar
Auratein: Na Ghar ki Na Ghat Ki!

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