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Campaigns and Projects
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Hate Modi Campaign or Hurt India Agenda?
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Responses from Readers and Friends
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Campaigns and Projects
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FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MANUSHI'S 39 YEAR LONG JOURNEY
CLICK HERE
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Modinama: Articles on Post Godhra Gujarat
Download : MODINAMA E-Book
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Introductory Note,
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Not 2002, 2001 Shapes My View on Modi
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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 ...
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In Defence of Khap Panchayats
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Introductory Note,
Slide Shows,
Articles,
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Resolution of Kashmir Conflict
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Introductory Note,
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Kapil Sibal comes to the Rescue of Kashmir’s Cable Operators
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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...
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Love Us or Leave Us |
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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...
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Clean Rivers Campaign
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Introductory Note,
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Government of India Betrays Promise on Ganga
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| Swami Sanand Continues His Fast Unto Death under Police Custody in AIIMS |
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| Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
On Behalf of Ganga Seva Abhiyan
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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 ...
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A Significant Breakthrough in GoI's Response to Swami Sanand's Ganga Tapasya |
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| Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
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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...
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Policy Reform Work for Street Vendors
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Introductory Note,
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Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors
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| Criminal Mafias Take Over Sewa Nagar Pilot Project |
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| Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
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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...
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Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors |
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| Author(s) : Madhu Purnima Kishwar
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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...
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Gender Justice
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Introductory Note,
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Claiming Land Rights for Women
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| Lessons Learnt from two Different Endeavours to Help Women Claim Share of Family Land |
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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...
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Politics Triumphs over Justice |
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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
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Policy Reform Work for Cycle Rickshaw Pullers
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Introductory Note,
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Big Win for Cycle Rickshaw Pullers & Manushi
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| Urban Ministry Orders Delhi Government to Provide Rickshaw Lanes on all Main Roads |
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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...
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To Members of Task Force on Traffic Issues in Delhi |
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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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