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কাশ্মীর: একটি রক্তাক্ত উপত্যকার কথকতা

“দুধ মাঙ্গো তো ক্ষীর দেঙ্গে/ কাশ্মীর মাঙ্গো তো চির দেঙ্গে”- এই স্লোগানে বেড়ে ওঠা মনন যে উগ্র জাতীয়তাবাদী আরক গিলে কাশ্মীর ভারতের “অবিচ্ছেদ্য অঙ্গ” বলে চিৎকার করে ও ভিন্নমতের মানুষেদের শাপান্ত ক’রে দেশপ্রেমের হাতে গরম নমুনা পেশ করে তাদের কাছে যদি প্রশ্ন করা যায় যে, অবিচ্ছেদ্য কাশ্মীরের মানুষরা আমাদের সহনাগরিক তো? তাদেরও ভারতীয় সংবিধান বর্ণিত অধিকার […]


Manipur University and BJP’s Quagmire of Lies

The civil society in Manipur intensified it’s reaction against the armed siege of the Manipur University by the BJP government. It is now revealed that pro-VC K Yugindro was “never manhandled by the students” and he lodged a “false FIR” that led to the armed siege in MU. As the conspiracy became evident and protests […]


Manipur University: Violations of MoA and 48-hour General Strike

BJP Government’s armed siege of Manipur University has provoked widespread condemnation. BJP Manipur accuses that Manipur University Students’ Union (MUSU), Manipur University Teachers’ Association (MUTA) and Manipur University Staffs’ Association (MUSA) violated the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) – a tripartite agreement between MUSU, MUTA and MUSA, Govt of Manipur and MHRD. It also accuses students […]


Manipur University is Under Armed Siege

Manipur University is under siege by armed forces. Many students and faculty members are under judicial custody. What follows is a narration of a series of complex events leading to the armed action in Manipur University. Michael Samjetsabam argues that ethnic tensions dented the University movement, not entirely, but to some extent. The author also […]


Turmoil in Manipur University: Mass Protests and Hindutva Designs

“… good examples [of virtue] arise from good education, good education from good laws, and good laws from those tumults that many inconsiderately damn.” – Niccolo Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy   The struggle in Manipur University has been continuing for more than fifty days now. Manipur University Students’ Union (MUSU) has demanded the removal of […]


‘The exploitative class in Bastar has always been the non-tribals’ – An interview with journalist Kamal Shukla. Part 1.

Kamal Shukla is a Bastar based journalist. He is the editor of ‘Bhumkal Samachar’ newspaper, published from Kanker. Shukla also writes for several local and national news portals, and heads an organisation – the Patrakar Suraksha Kanoon Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti – which seeks a law to protect journalists in the Bastar region. Shukla was recently […]