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How Hindu Nationalism Came to Rule
The story of how India came to this point isn’t just one of bigotry and state violence, but also of the failures of capitalism…
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Building Cities, Demolishing Lives
by Natasha Narwal On September 11, 2014, residents of E block, Aya Nagar, Delhi woke up to see bulldozers at their doorstep. Accompanied by the…
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Struggling to the End: A Review of C. Christine Fair’s New Book on Pakistan’s Army
A famous saying goes: countries have armies; in Pakistan, the army has a country. As a result, it seems important for those interested in…
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Too Soon and Too Late? A Review of “Fast Track to Troubling Times”
“Fast Track” is an evaluation of Narendra Modi’s first 100 days as the hard right Hindu prime minister of India. Timed to roughly coincide…
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Behind the curtain of Pakistan’s protests
As this is being written, innumerable Pakistani citizens are marching into Islamabad’s so-called “red zone”, the most heavily guarded and sensitive areas of the capital…
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British Lines, Brown Blood: A short note on Sri Lanka and Gaza
The recent atrocities in Gaza have again refocused world attention on Palestine and the actions of the Israeli state and the Palestinian people. Israel…
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20 USAS Students and Staff Members Arrested at REI Store
20 students and USAS staff members were arrested Saturday attempting to shut down the REI store in Rockville, Maryland as part of a national…
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Review of “Hindu Nationalism in the United States”
As noted earlier this week, South Asia Citizens Web is carrying a new report entitled “Hindu Nationalism in the United States” (pdf). This report provides a…
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Washington DC Action: Rally Against Dow Chemicals, June 24, 2014
Most people have heard at some point of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India, 30 years ago. Tens of thousands of people were…