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Archive for Tag: Irom Sharmila

Posted on August 27, 2011

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Reign of the tin men

The charade of Anna Hazare’s arrest exposes a government bankrupt of political ideas. But there are some lessons there...

2G scam, Adarsh housing scam, AK Antony, Anna Hazare, anti-corruption movement, anti-displacement agitations, anti-POSCO, Arab Spring, Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Arun Jaitley, Aruna Roy, Arundhati Roy, Arvind Kejriwal, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, authoritarianism, Ayodhya, Azad Maidan, Baba Ramdev, Binayak Sen, black money, Brinda Karat, Central Vigilance Commission, Centre for Policy Research, Chawla Committee report, Chidambaram, Christian movement, civil disobedience movements, civil liberties, civil society, communalism, Communists, Congress minister, corruption, CRPC, CWG, Delhi Police, Doordarshan, draconian, Egypt, EMS Namboodiripad, fascists, food riots, Forbesganj, Gandhian topi, Grievance Redressal Bill, harassment of whistleblowers, Harsud, Hazare campaign, hunger strike, Irom Sharmila, Jairam Ramesh, Jan Sangh, Jantar Mantar, Jayalalithaa, Jayaprakash Narayan, Judicial Accountability and Standards Bill, Justice AP Shah, Kalinganagar, Kapil Sibal, Karunanidhi, Kerala, Kiran Bedi, Lalgarh, Lalu Yadav, Leader of the Opposition, Lokayuktas, Lokpal, Lokpal Joint Drafting Committee, Madhu Trehan, Mamata Banerjee, Mandal, Manish Tewari, Manmohan Singh, Maoists, Mayawati, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, MKSS, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Nandigram, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Naveen Patnaik, Naxalite movement, NCPRI, Nitish Kumar, Niyamgiri, Odisha, ombudsman, Parliament Standing Committee, POSCO, Pramod Mahajan, Pranab Mukherjee, Prashant Bhushan, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Public Procurement Bill, Rajya Sabha, Representation of People Act, Revati Laul, RK Singh, Salwa Judum, Santosh Hegde, Shankar Sharma, Shanti Bhushan, Sharad Pawar, Shoma Chaudhury, Singur, Sonia Gandhi, Syria, Team Anna, the socialist parties, Trinamool Congress, Union Home Secretary, UPA government, urban intellectual circles, Vikram Lall, Volume 8 Issue 34, whistleblowers, Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill, yeddyurappa, Yogendra Yadav

Posted on August 13, 2011

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The third flight path

The Lokpal Bill is in danger of skidding off the rails. As it is introduced in Parliament, eminent activist...

Anna Hazare, anti-corruption, Aruna Roy, Comptroller and Auditor General, corrupt NGOs, corruption, grievance redressal mechanism, Irom Sharmila, Jan Lokpal Bill, joint drafting committee, Judicial Accountability Bill, Karnataka Lokayukta report, Kashif Masood, Lokayukta, Lokpal, Lokpal Bill, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), Medha Patkar, NAC, NCPRI, Nikhil Dey, NREGA minimum wage, RTI, Shailendra Pandey, Shoma Chaudhury, Team Anna, the CBI exclusion from RTI, The Lokpal Imbroglio, Tushar Mane, UID, Vijay Pandey, Volume 8 Issue 32, Whistleblower Protection Act, whistleblowers

Posted on April 23, 2011

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Pride. Prejudice. And candles in the wind

The Anna Hazare campaign last week had many dangers. So did the Jan Lokpal Bill it was championing. Now...

AFSPA, Anna Hazare, anti-corruption, candlelight vigils, corruption, democracy, elected representatives, fast-unto-death, Gandhian, Irom Sharmila, Jan Lokpal Bill, Jan Lokpal: Hope And A Riddle, jingoism, Lalit Modi, Narendra Modi, satyagraha, Shoma Chaudhury, Tahrir Square, Volume 8 Issue 16

Posted on December 5, 2009

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Irom and the iron in India’s soul

Irom Sharmila has been fasting for 10 years. Her epic resistance should be part of universal folklore.
But India...

Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Assam Rifles, Democracy ‘Encountered’: Rights’ Violations in Manipur, Irom Sharmila, Irom Sharmila's indefinite fast, Lakshman, Manipur, Manorama Devi rape case, Manorama killing, Manorama Mothers, Northeast, repeal AFSPA, satyagraha, Shoma Chaudhury, Volume 6 Issue 48

Posted on March 7, 2013

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The political leadership must force the army to confront its AFSPA bogey

If ever the time was right to repeal this draconian law — even partially — it is now.

AFSPA, Columns, Editor's Cut, Irom Sharmila, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Omar Abdullah, Shoma Chaudhury, Volume 10 Issue 11

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