Book reveiw by V. Geetha: Atheists of Madras Edited by V. Arasu | Frontline

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Published: October 16, 2013 12:30 IST | Updated: October 18, 2013 11:46 IST

Atheists of Madras

Author: Edited by V. Arasu
Publisher: New Century Book House, 2012
Price: Rs. 3000 for the six volumes.

On a small band of freethinkers of the old Madras province who provoked anxiety and dread in missionary and religious circles.

India - Muzaffarnagar: The Riots are Over But the Protracted Battles Continue (Gulail Investigation) | Video

(A video on gulail.com - 23 September 2013)

The state took sides and ignored its own assessments to allow murders, creating deep enmity between jats and muslims

India: Debate over article 341 - Muslim and Christian Dalits are denied their dues (Anis Ansari) | gulail.com

Muslim and Christian Dalits are denied their dues

by Dr Anis Ansari

Constitution of India has been written with the intention of preserving secularism and human rights. All the people have been accorded the status of equality under its Article 14. Article 15 provides for guarantee of equal rights to all the citizens in educational institutions. Article 16 gives the guarantee of equal rights

India - Muzaffarnagar riots 2013 and aftermath: A list reports and statements by civil society groups, NGO's and womens groups (as on 31 Oct 2013)

1. Muzaffarnagar 2013: Violence by Political Design | Report of an independent fact finding group
[organised by CPA New Delhi, 17 September 2013)
http://sacw.net/article5612.html

2. The communal fire in Muzaffarnagar - An appeal from Aman Ekta Manch
(18 September 2013)
http://sacw.net/article5616.html

3. A Human Tragedy Unfolds: View from Muzaffarnagar Relief Camps
A Preliminary Citizens’

On Population Paranoia Among Hindutva Fundamentalists | Subhash Gatade

Time for a Group Marriage of Sangh Pracharaks ?
On Population Paranoia Among Hindutva Fundamentalists

by subhash gatade

This communalisation of demography has a fairly long history. As early as 1909, U N Mukherji, who would go on to co-found the Punjab Hindu Maha Sabha, wrote a book entitled 'Hindus: A Dying Race,' which influenced many subsequent publications by the Sabha, the parent

India: Hide and seek of the HinduRight | Anti-Sardar Patel book sold from RSS HQ in Gujarat

The Times of India

Anti-Sardar Patel book sold from RSS HQ in Gujarat
Ashish Vashi, TNN Aug 27, 2009, 12.17am IST

AHMEDABAD: Narendra Modi displayed great alacrity in banning Jaswant Singh's Jinnah book in Gujarat. But another such tome, authored by RSS ideologue H V Seshadri, which also slams Sardar Patel for precipitating Partition, has been in circulation for the last 27 years. And here's

India: Text of the resolution adopted at the Convention Against Communalism + News reports on the event

The Hindu, October 30, 2013

Resolution against communalism

Text of the resolution adopted at the Convention for People's Unity & Against Communalism

India is a country with various religions, languages, castes and cultures. But there is an underlying unity in the diversity. A unity, which is based on the unity of the people, which makes us all Indians.

This unity of the people and the country