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------------------------------------------------------------- INDIA MUST RATIFY THE ANTI-TORTURE TREATIES IT SIGNED. India Thinkers Net ------------------------------------------------------------- [1] From: "Aditya Mishra" <aditya11@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu Oct 12, 2006 Subject: Re: [indiathinkersnet] To Dream, To Think, To Go On...Shashi Tharoor I cannot understand the reason behind forwarding this Hindu article to the group. I disagree with Tharoor's misguided attempt to make his personal defeat as national at all. I am so happy that this supporter of rightwing Hindutava was sent to the dustbin he deserved. From: <rkurian@bgl.vsnl.net.in> Defeat is never easy to digest, in any endeavour in life — all the more so when the loss is both personal and, in a sense, national... ------------------ [2] Bush And North Korea By Mike Whitney http://www.countercurrents.org/korea-whitney121006.htm It took 6 years of relentless threats, sanctions and belligerence, but Bush finally succeeded in pushing Kim Jong-Il to build North Korea's first nuclear bomb. Now, Kim can just add a few finishing touches to his ballistic-missile delivery system, the Taepo-dong ICBM, and he'll be able to wipe out the 9 western states with a flip of the switch U. S. Neo-Cons Call For Japanese Nukes, Regime Change By Jim Lobe http://www.countercurrents.org/korea-lobe121006.htm Encouraging Japan to build nuclear weapons, shipping food aid via submarines, and running secret sabotage operations inside North Korea's borders are among a raft of policy prescriptions pushed by prominent U. S. neo-conservatives in the wake of Pyongyang's nuclear test ---------------- [3] From: Sukla Sen <suklasen@yahoo.com> Date: Thu Oct 12, 2006 Subject: Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP), India Press Release on North Korean Nuke Test CNDP Press Release on North Korean Nuke Test The CNDP condemns the nuclear test by North Korea. This act will only further raise nuclear tensions regionally and globally and help accelerate existing plans of the United States for the construction of Ballistic Missile Defence systems and Theatre Missile Defence systems and entice other countries to take shelter under its "protective umbrella". The existing nuclear weapons states (including India) have, for very obvious reasons, no moral or political right to criticise North Korea when they themselves have rationalised their own possession of nuclear weapons and thereby promoted the proliferation of such weapons. It is they, and the US in particular, thereby bear the primary responsibility for the failure of the current non-proliferation regime based on the NPT. At any rate, sanctions which hurt the people of North Korea is not the path to take. It is well known that North Korea has declared its willingness to abjure such weapons in return for security assurances from the US and full normalisation of political/diplomatic relations between the two countries. It is the US that has opposed this and pressure must be brought on it to return to the negotiating table and take this eminently sensible path and desist from any further brinkmanship and adventurism. Praful Bidwai J. Sri Raman Sukla Sen for CNDP ------------------- [4] CHRISTIAN GENDER EQUALITY CONFERENCE SLATED FOR INDIA The Minneapolis-based group known as Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE) will travel to Bangalore, India for a symposium dealing with topics of gender inequality across society and in the church on February 15-18, 2007. The conference is entitled “Side by Side: Gender from a Christian Perspective: Men and Women Dependent on Each Other.” In partnership with CBE in facilitating the symposium, are Pilgrim Partners, South Asian Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, and Union of Evangelical Students of India. This is the first time a global partnership of Christians will meet to discuss the impact of gender inequality and a worldwide response. CBE, founded in 1987, is a non-profit organization of evangelical men and women from nearly 100 denominations who believe that the Bible, properly interpreted, teaches the fundamental equality of men and women of all ethnicities, economic classes, and ages. (Evangelical News) ----------- [5] Belabouring Over Child Labour By Farzana Versey http://countercurrents.org/hr-versey131006.htm The Indian government's recent announcement banning the employment of children as domestic servants and workers in roadside eateries, restaurants, teashops starts with a problem. The age limit is below 14 years. And its figures are 80 per cent off the mark – the verdict talks about 20 million children whereas the number is close to a 100 million Hindutva And The Defence Of Upper' Caste Hegemony By Yoginder Sikand http://countercurrents.org/comm-sikand131006.htm The ideology and politics of Hindutva are geared to protecting and promoting the hegemony of 'high' caste Hindu elites. Claiming to speak on behalf of all 'Hindus', Hindutva formations have made no bones about defending 'upper' caste privilege.This is clearly evident in their opposition to caste-based reservations ------------------------------------------------------------ INDIA MUST RATIFY THE ANTI-TORTURE TREATIES IT SIGNED. India Thinkers Net ------------------------------------------------------------- |
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