Recent Activity of HA and SRAI

Celebration of INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

From Dainik VISWAMITRA-11.12.11 BY SANTOSH SHARMA

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SRAI (Purulia Branch) Against Advertisement of ASTROLOGY

From Dainik VISWAMITRA-12.12.11 BY SANTOSH SHARMA

AMRI Scandal: Some Questions

From The Anandabazar Patrika-20.12.11

Only sorrow & condolences! Doesn’t Kolkata get really Angry?

By Anindya Jana

Courtesy: Anandabazar Patrika, December 13, 2011

India wanted 358 items removed

NEW DELHI, December 8, 2011 PRISCILLA JEBARAJ

India is one of only four countries which, during the first half of 2011, requested Google to remove content on the basis that it was critical of the government. Google refused to comply. The other countries were Thailand and Turkey — where Google restricted local users from accessing . . . → Read More: India wanted 358 items removed

Protest against Govt. Of India’s attempt to control social networking sites

Central Government’s attempt to control social networking sites is an assault on freedom of expression. We will meet (at 33A Creek Row, Kolkata) on 10th December, International Human Rights Day to condemn this attack on basic human freedom.

Paranormals Exposed: Footprint under the Water and Mass hysteria in GAJAN Festival.

By Santosh Sharma

From Dainik Viswamitra: 05.11.12

KISHENJI’S DEATH: When there are allegations, why not conduct a proper Judicial Enquiry!

By RANTIDEB SENGUPTA

From BARTAMAN -28.11.11

Last Rites for KISHEN JI in his own town: Not as a murderer but a brave & loved hero

From BARTAMAN -28.11.11

Kishanji’s death: Swami Agnivesh demands probe

Debashis Konar, TNN Nov 25, 2011, 05.01AM IST

KOLKATA: Swami Agnivesh, once an interlocutor between the Centre and the Maoists, wants a proper judicial probe into the feared encounter death of Maoist military strategist Koteswar Rao, alias Kishanji. Agnivesh made the same demand after Maoist leader Azad was killed, which did not get a . . . → Read More: Kishanji’s death: Swami Agnivesh demands probe

BATTLING BLINDNESS

By UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, The Telegraph, November 24 , 2011

A SRAI volunteer during a demonstration

Some years ago, in Purulia’s Kantaberia village, some people had gathered around a gunin who had been invited to identify a witch. Several women were lined up near him. Chanting prayers, the gunin beckoned one woman at a . . . → Read More: BATTLING BLINDNESS