introduction to VS and its work:

1. Alternatives Transformation Format
https://vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Alternatives-framework-7th-avatar-post-VSCG-for-public-circulation-17.11.2023.pdf

2. Search for Radical Alternatives
https://vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/migrate/Resources/alternetivesframeworkbookletrevisedfinal1512.pdf

3. People's Manifesto 2024
https://vikalpsangam.org/article/vikalp-sangam-general-assembly-to-release-peoples-manifesto-2024/

4. Reports on Sangams
https://vikalpsangam.org/article/vikalp-sangam-reports/

The aftermath of the political crisis in Bangladesh has once again made the Hindu community in the country a soft target. The student protest quickly became an excuse for Islamists to inflict violence against Hindus. The declining Hindu population, which was 7.95 per cent in 2022, is a clear indication of the tragic plight of the community. https://theprint.in/opinion/attacks-on-hindus-in-bangladesh-show-deep-hatred-india-must-provide-refuge/2225699/ 

 As a Pasmanda Muslim from India, I often see exaggerated claims about the plight of Indian Muslims, suggesting that we are on the brink of genocide under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. This claim has persisted for the past decade, only to be proven as fear-mongering. This makes me wonder why the historical genocide and ongoing oppression of the Hindu population in Bangladesh receive so little acknowledgement. Despite more than 200 attacks on religious minorities, including Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians, and damage to about 20 temples since 5 August, the intelligentsia and global news coverage have portrayed the plight of Bangladeshi Hindus as just another case of minority oppression. This oversimplification does a disservice to the victims.

Each act of oppression has its own root cause and deserves to be discussed on its own merits. There is an undeniable underlying hatred toward the community, and it is crucial to understand where this sentiment stems from.

 by Amna Begam

16/08/2024

Media, Modi & Data :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMHhB48KXwY  हैरान करने वाला सच छुपा रहा मीडिया..इतने बुरे दिन आने वाले है !  This about banking, and who bears the costs of the write off of the loans, and whose loans are written off as facilitation of the economic cycle.  the corporates or farmers.. students/housing loans..

 Adani को मिले 20 हजार करोड़ किसके, सामने आ गया सच ? Hindenburg Report  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLcO0Xspxxw|
 Aug 13, 2024  INDIA

The tactical dimension of the caste census apart, it will have long time substantial effects: even if fewer jatis than expected benefited from Mandal at first, the implementation of Mandal II, or reservation in higher educational institutions in 2006, helped thousands of young men and women experience upward social mobility.

https://thewire.in/politics/caste-versus-hindutva-again 

 Since the 1980s – even before Mandal – two political repertoires are in competition in the Indian public sphere: caste politics and Hindutva. This dialectic started in Gujarat when the BJP reacted to the reservation policies of Madhavsinh Solanki by promoting anti-Muslim polarisation in order to create a Hindu vote bank transcending caste-based divisions – a strategy that implied communal violence.

The dialectic between caste politics and Hindutva may be at a critical juncture again for good reasons as well as by default. First, paradoxically, the completion of the Ram Mandir is affecting the Sangh parivar’s mobilisation power. For decades its followers fought for what they considered their rights against an illegitimate mosque – and in the name of a sacred cause. But they’ve arrived and a kind of anti-climax is now palpable: they’ve achieved a decades-old objective, but this is not changing the face of the earth. But why should caste politics be more attractive than class-based issues for the opposition? For many reasons. First, caste and class overlap to a great extent – even though a small Dalit bourgeoisie and a larger OBC middle class are shaping up. Second, these two emerging social groups are primarily the products of caste-based positive discrimination – so much so that even dominant castes like the Marathas are asking for reservations.

by Christophe Jaffrelot

09/082024

2024: Is The Mandate Stolen? | Parakala Prabhakar | Voice Of TN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3-9ptOYJgE KULUKKAI

क्या जेल में CM केजरीवाल को मारने की साजिश रच रही BJP? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxylHzwnM7E  Atishi | CM Arvind Kejriwal Health 14.7.24

Why LG Violated SC? SC Warns, Takes Contempt Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=broF_iePLNA 

Law Chakra

 SC says ‘non-application of mind by L-G’  https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2024/Jul/13/sc-says-non-application-of-mind-by-l-g 
The court wondered whether the DDA officials had told him that top court’s permission was required for cutting off trees. 

Justice Abhay S Oka wondered whether the DDA officials had told him that top court’s permission was required for cutting off trees. It was hearing suo motu contempt proceedings against the vice chairman of the DDA regarding the felling of 1,100 trees in the ridge forest for a road widening project.

“First day, everybody should have come to the court and said there was a mistake by us. But cover up goes on. After four or five orders, the truth comes out in the form of a DDA officer’s affidavit. All have committed the mistake including the Lieutenant Governor. The court said that it realised the L-G’s role when Attorney General R Venkataramani appeared independently, indicating sufficient involvement.

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