Rajindar Sachar The collapse of the government machinery, disgrace abounding, permanent stain on India’s boast of secularism and rationalism were some of the instant thoughts that came to me when I learnt of the surrender terms of release of Karan Johar film “Yeh Dil Hai Muskil”. It is self evident that this boosting of Raj Thackery […]
As 2016 US Presidential campaign enters its final days, CPPR–Centre for Strategic Studies conducted an opinion poll among college students in Kochi on the prospective outcome of 2016 US Presidential Election. The survey was conducted among the students of Maharaja’s College, Sacred Heart College, Bharata Mata College and St. Albert’s College. The opinion poll that […]
The PUCL strongly condemns the decision of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to punish Hindi news channel, NDTV India, for revealing “strategically – sensitive” information while covering the Pathankot attack in January, 2016 by ordering that the Channel close down telecast for a day between 9-10th November, 2016. The decision is reminiscent of the Emergency […]
An all India team of the PUCL visited the Kashmir valley after the 100th day of people’s protests beginning 9th July and the government clampdown that were taking place there. The team was led by Dr. V Suresh, General Secretary of the PUCL and included Kavita Srivastava (National Secretary), Ramdas Rao (National Council Member) and […]
People’s Union for Civil Liberties condemns the ongoing attack on civilians by Indian security forces in Kashmir which has resulted in the killings of more than 80 young people, causing injuries to nearly 9000 people and the loss of vision of more than 500 people. PUCL condemns the impunity exerci sed by Indian Security Forces […]
By Nikta Mary Mathew and Dr Martin Patrick Centre for Public Policy Research This study is an attempt to analyse the functioning of autonomous colleges, granted in 2014, in Kerala to infer if the quality of education has seen an improvement in these colleges. The study aims to collect information from four colleges in Ernakulam, […]
Kisan Ekta calls for a ban of Genetically Modified Mustard (GM Mustard)Re-launch the Yellow Revolution. Support the Indian farmer. We, the Leaders and representatives of the largest farmers’ organisations in India, representing more than 400 million farmers, met at the 4th National Convention of the Kisan Ekta. We took up the urgent matter of Genetically […]
Many reasons to say No to Delhi University’s GM Mustard. Do you remember how, in 2010, citizens collectively ensured that Bt brinjal, (a genetically modified (GM) food crop) was stopped from entering our plates and farms? The Government of India placed an indefinite moratorium on the release of Bt brinjal for commercial cultivation. Back then, […]
By Ravijot Singh What does it take to create a good video blogging channel/career? A good camera, a youtube account and loads of confidence? Right? No! It takes much more than that to create a successful video blogging channel. Let’s evaluate this! Understanding the basics and setting up First and foremost we need to understand […]
PUCL condemns the actions of the Bengaluru Police in foisting a case of sedition, creating enmity and other charges against Amnesty International India and unnamed staff for holding a meeting on 13th August, 2016 in Bengaluru on human rights abuses in Kashmir in which families of victims participated. From the statement of Amnesty it is […]