Friday, December 31, 2010

Welcome to the Fourth issue of Boston Awaaz!

We know you have been waiting for very long for this issue - - should have had this out for holiday reading as we have a lot of good stuff! Apologies for the delay on this occassion...



In this issue we focus on the recent sentencing on Dr. Binayak Sen. How do we make sense of it? Awaaz tries to present some of the thoughts of its community...

We also feature articles by some of our community members:

  • A poem by Diganta...
  • The regular musings by Jaspal Singh
  • A reflection on the Binayak Sen "incident" and the silence of our elite by Vinay Bhat
  • A take on Wikileaks and what it means for our freedom by Sham Vishal Bhat

Read the latest issue here or click on the issue in the sidebar.

Happy reading - - and a Very Happy New Year!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Welcome to the Third Issue of Boston Awaaz

In this issue we mark the passing away of a fine scholar and champion of justice in Dr. Omar Khalidi who worked for years at MIT. His ceaseless efforts to get to the bottom of the issues of communalism in India have inspired many.

We also feature articles by some of our community members:

The regular musings by Jaspal Singh
A reflection on the Indian state by Vinay Bhat
A take on Carbon Trading by Rajasekhar Jammalmadaka (Raju)
and an op-ed piece on the forthcoming 26th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster.

Read the latest issue here.