The recent auction of the 2G spectrum has drawn bids of only Rs. 9,407 crore. Various spokespersons of the Congress and Union ministers have been propagating that this somehow justifies Raja’s illegal first-come-first-served policy of giving away spectrum.

Many aspects of the current assault on Gaza pass under the radar screens of world conscience.

Netanyahu and the Gaza Missiles

The Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have entered their third day. We write this report amid the sounds of incessant bombings, which have continued all day yesterday and throughout the night.

Novem­ber 15, 2012 Gaza.

As I begin to write this piece my com­puter falls from my hands to the floor as a bomb drops meters from the Abousalama fam­ily home in Saf­tawi neigh­bor­hood, Gaza, Palestine.

Dr. Gershon Baskin, the initiator and negotiator of the secret back channel for the release of Gilad Shalit writes about Israel's assassination of Ahmed Jaabari in the Daily Beast.

Occupied Palestine, 15 November 2012 - On November 8, Israel carried out an attack on civilians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, shooting 13-year-old Ahmad Abu Daqqa while he played football with friends.

In the dark of night, on 14 November, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. As elections in Israel are on the horizon, the Israeli Defense Force conducted an extra-judicial assassination of Hamas’ Ahmad Jabari, who only hours beforehand had received a draft of a permanent truce agreement with Israel (according to Nir Hasson at Haaretz). Jabari’s assassination was followed by a barrage by Israeli aircraft and warships.

The study of the past has never been an easy exercise.

We tend to think of Haryana today as the home of “honour” killings, gang rapes, domestic violence, violence against Dalit, violence against workers and trade unions.