Author Archives: Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia

The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia unequivocally condemns the murder of Avijit Roy on February 26, 2015, on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Avijit Roy was a naturalized American citizen of Bangladeshi origin. An engineer by profession, he wrote on themes related to science, philosophy, religion, and society. More than aContinue reading “Condemnation of the murder of Avijit Roy on Feb 26, 2015”

We cordially invite you to a lecture/discussion on Surveillance, Profiling, and Exclusion: The Murky Politics of an Identification Project (UID) by Usha RamanathanThursday, November 206:30PM, MIT Room 4-145 Usha Ramanathan works on the jurisprudence of poverty. She writes and speaks on issues such as the Bhopal gas disaster, mass displacement, and eminent domain. She hasContinue reading “The Murky Politics of an Identification Project (UID)”

Seminar by GAUTAM NAVLAKHA Room 3-333, MIT4PM, SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 About the Speaker: Gautam Navlakha is a civil liberties activist working for the non-funded People’s Union for Democratic Rights (Delhi) and was associated with the Economic and Political Weekly for more than three decades. He lives in Delhi and has written extensively on issues ofContinue reading “REFLECTIONS ON INDIA”

The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia July 30, 2014 The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia condemns in the strongest possible terms the State of Israel’s war on the Palestinian population in Gaza. In a campaign of territorial expansion on the pretext of self-defense, Israel rains artillery fire and bombsContinue reading “Statement on Gaza – July 30, 2014”

Our PledgeApril 2014 India goes to polls this year. Amnesia about Gujarat 2002 and a media BJP hype with Narendra Modi as the candidate for prime minister who “get things done” makes immediate once again the threat of resurgent communalism in India. This is not to be taken lightly in the view of recent history.Continue reading “Our Pledge – April 2014”

A discussion with Aviva Chomsky, Anu Muhammad, Ed Childs Saturday, January 11, 2014, 3 PMMIT – Room 4-23777 Mass AveCambridge, MA Free and Open to the Public In the global South workers and peasants fight starvation wages and plunder of natural resources; in the North austerity for workers and bailout for capitalists have become aContinue reading “Globalization and People’s Movements – from Bangladesh to Colombia – Jan 11, 2014”

The Life of Revolutionary Possibility in India The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia invites you to a screening of Red Ant Dream The Life of Revolutionary Possibility in India – A documentary by Sanjay Kak Sat. Dec. 7, 20133 pmMIT Building 3, Room 270,77 Mass Ave Cambridge Director/Producer Sanjay Kak will introduceContinue reading “Red Ant Dream – Dec 7, 2013”

Aseem Shrivastava Sunday, October 6th, 5PMRoom 26-168, MIT About the talk: Taking its cue from the recent Uttarakhand flash-floods ​disaster ​ in northern India, the talk will examine the socio-economic and ecological impact of globalization in India. The mind-set of globalized development mentality that India’s elites have now come to believe in can only worsen,Continue reading “Predatory Growth in India: Critique and Alternative – Oct 6, 2013”

Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia p r e s e n t s India: An Urban Battleground – a talk by Dr. Parthosarathy Ray FRI. JUL 26 | 6:30 pm MIT Building 4, Room 23777 Mass Ave, Cambridge AboutOver the last decade or so, the focus of most activists and organizations inContinue reading “India: An Urban Battleground”