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Sign this pledge to join this rising from wherever you are on the 14th of February 2014. You will be joined by one billion people across the world who will rise for justice.
Tell us why you are rising. Leave your message in the comments box "I am rising because..."
Naresh, together we shall not only challenge violence against women but also demand justice.
I look forward to you joining this rising,
With hope and love,
Kamla Bhasin via Change.org
PS: Is there an issue of injustice or violence against women you would like to change? Start a petition and mobilise people towards your cause.
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Save Dissent to Save Democracy THE rising instances of physical violence and threats against political opponents and the inability to accept dissent must raise huge concerns amongst all of us who see democracy as perhaps the really stellar achievement since Independence. AAP’s attack on BJP headquarters and acts of arson committed under the very noses of their elite leadership; the attacks on Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Gujarat in the last two days; the recent manhandling of the caretaker of journalist Siddharth Varadarajan’s house by some garden variety thugs; and the violence and threats meted out regularly to their political opponents by political parties is surely deplorable and condemnable. This is a fatally flawed trend which will destroy the very foundations of our democratic institutions if not pushed back with all the strength and condemnation that the civil society can mobilise. Replaying the past To begin with, it must be clarified that we should ...

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