The death penalty in India: Fatally flawed

By pearlaction | October 1, 2011 |

[The Economist] ARPUTHAM AMMAL, a pensioner with curly silver hair and a wheezing cough, is an abolitionist. Perched in a gloomy warehouse in Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu, as young men bustle over an exhibition against the death penalty, she explains why. “It is not needed. The ultimate victims of the death sentence are the…

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Indian Tamils demand end to Sri Lanka’s war

By pearlaction | February 1, 2009 |

[AFP] India’s large Tamil population is demanding that New Delhi ensure the safety of 250,000 of their brethren boxed into the battle zone in Sri Lanka’s north. Protesters have poured into the streets in Tamil Nadu state, home to 62 million Indian Tamils, in the past week to call for a ceasefire in the conflict…

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S Lanka ‘joker’ jibe angers India

By pearlaction | December 9, 2008 |

[ BBC ] The Indian government has protested to Sri Lanka over a statement by the Sri Lankan army commander who described some Indian politicians as “jokers”. In an interview with a state-run newspaper, Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka said that the Indian government would not listen to Tamil Nadu “jokers”. The Indian state of Tamil…

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