We, the undersigned journalists, writers, historians, and activists from south Asia, are deeply concerned about the use of “contempt of court” law to curb freedom of expression.
The Left and Feminism Kumari Jayawardena Govind Kelkar The spectre of western feminism has been used by many left party leaders and left ideologues to attack local feminists as bourgeois, westernised and influenced by 'white' feminism. In such campaigns against feminism, the left often finds itself in strange company along with the Ayatollahs and bther fundamentalists, who whip up xenophobia about western 'decadence'.
reduced. The maximum amount paid as pension is Rs 4,000 and the minimum is Rs 375. The rules of the state government are somewhat different. The amounts payable are fixed as percentages of an amount based on the last year's salary divided into a number of slabs (Table 10). For employees with comparable service records, pension paid by the state government is less than that under the central government.
