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Why ‘honest’ Khattar does not want an active human rights commission

The Haryana chief minister appears reluctant to reconstitute the state human rights commission. That's because there is a long list of cases of human rights violations waiting to be heard. Dalits, women and minorities are feeling the brunt of this body's missing from action

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सुभाष गताडे वामपंथी कार्यकर्ता, विमर्शकार और अनुवादक हैं। जाति और आंबेडकर उनके विमर्श के महत्वपूर्ण विषयों में शामिल हैं। उन्होंने काशी हिंन्दू विश्वविद्यालय से एम.टेक. की डिग्री प्राप्त की। ये हिंदी, अंग्रेजी, उर्दू और मराठी में लिखते हैं। ‘बीसवीं शताब्दी में डॉ. आंबेडकर का सवाल’, ‘पहाड़ से उंचा आदमी: दशरथ मांझी’, 'दीनदयाल उपाध्याय : भाजपा के गांधी'(हिंदी), 'गाड्स चिल्ड्रेन : हिंदुत्वा टेरर इन इंडिया', 'दी सैफर्न कंडीशन : पालिटिक्स ऑफ रिप्रेशन एण्ड एक्सक्लूजन इन नियोलिबरल इंडिया' (अंग्रेजी), 'अम्बेडकर विरूद्ध राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ' (मराठी) में प्रकाशित इनकी महत्वपूर्ण किताबें हैं। ये निमयित तौर विभिन्न पत्र-पत्रिकाओं में लिखते रहते हैं। 1990 से 1999 तक इन्होंने ‘लोकदस्ता’ पत्रिका संपादन किया है

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