Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us its a list that decides who is indian called the National Register of citizens it was 1st created nearly 70 years ago and a 3 year push for an update is almost done those efforts have been concentrated in the eastern state of. The government says its aim is to weed out Illegal Immigrants from neighboring bangladesh. But any flaws in the system can have far reaching repercussions for genuine indians some whose families migrated over from the indian state of west bengal activists say that most likely to be impacted are muslims they fear being left off the final list and becoming stateless while demand for such a register of citizens has been a longstanding it gained steam once Prime Minister modi and his Hindu Nationalist Party came to power in 2014. Travel to some to find out more. Shocking how early a mammoth task he has to reassure thousands of his fellow residents of assam that they want to be stateless soon. This family was
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us its a list that decides who is indian called the National Register of citizens it was 1st created nearly 70 years ago and a 3 year push for an update is almost done those efforts have been concentrated in the eastern state of. The government says its aim is to weed out Illegal Immigrants from neighboring bangladesh. But any flaws in the system can have far reaching repercussions for genuine indians some whose families migrated over from the indian state of west bengal activists say that most likely to be impacted are muslims they fear being left off the final list and becoming stateless while demand for such a register of citizens has been a longstanding it gained steam once Prime Minister modi and his Hindu Nationalist Party came to power in 2014. Travelled to some to find out more. Sharjah how early a mammoth task he has to reassure thousands of his fellow residents of assam that they want to be sticklers so. This family was
Liberalism and its discontent. Humankind over the centuries has seen an evolution. We go from hunter gatherers to Agricultural Societies up through the industrial revolution. There is a process in which social institutions become more complex. They develop certain features. Marx said this process would culminate in a communist utopia. I think most progressive intellectuals for the 100 50 years after the communist manifesto believed the history would be communism. My argument was we did not seem to be going there. This was just before the collapse of the soviet union. The idea was there was this process of modernization. People wanted to live in modern societies but the kind of modern society was liberal democracy and marketbased capitalism, not socialism. We are getting off this train of history one stop before marx said we would get off. Professor Francis Fukuyama. You were talking in 2000 six about your 1992 book, the end of history and the last man. What you said, does it stand up t
And poet laureate Natasha Trethewey continue their exploration of where poetry lives. Tonight, a project breaking poets out of their ivory towers, and bringing them into their communities. Its really important that poets be in the community, be with whats happening and conscious and connected to whats going on in the world around us. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyr
Ifill plus, Jeffrey Brown and poet laureate Natasha Trethewey continue their exploration of where poetry lives. Tonight, a project breaking poets out of their ivory towers, and bringing them into their communities. Its really important that poets be in the community, be with whats happening and conscious and connected to whats going on in the world around us. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. Ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid