Shuriah Niazi

Author

Shuriah a freelance journalist based in Central India. He works on a broad spectrum of issues for a variety of media outlets, but specializes on social, environmental and health issues especially women related.

September 04th, 2017

"Khatna is violation of the human rights"

in:	Humans
by:	Shuriah Niazi

Women of the Bohra community in India decided they would not take female genital cutting (FGM) anymore and got thousands of supporters.

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April 21st, 2017

The anti-Romeo squad in India

in:	Humans
by:	Shuriah Niazi

The ‘Anti-Romeo drive’ being conducted by the police in Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh ostensibly combats the harassment of women and girls at public places. Yet this has [...]

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July 05th, 2015

The value of a child

in:	Humans, Economy
by:	Shuriah Niazi

Farmers in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh are reeling under unprecedented crop loss. With mounting losses, some farmers have sold their children to shepherds, say investigators.In [...]

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April 21st, 2015

Child marriage in India

in:	Humans
by:	Shuriah Niazi

While India may have been successful in stamping out diseases like polio, small pox and leprosy, it has been able to achieve only limited success as far as [...]

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April 13th, 2015

"witch-hunting" in India

in:	Humans, Economy
by:	Shuriah Niazi

The 51-year-old Dadai Bai died in Kondagaon after she was stripped and beaten by some people from her village and other relatives. They had accused her of making a village boy ill by practising [...]

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