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March 30, 2016
I dream of an India without 'untouchables'
topic: Discrimination
by: Jose Kalathil
Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, founded the Sulabh International Social Service Organisation in 1970, to liberate the untouchable by providing them alternatives.
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Eelam_Refugees_India
December 26, 2015
Sheltering refugees - a centuries old Indian tradition
topic: Refugees and Asylum
by: Jose Kalathil
When the plight of Syrian refugees is discussed globally these days, many do not know that India has hosted refugees for centuries.
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December 15, 2015
Who runs the world? Girls!
topic: Women’s rights
by: Vanessa Ellingham
2015 has been the year of gender discussion in the Western world. Here is a view of two communities that are changing the way they approach women’s value.
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October 03, 2015
Hindu deities
topic: Human Rights
by: Jose Kalathil
A score of Hindu deities, almost forgotten in India, are worshipped in Japan.
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tamil india
September 22, 2015
Sheltering refugees - a centuries old Indian tradition
by: Jose Kalathil
When the plight of Syrian refugees is discussed world over these days, many in India and outside do not know that this country has hosted refugees [...]
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amnesty_dalitwomen
August 29, 2015
Two sisters to be raped as punishment – demand justice!
type: Petition, Protest
by: Deniz Zehra Tavli
Your eyes do not deceive you. An unelected all-male village council in India has ordered that 23-year-old Meenakshi Kumari and her 15-year-old sister [...]
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July 05, 2015
The value of a child
topic: Poverty
by: Shuriah Niazi
Amidst a spiraling crisis of farmer suicide, authorities in central India have received reports of farmers selling their children into forced labour.
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April 21, 2015
Child marriage in India
topic: Child rights
by: Shuriah Niazi
"Akshay Tritiya" on April 22nd is the day considered by Hindus to be an auspicious day for marriages - even for child marriages.
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A-'witch'-is-being-'cured
April 13, 2015
"witch-hunting" in India
topic: Women’s rights
by: Shuriah Niazi
Her relatives, who suspected her of practising witchcraft, beat an Indian woman to death in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Not a single case.
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The total number of people enslaved by region
November 17, 2014
35 million suffer as modern day slaves
by: Vanessa Ellingham
More than 35 million people are trapped in some form of modern day slavery, with 61% of those coming from just five countries. Human trafficking, [...]
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TO GO WITH STORY 'INDIA-MONSOON-ECONOMY-
October 13, 2014
The taste of pesticide
by: Gurmeet Singh
There are many questions people have asked: why is it happening? Where is it taking place? Does the rate of suicides among farmers significantly differ from suicides in any other profession? Is it even [...]
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October 13, 2014
What is the Nobel Peace Prize good for?
by: Vanessa Ellingham
On Friday the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two champions of children's rights: Pakistani schoolgirl and inspiring leader Malala Yousafzai and [...]
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October 09, 2014
Is India stepping back from reformative justice?
by: Neelo Aysha Scholz
A 23-year-old pharmacy student was brutally gang raped by six men on a moving New Delhi bus in Dec 2012. Later, she died from her injuries whilst in [...]
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Peaceful Forest Protest in India
September 10, 2014
Crackdown on Indian people's movement
by: FairPlanet Editorial Team
Greenpeace is urging people to sign a petition to stop a crackdown in Mahan, India, on those protesting the building of a mine which will destroy a forest and key [...]
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March 04, 2014
Press Review: Using mobile technology to prevent trafficking of women & 10,000 violent attacks on places of education
by: Rebecca Silus
Currently under development, the project will use mobile phones to create labor networks that would connect potential employees with employers and [...]
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Gay pride Bangalore
December 15, 2013
Dark day for gay rights
by: Redaktion
Men and women in India now face police harassment and life imprisonment. This hateful decision is being met with outrage around the world and from gay rights supporters in India. Avaaz has made a petition to reverse [...]
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