Piyush Arya Despite the constitution abolishing untouchability in the country, I am asking you, people, do you shake hands with them? The answer is no. That is the way we are going... Read more »
BY N. LOTHUNGBENI HUMTSOE There are millions of orphan children across India, who lack the basic facilities required for survival. Having lost their parents at a very young age, they are not... Read more »
By Gazal Malik and Kratika Choubey Maheswari and Kavita who migrated from Bellary to Mandya district of Karnataka, also known as the “Sugarcane City”, had just returned from a sugarcane farm located 2... Read more »
By Christopher Johnson Defending human rights, a key mission of the United Nations, it seems, has never been harder. A global pandemic has deepened inequality, pushed millions out of work and seen... Read more »
A recent survey, carried out by the Centre for Labour Research and Action (CLRA), a civil rights organization, of cottonseed plots in Danta taluka of Banaskantha district has claimed that tribal children... Read more »
A fact-finding report, prepared after its recent visit to Hathras, has said that ever since the gruesome grangrape incident in Uttar Pradesh on September 14, the victim’s family has had to fight its... Read more »
BY RAJNISH SINGH Bordered by Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal, India’s northeastern state Sikkim is all set to provide tap water connection to all its households by the end of next year, a... Read more »
By Gazala Paul, Pankaj Mishra When 14 families from areas surrounding Chorbhatti village under Bodla block in Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh decided to settle down at Amlidih hamlet in 2002, their status... Read more »
By Kieran Guilbert Human traffickers are capitalising on the coronavirus pandemic to target people ranging from jobless migrants to out-of-school children, two United Nations specialists said, warning that the fallout from COVID-19... Read more »
By Oliver D’Souza Have no doubts, not that you should have any by now. Uttar Pradesh (UP) is not a state run on the basis of the Constitution of India, but by... Read more »
By Annie Banerji From lewd comments to demands for sex, women working in India’s vast informal sector rarely report sexual harassment for fear of losing their jobs, labour rights campaigners said on... Read more »
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat Supreme Court’s order allowing the three accused of abetting murder of Dr Payal Tadavi namely Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal to complete their medical studies is deeply... Read more »
By Priyanka Samy On a humid day in October, 1929 in a village in southern India, a girl was born to a young Dalit couple. Soon after her birth, her parents took her outside... Read more »
By Sonia Elks Extreme poverty will rise for the first time this century as COVID-19 hammers the global economy, the World Bank said on Wednesday, predicting the pandemic could spawn 115 million... Read more »
By Anuradha Nagaraj Informal workers in India urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a petition on Tuesday to grant emergency financial aid to protect them from loan sharks and labour traffickers as... Read more »
BY QUAID NAJMI Over 10,000 women, feminist groups and rights activists from all over the world on Sunday got together to seek justice for the Hathras gang-rape victim as the case has... Read more »
By Saurabh Sharma India’s federal police will investigate the alleged gang rape of a young woman in northern Uttar Pradesh state whose death sparked nationwide protests, the local government said in a... Read more »
By National Alliance of People’s Movements The brutal rape and murder of yet another dalit woman in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh has sent shock waves across the country. Tens of thousands of people have... Read more »
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat In Gujarat, a young Dalit activist lawyer Devji Maheshwari, belonging to the Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMSCEF) was killed in Surat, allegedly by a goon who was warning... Read more »
By Roli Srivastava The death of an eight-year-old boy whose parents worked as bonded labourers has triggered demands for authorities to crack down on thousands of other suspected cases in nearby villages... Read more »