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A Message To Aspiring Lynchers: Meat Is A Non-Issue
Lynchers, potential lynchers, aspiring lynchers, lynching organizations and their sister units are advised to maintain some control over their overtly friendly behavior. I plead you to read this....
View ArticleIt’s High Time We Talk About The Everyday Violence That Affects The Poor
Violence manifests all around us every day, sometimes subtly and sometimes pervasively, but we often miss it. Except for the occasional headlines in the paper, mentioning road rage incidents where two...
View ArticleThe Police System Is Crumbling Under Its Own Functioning
A government’s efficiency of running the nation can be measured by the level of security it provides to its citizens through the instrument of law and order. And to execute law and order for ordinary...
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Since 1993, Not One Person Has Been Held Accountable For What Is India’s...
“One manual scavenger dies every five days cleaning sewers and septic tanks” – National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) “[Manual scavenging] is the worst surviving symbol of untouchability.”...
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Better Civic Sense Could Help Make For Safer Roads In India
Road safety has been a serious concern for years now, and it was finally in 2015 that India signed the Brasilia declaration with a strong commitment to reduce road accidents and fatalities almost by...
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इन आसान उपायों के ज़रिए कम हो सकती है सफाईकर्मियों के प्रति हिंसा
स्वच्छता हर व्यक्ति की ज़रूरत होती है जिससे इंसान का मन प्रसन्न रहता है। अगर आपके आस-पास का माहौल साफ-सुथरा हो तब शरीर भी तंदुरुस्त रहता है। इसी को देखते हुए देश के प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने स्वच्छ...
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‘I Believe I Can Do Other Things With The Energy I Expend On Driving’
I have a hilarious anecdote about Indian roads and driving on them. Back in 2008, I was in the Netherlands for an onsite assignment. One day, as I was returning to my desk after lunch, I saw everyone...
View ArticleThe Ailing Status Of India’s Women Waste Pickers
Waste pickers, as the term speaks for itself, is considered to be one of the lowest merit jobs in the urban informal occupations and the majority of the population employed in this field are women and...
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रेप सर्वाइवर्स से घटना के बारे में बार-बार पूछना हो सकता है खतरनाक
पटना की एक स्कूली लड़की जिसे सेक्स का मतलब तक नहीं मालूम, जो अभी पूरी तरह से किशोरावस्था में भी नहीं पहुंची थी, उसका कई बार रेप हो चुका था और रेप की घटना लगातार जारी थी। यह रेप उसके घर में ही हो रहा था...
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क्या दलितों में अशिक्षा है शोषण का कारण?
दलितों का सैकड़ों सालों से शोषण होता आ रहा है जिसके विरोध में हमेशा से आवाज़ें उठती रही हैं। उत्तर वैदिक युग में वर्ण व्यवस्था के खिलाफ जैन तथा बौद्ध धर्म को विकसित किया, मध्य युग में कबीर, चैतन्य,...
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उचित कानून और लोगों की साझी पहल से कम हो सकती है गरीबों के प्रति हिंसा
किसी भी प्रकार की हिंसा से दूर हर व्यक्ति को समान तरीके से देखने और हर रूह को सम्मान देने की बात भले ही हम इतने सालों से करते आए हैं लेकिन सच यही है कि हमारे आस-पास रह रहे लोगों के साथ ही हमारा बर्ताव...
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जो मेस में आपको हर रोज़ खिलाते हैं कभी उनका हाल पूछा है?
अभी-अभी मैं हॉस्टल (गया में दक्षिण बिहार केंद्रीय विश्वविद्यालय) के मेस से खाना खाकर लौटा हूं। मन हुआ कि कुछ लिखा जाए। लैपटॉप पर उंगलियां बार-बार कुछ लिखकर मिटा दे रही हैं। आज कुछ-कुछ सच्चा लिखने का मन...
View ArticleHow The Changed Context Of Violence Has Worsened Public Reaction To It
Do we love violence – not the sight of it, but the act of it? I ask this because some people claim to be pacifists, which seems to be a counter-evolutionary view to take. I ask this also because of the...
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When Survivors Speak Up For Their Rights…
By Sarah Jacob Tucked in a pink sweater with a matching scarf, Meera Bai confidently narrated her story to a gathering of 100-odd people, using a microphone. She hadn’t rehearsed. The social worker...
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Over 12,000 People Have Joined The Fight Against Human Trafficking In India
By Justin Murik The National Coalition to Eradicate Bonded Labour and Human Trafficking (NCEBLHT) has collected signatures of over 12,000 survivors of human trafficking, urging the government and all...
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The Slaves Of Caste, Gender, And A Humiliating Practice
From the pulpit of the magnificent Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of cleanliness and aimed to make India open-defecation free by 2019, the year coinciding with Mahatma Gandhi’s...
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Fingers Cut Off, Acid Splashed: The Ghastly Face Of Bonded Labour
By Sarah Jacob Huffing and panting, they reached their village in Sundargarh, Odisha. They had travelled 13 hours escaping the brutality. They could not gather the other seven men trapped in the brick...
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52 Bonded Labourers Rescued By Hassan Police In Karnataka After 3 Years Of Abuse
A group of 52 bonded labourers, including 4 children and 17 women were rescued from a ginger farm in Savanakanahalli, Dudda Hobli, Hassan taluk of Karnataka, recently. The labourers were abused...
View ArticleWhat We Need More Than Laws To Be Safe On The Road
It’s been around three years since I got my permanent driving license. In January 2015, I had received my learner’s license, and then one week prior to its expiry date; I decided to give a practical...
View ArticleSix Years Since A Gang Rape Unblocked Memories Of My Own Abuse
Six years ago, an incident woke India up to the sudden realization of the never-ending violence and brutality against women. It was the 16th December gangrape which made the country erupt, evoking a...
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