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Human Rights

Amendment Sc& St Prevention Of Atrocities Act Will Ensure Speedy Justice

The amended Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules were recently notified. The major amendments to the principle act include addition of...

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Gender

Inside Pakistan's Gender-Fluid Hijra Community

In conservative Pakistan, where religious extremists wage continuous battles against the government in the name of a strict interpretation of Islam, male cross-dressers, tr...

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Festivals

15 Films To Anticipate At The 15th Tribeca Film Festival

“How to make sense of the Tribeca Film Festival” was the altogether appropriate headline of the New York Times previewof the Tribeca Film Festival. Even as the festival...

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Festivals

What To See At The Tribeca Film Festival- From Tom Hanks To Taxi Driver

The Tribeca film festival launches its 15th edition on Wednesday in the wake of the biggest controversy the event has ever weathered, following the festival’s decisio...

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Human Rights

India's Tribes And Lower Castes Demand Legal Right To Shelter, Land

For as long as she can remember, Panchi Sahariya and those in her tribal community in central India have been threatened, harassed, beaten and even arrested for living on l...

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Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival Shorts Lineup Includes Works By Danny Devito, Michael Rapaport& Matthew Modine

The 15thannual Tribeca Film Festival announced its slate of 72 selected short films, 45 of which are world premieres and 53 which are in competition.  The festival cho...

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Festivals

Female Directors Will Feature Prominently In This Year's Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival unveiled the first half of its annual slate of films Wednesday, a record third of which are from female directors including Sophia Takal and Ingri...

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Human Rights

Malnutrition, Alcoholism In Tribal Madhya Pradesh Get Baneebai Cure

At first glance, her profile hardly looks newsworthy — a young woman of the poor Bhilala tribe in Madhya Pradesh; a high school dropout.But BaneebaiNingwal has the re...

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Human Rights

58% Disabled SC/ST Kids Not Schooled

While most parents shuttle between different schools as the admission season gets underway, for some families educating their children is not a choice - they have to help t...

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Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival To Open With Met Museum Documentary ‘The Firstmonday In May’

The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival will open with the world premiere screening of “The First Monday in May,” Andrew Rossi’s documentary about t...

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