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Child Sexual Abuse In India: An Urgent Action Plan Is Need Of The Hour

Child sexual abuse in India: An urgent action plan is need of the hour The dynamics of child sexual abuse is complex and understanding it will keep our children safe. We ar...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Nirbhaya Again

The horrific case of the brutal rape of a Kerala law student has reminded everyone of the December 16, 2012 gut-wrenching incident that has come to be known as the Nirbhaya...

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Indian Acid Attack Survivor Is New Face Of Fashion Brand

An Indian fashion retail brand has signed up prominent acid attack survivor and campaigner Laxmi Saa to be the face of its new range of designer outfits for women, in a cam...

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Festivals

Human Rights Film Festival Arrives At The Bloor

Local activist group Jayu uses the arts to raise awareness of human rights stories and press for social change. Formed in 2012, the local activist group Jayu uses the arts ...

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Gender

Gender Equality Starts With Champions Of Change

Developing champions of change in factories could have a great impact on reducing gender inequality in India. Even though India is home to many powerful and influential wom...

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Gender

Gender Inequality Still A Challenge – Activists

GIRLS are kidnapped and sexually abused, the perpetrators walk away without being arrested, capital offences like murder and rape are never followed up. Drunkenness, polyga...

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Thought Factory

Environment, Development And The Paradox Of Progress

The wisdom of ancients was cast in proverbial stone when the Atharva Veda extolled believers to worship the environment, and consequently immortalized the message of preser...

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Thought Factory

The Subdued Whispers Of Posterity In Fallout

The world stood still as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb quoted from a passage of the Bhagvad Geeta where Krishna reveals himself to Arjuna “I ha...

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Top 5

Top 5 Films with Human Rights Commentary

Human rights are inviolable. The Indian Constitution has held sacred the rights of the people when it comes to Right to Equality, Protection and so on. International bodies...

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10 Ridiculous Ideas About Sexual violence and rape

Sexual violence and rape have suddenly taken centrestage on national TV, social media, office-lunch discussions, pre-meeting chit-chat, you name it. Not to mention the alar...

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