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‘We Cannot Be Afraid’: Rhiya Ahir in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

What does it mean to stand beside young people when they choose to confront power?In this conversation, activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad speaks with Rhiya Ahir, whose act of...

Weekend Read: Hope Express

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J&K Human Rights Commission asks government to investigate 2,080 unmarked graves in two Jammu districts

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission on...

Bangladesh tops South Asia in gender equality

Bangladesh ranked 72nd last year  File photo: Women entrepreneurs at...

Demonetisation: A Year On, Onion Farmers In Cash Crisis As Banking System Fails To Cope

Valwadi/Lasalgaon/Pimpalgaon, Nashik (Maharashtra): A year after the government replaced...

MOST of the world’s refugees are from countries invaded by Britain

British politicians talking about forced migration often like to...

Modi Govt’s Demonetisation & GST Moves Destroyed India’s Rural Economy: Krishna Prasad

India’s agricultural crisis has taken a toll on farmers...

Notes on a Feminist Crowdsourced List of Sexual Harassers

In the wake of the extreme disagreements we have...

Jharkand”s Rickshaw Puller Dies of Hunger: Jharia

"...his death occurred due to hunger and disease"A rickshaw-puller...

18 Children Die In Gujarat Hospital, Spotlighting State’s Malnutrition, Infant Mortality

As national attention was focussed on the death of...

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