Thu20Jun2013

Triple oppression of dalit women panchayat members

Triple oppression of dalit women panchayat members

By Subhash Gatade

Affirmative action might get dalit women into panchayats, but caste compo...

Shades of repression

Shades of repression

By Aritra Bhattacharya

Shantanu Kamble was charged with sedition and waging war against the...

The larger implications of the Novartis Glivec judgment

The larger implications of the Novartis Glivec judgment

By Sudip Chaudhuri

The Supreme Court judgment on the Novartis-Glivec case has gone beyond t...

The cost of drugs: beyond the Supreme Court order

The cost of drugs: beyond the Supreme Court order

By Sanjay Nagral

The Supreme Court decision denying Novartis a patent for the cancer drug i...

Turning a blind eye to cell tower radiation risks

Turning a blind eye to cell tower radiation risks

By Darryl D'Monte

The Maharashtra government has finally accepted that nearly half of Mumbai...

Stories from the grassroots

The failure of pension schemes

phulabasa

Phulabasa Kumbhara, a dalit widow, has not received the state pension she is due for the last four years. Read more:

Infochange Dossier: Access to justice

Disabled women and sexual violence

What difficulties do disabled women face in accessing the legal system and navigating the trial process? And what are the consequences for them of making sexual assault gender-neutral for perpetrator and victim?

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Policing hijras

In the wake of several positive developments for transgender communities in Karnataka came 36A, a startling amendment to the state Police Act aimed at controlling the 'objectionable activities' of 'eunuchs'. The new rule relegates hijras to second-class citizens, vulnerable to police harassment and surveillance

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Education

Marie Christine de Rochemonteix:A school with heart

By Sarika Jain Antony

Marie Christine de Rochemonteix, a French national living in Hyderabad, is determined to play an active part in India's literacy movement. Her schools, which take in disabled children as well, offer students a healthy mix of practical, innovative, all-round education

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Women

Bimla Devi: Health messages and hymns

By Alka Arya

Bimla Devi, a young dalit woman from Nagal Teju village in Haryana, has managed to ensure safe motherhood and deliveries in her village. She has got the upper and lower castes drinking water from the same tap. She has prevented a child marriage. And she has spread awareness about gender ...

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Water resources

Harvest from the skies

By Teresa Barat

Five model rainwater-harvesting projects in Delhi show how the city's fast-depleting groundwater table can be recharged and how the acute water scarcity could be tackled

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Disabilities

25% of Sharayu's workforce is disabled

By Huned Contractor

At Sharayu Precision, Subhash Chuttar employs over 36 mentally and physically challenged men and women who work at jobs ranging from riveting, drilling and greasing to polishing and packing. Chuttar has just won the Helen Keller Award instituted by the National Centre for Promotio...

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