Presented in National Seminar on Corruption and Its Implication on Dalits: An Indian Panorama organised by the Commission of Dalits, Nation Council of Churches in India By Madhu Chandra All sections of Indian society have suffered from corruption and all must fight against it. Everybody has a right to protest against corruption in a...
By SRUTHI GOTTIPATI http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/hasina-kharbhih-raising-the-stakes-against-child-trafficking/ Hasina Kharbhih, 40, has spent the better part of her life working for human rights. She started a nonprofit, Impulse, and developed a comprehensive strategy to prevent child trafficking called the Meghalaya Model, which is being applied in eight...
Man Who Brought a Food Security Bill and Made Egypt a Super Economic Power By Madhu Chandra Joseph, the 11th son of Jacob and first son of his mother Rachael, was a victim of ancient human trafficking. He also became head of the 11th...
WAITING FOR JUSTICE: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal was held in New Delhi on 22-24 August 2010, organized by the National Solidarity Forum – a countrywide solidarity platform of concerned persons from various walks of life. The NPT aimed at...
By Madhu Chandra Migration from North East India is at peak now. Number has increased 12 times in last five years. The year 2005 had 34,000 migrates and increased 414,850 in 2010. With the current trend, 5,000,000 expected to migrate in next five years....
By Raju Athokpam http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/women-dues-meitei-society-is-a-deeply-sexist-society/ Marriages are solemnised between the two persons they addressed each other as their better half and a life long companion in all walks of life. But right from the very marriage day, these young people are made to go through...
When Gun failed and the table negotiation solved Mizoram’s 25 years old Insurgency Problem By Madhu Chandra The Arm Forces Special Power Act, 1958 (AFSPA) is termed as a draconian and xenophobia law. It is draconian law because section 4 (a) of the AFSPA gives power...
Akshardham Temple and National Dalit Prena Sthal By Madhu Chandra Socio-cultural religious revolution versus socio-economic educational revolution is what the nation is witnessing now in Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati – the Dalit Chief Minister has brought socio-cultural and religious revolution within her state in last...
By Madhu Chandra Anna Hazare who almost became Gandhi II this year on account of his campaign against corruption – seven days fast in April and thirteen days in August. Interestingly, the idea is not originated from Anna himself but from his team mate,...
By Madhu Chandra The forgotten struggle of Iron Lady Irom Sharmila against Arm Forces Special Power Act 1958 (AFSPA) for last 11 years, has finally appeared in national debate today. Team Irom Sharmila took advantage from Anna Hazare movement against corruption, though both are...
Woman chief minister shrugs off reports as state is gaining notoriety by recording more cases than neighbouring New Delhi By Nilima Pathak, Correspondent, Published: 00:00 August 6, 2011 Women are the strength of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party of Uttar Pradesh where gender crimes...
17 July 2011 Last updated at 23:16 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14058814 A spate of exceptionally brutal rapes in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has shocked India. Many of the victims were young girls. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey reports from Lucknow. For Sarika, 16, it was...
Sagarika Ghose, CNN-IBN Updated Aug 31, 2011 at 12:07am IST http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jan-lokpal-bill-is-very-regressive-arundhati-roy/179990-3.html In an exclusive interview, writer Arundhati Roy said there are serious concerns about the Jan Lokpal Bill, corporate funding, NGOs and even the role of the media. Sagarika Ghose: Hello and welcome to...
By Sukhadeo Thorat http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2384849.ece?homepage=true Following Dr. Ambedkar’s example, Team Anna should use constitutional methods and enhance people’s faith in them. Otherwise it will convey the message that only coercive and unconstitutional methods work. A group of people, with placards showing Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, staged...
Varghese K George, http://www.hindustantimes.com/Now-playing-at-Ramlila-Ground/Article1-735647.aspx Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha (KMM) is one of the organisations mobilising people for Anna Hazare’s movement against corruption. Krantikari means revolutionary, and Manuwadi means adherer to Manusmriti — the ancient text of law which many say forms the theological roots...
