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Day November 21, 2014

Indian women Objects of State Control #Vaw

Objects of state control Indian women who underwent sterilization surgeries receive treatment at the District Hospital in Bilaspur, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, after at least a dozen died and many others fell ill following… Continue Reading →

Maoist leader Narayan Sanyal released from jail

Narayan Sanyal. Written by Deepu Sebastian Edmond | Ranchi | Posted: November 21, 2014 12:05 am | Updated: November 21, 2014 4:21 am Narayan Sanyal, described by those familiar with his work as the “tallest Maoist leader” in the phase succeeding the Naxalbari… Continue Reading →

Amnesty releases anti-spying program for activists

Amnesty International has released a program that can spot spying software used by governments to monitor activists and political opponents. The Detekt software was needed as standard anti-virus programs often missed spying software, it said. Amnesty said many governments used… Continue Reading →

Chaniya Cholis, Dhamaals and Other Things We Make In India

She was a key witness in the Naroda Patiya massacre trial. That is not the only way Shakeela’s life is embedded in history though. The lives of three generations of Shakeela’s family tells the story of modern Ahmedabad. By Neha Dixit | Grist… Continue Reading →

Delhi University girl – ‘honour’ killing parents arrested #Vaw #WTFnews

Raj Shekhar,TNN | Nov 20, 2014,  Parents held for ‘honour’ killing of 21-year-old Delhi University girl NEW DELHI: In a horrific case of “honour killing” in the capital, a 21-year-old final year student of Sri Venkateswara, a leading college in Delhi University’s… Continue Reading →

Egypt’s first female genital mutilation trial ends in not guilty verdict #Vaw #WTFnews

Dr Raslan Fadl and father of girl who died during the procedure have been acquitted, dashing hopes for a nationwide crackdown Patrick Kingsley in Agga The Guardian, Thursday 20 November 2014 18.07 GMT Sohair al-Bata’a, who died after being subjected to female… Continue Reading →

Govt bank ‘rejects’ Dalit woman’s job application #WTFnews

DHADING, NOV 20 – A woman from a Dalit community has filed a complaint in the police against a manager of a government owned bank for allegedly refusing to accept her job application by being biased towards her impoverished community…. Continue Reading →

Mr Modi – Reviving Past as Future

Vol – XLIX No. 46, November 15, 2014 | Medico Friend Circle At the inauguration of a hospital in Mumbai, funded by Reliance Foundation, on 25 October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that we feel ashamed of ourselves when we compare our… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh – Dr Death will see you now #Vaw

Priyanka Kaushal Chhattisgarh The government promised sterilisation in a jiffy. The doctor delivered instant death. Why has this become a routine in Chhattisgarh? Dr Jekyll would have been proud of Chhattisgarh. Year after year, the state gives its doctors an… Continue Reading →

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