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End of the road for mentally ill?

End of the road for mentally ill? Arita Sarkar Chennai, June 7, 2012, The Hindu Patients who are not claimed by their families continue to live in the wards and are employed in the industry therapy unit Two months ago,… Continue Reading →

‘Inquiry into rights violations in Koodankulam’

  6 June 2012, Chennai, Nandini Krishnan, Millineum post A independent report on the protests indicates human rights violations during demonstrations. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has promised there will be an inquiry into the alleged human rights violations at… Continue Reading →

‘Independent India worse for tribals’

Author(s): Richard Mahapatra, Down to Earth Date: Jun 15, 2012 Past two months saw B D Sharma negotiating release of high-profile hostages by the Maoists in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. TV viewers saw and heard Sharma, probably for the first time…. Continue Reading →

India’s nuclear radiation threat to Sri Lanka

June 6, 2012, 8:44 pm by David Soysa “God is so far away, and US is so near”. So goes a popular Mexican saying which is equally applicable to Sri Lanka’s plight, being so close to India. Although Sri Lanka… Continue Reading →

Fact-finding Report on Implementation of Food Security Programme in Kalahandi district, Odisha

Organised  by : Right to Food Campaign, Odisha Dates of Visit:   17th  and 18th May’2012 Team Members: Mr. Pradipta Nayak, State Coordinator, IHRE and Member, State-Level Monitoring Committee on MDM, Dept. of S & M E, Govt of Odisha,9437053329 Mr. Dillip… Continue Reading →

Can you guess India 30 years from now ?

Sunday, June 03, 2012, The persisting realities do trigger a sense of comic cynicism that in the days ahead in a few states, struck by Leftist extremism, the scene can be somewhat very different, may be surprising yet funny. A… Continue Reading →

India uproots most people for ‘progress’ =1 million displaced every year

Anahita Mukherji, TNN | Jun 4, 2012 Between 60 and 65 million people are estimated to have been displaced in India since Independence, the highest number of people uprooted for development projects in the world. “This amounts to around one million displaced… Continue Reading →

Aruna Shanbaug 39 years in semi-comatose condition #Euthanasia

WHAT SHE WAS Another birthday in a locked room. Another birthday — the 39th — to not feel any sun on her body. Another birthday to be fed mush through a nose-tube and pass it out on the bed. Another… Continue Reading →

Pakistan offers little justice for victims of acid attacks

  One little girl whose face was seared away wishes to die or turn back time. Her attackers are fined a few thousand dollars and left to walk free. Zaib Aslam, left, with sister Rabia, is seen a few years… Continue Reading →

Acid attacks: Haryana women face new form of assault

  Deepender Deswal, TNN May 28, ROHTAK: Acid seems to have become the new weapon in the hands of criminals in Haryana. Already infamous for its skewed sex ratio and high female foeticide rate, the state has seen a wave of… Continue Reading →

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