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Sakshi Maharaj represents Unnao, where a BJP legislator has been charged with raping a 15-year-old girl. HIGHLIGHTS He says he was tricked into believing he was launching restaurant He represents Unnao, where a BJP legislator was charged with raping minor… Continue Reading →
By ERIC L. LEWISOCT. 4, 2014 Photo CreditBen Jones WHO is a person? How do you qualify for basic human rights? What is required for you to be able to speak or worship freely or to be free from torture? Throughout… Continue Reading →
By STEVEN GREENHOUSEOCT. 5, 2014 Photo A Teamsters official said the union was first seeking to unionize Facebook drivers, and then hoped to organize drivers for Google, Apple and other Silicon Valley companies. CreditJim Wilson/The New York Times They shuttle highly paid Facebook employees… Continue Reading →
Monday, 06 October 2014 09:19 By Jeff Ritterman, M.D., Truthout | News Analysis (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)A brilliant and celebrated inventor, John Franz, gave us an herbicide, Roundup, which has changed the face of agriculture. This herbicide has become the foundation for an entirely novel approach to… Continue Reading →
A 64-year-old woman is just the latest Tibetan to be brutalized at the hands of Chinese authorities JAMES TAPPER, GLOBALPOST (Credit: Shutterstock) This article originally appeared on GlobalPost. When Xi Jinping became president of China, there were hopes that he might… Continue Reading →
Fading hope HARSH MANDER In two years, close to 100 child deaths were reported from Attappady, the only tribal block in Kerala. Photo: Thulasi Kakkat A new documentary highlights the truth behind the deaths of children in Attappady. Even today,… Continue Reading →
By Stella Paul Women in the north Indian village of Katra Shadatganj in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where two young girls were recently raped and hanged. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS CHIRANG, India, Sep 30 2014 (IPS) – On a bright March morning,… Continue Reading →
PRIYANKA RAI Varanasi, July 2014 Golgadda road sweepstakes COVER STORY: CLEAN INDIA Dump Struck Cleaning India can’t be a superficial thing. Can Modi choke off our industry of filth? UTTAM SENGUPTA, R.K. MISRA, MINU ITTYIPE Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was in Varanasi in February 1916… Continue Reading →
SHREEKUMAR VARMA The Legend of Ramulamma; Vithal Rajan, Hachette, Rs.350. The writer’s experience of working with Dalits brings authority to his tales. She’s Dalit, woman, rustic; definitely the underdog, probably three times over. But she’s also a dai, a midwife who… Continue Reading →
Non-Recognition of Marital Rape is Hypocrisy in the Law, says Court Avantika Mehta, Hindustan Times A court in the national capital has observed that India is yet to recognize the right of a woman to control intercourse in a marital… Continue Reading →