Month May 2017
FGM is practiced in the Dawoodi Bohra community, it is also practiced by all Bohra sects including Sulemani and Alvi Bohras. While existing laws like the Indian Penal Code and the POCSO can deal with FGM, there would be need… Continue Reading →
BY कृष्णकांत वर्तमान सरकार गाय को लेकर आवश्यकता से ज़्यादा चिंतित होने का दिखावा कर रही है, लेकिन वहीं हर साल डायरिया-कुपोषण से मरने वाले लाखों बच्चों को लेकर सरकार आपराधिक रूप से निष्क्रिय है. प्रतीकात्मक फोटो (रॉयटर्स) क्या आप… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, micro-blogging site Twitter suspended Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s account after he posted a series of ‘offensive tweets’, especially against women Twitter Suspends Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s Account After Offensive Tweets Abhijeet Bhattacharya photographed in Mumbai On May 22, Abhijeet reportedly abused… Continue Reading →
by John Pilger — Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne Ny, obstructed justice and should be prosecuted. Her obsession with Assange not only embarrassed her colleagues and the judiciary but… Continue Reading →
After the terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena, Sikhs prove that humanity is still alive as they help the needy with whatever they have. IndiaToday.in by: Neha Vashishth Photo: Twitter/@ElaineWITV Manchester on Tuesday witnessed one of the worst attacks that… Continue Reading →
At the audio release function of a Telugu film (which shall remain unnamed as we do not want to provide free publicity to the film through this controversy), an anchor asked several celebrities in the audience if “women were… Continue Reading →
The Naxal movement started 50 years ago to fight for farmers in northern West Bengal. A tribal woman, Shanti Munda, was part of the first uprising. Today, when a BJP push and Amit Shah’s visit has grabbed headlines, an HT… Continue Reading →
Naxalbari at 50 Suvojit Bagchi Busts of “revolutionary leaders” line up a track leading to a school in Naxalbari’s Bengaijyot hamlet. | Photo Credit: Suvojit Bagchi The movement lost steam very soon after it began, but it helped bring… Continue Reading →
DIVYA SPANDANA| (Prakash Singh/AFP Photo) Dear Mr Modi, It’s been 3 years since you were sworn in to power. 3 years that you have wasted, much to the misfortune of this country. You have taken a majority entrusted by the… Continue Reading →
Jharkhand lynching: At 5 am on May 18, the four started calling their relatives in Haldipokhar to tell them that they were surrounded by a mob and feared for their lives. = by Ravik Bhattacharya | Rajnagar (jharkhand) | Video grab… Continue Reading →