Category Advocacy
By Henry A. Giroux and C. J. Polychroniou Source: Counterpunch May 31, 2014 1. It is widely believed that the advanced liberal societies are suffering a crisis of democracy, a view you share wholeheartedly, although the empirical research, with its positivists bias, tends… Continue Reading →
Vol – XLIX No. 23, June 07, 2014 | Mihir Desai Hundreds of mourners gathered at Mukul Sinha’s memorial mee- ting in Ahmedabad on 15 May. It was not a prayer meeting; nor was it a condolence meeting. It was a meeting to… Continue Reading →
UTTER PRADESH : Atrocities against Dalits from Jan2012 to May 2014 Date News/ Atrocity 02.01.12 Case registered under SC/ST Act – The Times Of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Case-registered-under-SC/ST-Act/articleshow/11333022.cms 19.02.12 Banda rape victim campaigns against BSP – The Times Of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Banda-rape-victim-campaigns-against-BSP/articleshow/11946374.cms 29.02.12 Dalit girl raped in UP – Zee News http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttar-pradesh/dalit-girl-raped-in-up_761316.html 04.03.12 The Hindustan Times After peaceful polls, 8 die in UP violence http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Lucknow/After-peaceful-polls-8-die-in-UP-violence/Article1-823122.aspx 15.03.12 SP members thrash dalits in Dadri – The Times Of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/SP-members-thrash-dalits-in-Dadri/articleshow/12270135.cms 17.03.12 Ghaziabad gangrape was ‘planned’, three in net – The Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NorthIndia/Ghaziabad-gangrape-was-planned–three-in-net/Article1-826588.aspx 23.03.12 … Continue Reading →
Ekal Nari ka Rajya Sarkar ke Samaksh Shakti Pradarshan Jaipur, 2 June 2014: Over 500 single women from all over Rajasthan convereged today at the Udyog Maidan here to celebrate Women’s Empowerment Day. Speaking of the congregation’s significance, Ginny Srivastava,… Continue Reading →
June 2, 2014 Guest post by SHASHANK KELA So now the gloves are off. For the BJP, that is, whose victory in these elections gives India not only its most right-wing government, but, more to the point, a prime minister to… Continue Reading →
ALL INDIA DEMOCRATIC WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION NO. 2253- E, SHADI KHAMPUR, NEW RANJIT NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110008 PH: 011-25700476, 25709565 Email : [email protected], [email protected] 2nd June 2014 PRESS RELEASE An All India Democratic Women’s Associations (AIDWA) delegation comprising of Jagmati Sangwan (General Secretary ), Sehba… Continue Reading →
22-year-old gangraped and strangled to death in UP’s Bareilly district Monday, 2 June 2014 – 1:25pm IST | Place: Bareilly | Agency: PTI Image for Representational Purpose only. Right after the Badaun incident, Uttar Pradesh witnesses another crime against women. A 22-year-old girl… Continue Reading →
AFP | Jun 1, 2014, 07.01 PM IST Shock, protest against UP gang-rape KATRA SHAHADATGANJ: The nightly trek into the fields behind their homes under the cover of darkness leave the women of Katra Shahadatganj in northern India feeling scared and vulnerable at… Continue Reading →
Gayatri Jayaraman May 23, 2014 | Chronicler of Deaths Foretold Poet Meena Kandasamy’s debut novel, based on a Christmas Day massacre in Tamil Nadu’s Kilvenmani village in 1968, resurrects communist histories of little India.It’s been ten years of research for 29-year-old poet… Continue Reading →
This week, a lot happened. A misogynist went on a violent rampage. #YesAllWomentook off on Twitter. Dr. Maya Angelou, feminist author and all-around genius (and don’t get me started on her doctor honorary), died at 86 years old. This week, I… Continue Reading →