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Four posing as cops gang-rape Dalit girl #Vaw #WTFnews

STAFF REPORTER, The Hindu, ONGOLE,  March 29 2013 The four accused persons attempt to murder 17-year-old girl A 17-year-old Dalit girl survived a murderous attack after sexual assault, allegedly by four persons, who posed as plainclothes policemen at Singarakonda under… Continue Reading →

Haunted By Her Yesterdays: Women Fighters of LTTE #Vaw #Video #mustwatch

This documentary tells a story of silent agony, trapped screams and repressed mourning. A story of women forced to deny their identity — who are trapped in between a government which sees them as “Tigers,” and a society whose norms… Continue Reading →

Comrade Shalini’ s Poem – My Last Wish – A Revolutionary Will #mustread

38 year old Comrade Shalini passed away on 29th March. She battled with courage till her last breath. For those not aware, Comrade Shalini was the chairperson of the Jan Chetna Trust along with being an executive member of the… Continue Reading →

Sisters of Kasagod write on indefinite fast by the Endosulphan victims

Third Letter From Endosulfan Victims By Sisters Of Kasargod 30 March, 2013 Countercurrents.org Dear Friends This is the third letter that we are writing to you in the past month.We know that many of you got together in your areas… Continue Reading →

Ahmedabad -‘Tales of Tears’- a play on riots #Theatre

Angela shah, March 4, 2013 Saturday night I went to see a play called “Tales of Tears,” staged by a local group called “Apna Adda.” The story is about a man who is on trial for raping Muslim women during the 2002… Continue Reading →

#India – ‘What we are seeing is the Modi-isation of Congress’

Book: AZADI’S DAUGHTER : JOURNEY OF A LIBERAL MUSLIM Author: Seema Mustafa Publisher: ImprintOne Pages: 199 Price: Rs.395 Year: 2012 Eminent journalist Seema Mustafa speaks about her new book and the Rightwing-communal shift in Indian politics Sadiq Naqvi and Souzeina Mushtaq  Delhi In your recent book, Azadi’s… Continue Reading →

What is it like to have undergone female genital mutilation ? #Vaw #FGM #Womenrights

Out in the open What is it like to have undergone female genital mutilation, asks NID student’s film Jyoti Punwani [email protected]   When a 24-year-old student of film and video communication at the National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad received… Continue Reading →

Rescued from Mumbai brothels, 18 escape from Bengal shelter #Vaw

Nine were caught trying to catch city-bound Gitanjali Express Jayatri Nag [email protected] As many as 18 girls, including two minors, ran away from a shelter home in Kolkata on Friday. These women, rescued from various brothels in KamathipuraareaofMumbai,weresenttoWestBengal for rehabilitation. Being… Continue Reading →

FB’s confession pages become a headache for colleges and cops

Two days after the Fort-based Government Dental College approached the cops against an anonymously uploaded Facebook page, the Cyber Crime Cell said on Saturday that it receives at least three such complaints every day Jyoti.Shelar @timesgroup.com , Mumbai Mirror TwodaysaftertheGovernment Dental College… Continue Reading →

ATTN Bangalore- Public discussion- Needle of Suspicion – Targetting Muslims in Terror Cases

NEEDLE OF SUSPICION: TARGETING MUSLIMS IN TERROR CASES, A PUBLIC DISCUSSION Public · By Praja Rajakiya Vedike Bangalore   Saturday, 6 April 2013 15:00 until 19:00 Institute of Agricultural Technologists (IAT), Queens Road, Bangalore The arrest of 11 Muslim youth… Continue Reading →

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