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The great unmentionable in disability politics #mustread

      RAHILA GUPTA , 31 July 2012    “I felt there was no space for me to express grief at my son’s disability”. The grief of those who care for people with a disability is betrayal of the Cause.  Rahila… Continue Reading →

A quarter of India’s mentally ill homeless

  Firstpost India Jul 31, 2012   New Delhi: In the dimly-lit lobby of a shelter for the mentally-ill homeless, she sits reading the tattered printout of an e-mail from her US-based brother. The 55-year-old scans every word – her brother… Continue Reading →

Justice for Saraswati Devi – Casteist Harassment #dignity4all

Physical assault on Dalit women by PDS dealer (retired from Armed Forces) in Patan, Dist. Palamau, Jharkhand Report of the joint fact-finding exercise by a team of People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Palamau and Right to Food Campaign, Palamau… Continue Reading →

INDIA-Withdraw #ENDOSULPHAN completely #rightolive

The Centre has sought the Supreme Court’s permission to use the available stock of banned pesticide endosulfan for agricultural purpose on the ground that incinerating it would cost the exchequer Rs 210 crore. The agriculture ministry also referred to a… Continue Reading →

A long shadow: Nazi doctors, moral vulnerability and contemporary medical culture #SundayReading

    ABSTRACT More than 7% of all German physicians became members of the Nazi SS during World War II, compared with less than 1% of the general population. In so doing,these doctors willingly participated in genocide, something that should… Continue Reading →

SC-‘Claim for mining lease not fundamental right’ #goodnews

Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN | Jul 28, 2012, NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that no private company can claim a right for mining leases and upheld the 2005 decision of the Jharkhand government and the Centre cancelling nine such… Continue Reading →

Bhopal victims stage own “Olympics” to protest Dows sponsorship #mustshare

Bhopal victims stage own ‘Olympics’ to protest Dow sponsorhip Published: 26 July, 2012, 23:45 Indian spectators watch disabled children suffering the effects of the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India take part in a “Special Olympics” in Bhopal on July 26,… Continue Reading →

Uterus surgery: NHRC notice to Chhattisgarh .

Uterus surgery: NHRC notice to Chhattisgarh HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times New Delhi, July 25, 2012 Taking note of media reports about unscrupulous doctors conducting unnecessary hysterectomies in Chhattisgarh to claim money under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY), the National… Continue Reading →

Kalpakkam Nuclear Reactors and the Submarine Volcano book – English Version #Mustread

    Please find in the attachment the English Translation of our book (titled “Kalpakkam Nuclear Reactors and the Submarine Volcano“) written in Tamil and published in March 2012. This translation is by Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR),… Continue Reading →

Immediate Release- Dalit Youth Tied to Railway Tracks, Legs Amputated in Dadri, UP

Revolutionary Youth Association इंकलाबी नौजवान सभा U-90 Shakarpur, Delhi – 110092                 Phone: 9990748079         Fax: 011-22442790   Punishment for Leading Struggle Against Land Grab: Dalit Youth Tied to Railway Tracks, Legs Amputated in Dadri, UP   New Delhi, July 24, 2012… Continue Reading →

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