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WHO- contradictions- Gag order on Reproductive Health and Guidance for hormonal contraceptive

Invitees who attended back-to-back World Health Organization (WHO) consultations at the start of February were required to sign confidentiality agreements prohibiting them from talking about the meetings. They had to promise not to divulge anything that was said during the… Continue Reading →

Its easier to censor Theatre

HYDERABAD: A guided tour of Unnava Laxmi Narayana’s ‘Malapalli’ and a taste of cynicism through Rachakonda Viswanatha Sastry’s ‘Aaru Saara Kathalu’ (Six stories on arrack) marked the second day of the national seminar on law and literature in the city…. Continue Reading →

Now, ‘Flashread’ to rescue freedom of speech

// Mail Today, New Delhi From Ramanujan‘s essay to Hussain’s paintings, Rushdie’s writings to Facebook musings, the issue of cultural censorship seems to be spreading like a disease in this country. But before it goes viral, activists have decided to… Continue Reading →

Is hope a fiction for India’s poor?

  Soutik BiswasDelhi correspondent, BBC More than half of Mumbai‘s people live in slums “We try so many things,” a girl in Annawadi, a slum in Mumbai tells Katherine Boo, “but the world doesn’t move in our favour”. Annawadi is… Continue Reading →

Love is in the air for Indians as V-Day police keep away

 By- Diksha Madhok Conservative right-wing activists in India have their own version of how Valentine’s Day should be celebrated, if at all. For them, couples found kissing, dancing and snuggling need to be humiliated publicly or beaten, especially if this… Continue Reading →

India woman leaves home for lack of toilet

  BBC 14th Feb,2012 A newlywed woman in a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has won her struggle to have a toilet at her husband’s home. Anita Narre left husband Shivram’s home two days after her marriage… Continue Reading →

Moral Policing on Valentine’s Day

14th Feb, 2012 -A woman police constable punishes a young couple as they were celebrating Valentines Day in Dhanbad. PTI Activists of ABVP burn the greeting cards during a protest against Valentine’s Day celebrations in Hyderabad. – AP PHOTO/ MAHESH KUMAR… Continue Reading →

Mentally challenged man sterilized in Madhya Pradesh

12-FEB-2012 BHOPAL : A 35-year-old mentally retarded and childless man was allegedly taken away and vasectomised in the district hospital in Rewa, under the government’s sterilisation drive. Ramavtar Gupta, a resident of Mahsaw village, underwent vasectomy in the district hospital… Continue Reading →

Fact finding report on Sterilization camp in Bihar

  A Fact Finding Report on the Sterilisation Camp held at Governmnet Middle School. Kaperfora village under Kurshakata Block PHC and P.S Dist Araria, Bihar, on 7.01.2012 by Jai Ambe Welfare Society, Jalalgarh, Purnea (Accredited NGO for Sterilisation Work) by… Continue Reading →

Man can’t force wife to conceive, rules high court

Feb 11, 2012 In a first, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a husband cannot compel his wife to conceive and give birth to his child. Making it clear that relationships that know no limits too have… Continue Reading →

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