A cultural genocide is under place in China, against the Uyghur muslims, who are being detained in camps.
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A Comparative Study of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar
By Anjali Mishra “Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much, recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man/woman whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him/her. Will it lead…
The Link Between Gender, Crimes and Education
By Sakshi Gupta Education is the origin of a progressive society. It is something that without which a human remains only a living being or an animal. Education is considered to be important as it’s a crucial part of life. it is what leads to the success of a being,…
Increasing Crime rate against women
By Supriya Jha Circumstances such as domestic violence, verbal abuse, emotional trauma and physical abuse have never been strange to women around the world. But this time in India, the increase in domestic violence cases broke the 10-year record. According to the article published by ‘The Hindu’ on 22 June,…
Food Scarcity During Covid-19 Pandemic
The Covid 19 Pandemic has taken a toll not only on the world’s best healthcare system, but it has also largely impacted the livelihood of millions across the world. In India, hunger has been an issue for multiple decades, being ignored by many previous governments on account of not being…
Phoolan Devi- The Devi & Demons, Water & Power – Part 1
“I thought many times to commit suicide, but if I die, so does the thousands of girls every day. The effigy of Ravana who picked up a woman still burns, even today, every year. Many such Ravanas tortured me, I have given them my answer. “ – Phoolan Devi The…
Anonymity and Cyber bullying
Student Reporter: Hritam Mukherjee University: a student of Bachelor in Mass Communication and Videography in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata There is no denying that we live in a world which is completely immersed in an entity called the internet. From buying clothes, to visiting places, all of our personal choices…
Green Capitalism: A Feasible Future?
Student Reporter: Hritam Mukherjee University: a student of Bachelor in Mass Communication and Videography in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata “…You only speak of a green eternal economic growth because you are too scared of being unpopular.” – Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old environmental activist, stated this while she addressed a meeting…
Citizenship Amendment Act: why it is problematic for India
Student Reporter: Hritam Mukherjee University: a student of Bachelor in Mass Communication and Videography in St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Transcript: Hello everyone, I am Hritam Mukherjee and today, in this video, I will be discussing about the recently-passed Citizenship Amendment Bill. Until and unless you have been living under a…
Latin American countries struggle with Covid19 has yet to reach the peak
In Chile curfews and quarantines imposed as part of measures against the pandemic have largely calmed months of social protests against the conservative government of President Sebastian Pinera. The riots started in October 2019 in response to a raise in the Santiago Metro’s subway fare, the increased cost of living,…
Immigrant workers at more risk of Covid19, desperately demand right to travel
On Monday May 6 Middle East Eye reported Thousands of Egyptian workers in Kuwait are staging protests in migrant shelters, demanding to be repatriated back to Egypt. In a video posted on youtube page of Middle East Eye Kuwaitian Authorities appear to shell tear gas on protesters. On the same…
Illegal Israeli Colonists Uproot Palestinian Lands Near Hebron
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers, squatting on Palestinian lands in direct violation of International Law, bulldozed a large area of Palestinian lands near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, to prepare for a new segregated road. Eyewitnesses said the colonists, accompanied by a large number of…
A large amount of farm products are being wasted everyday in Corona crisis. What else can be done?
Maryam Parvaz In a report published in 2016, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about 815 million people of the 7.6 billion people in the world, or one in ten, are suffering from chronic undernourishment. In this report the number of children under 5 who are suffering from chronic…
29 April webinar: States of Control – the dark side of pandemic politics by Transnational Institute
In our next Wednesday webinar at 4pm (CET) on 29 April, we will turn our lens on the state. In response to an unprecedented global health emergency, many states are rolling out measures from deploying armies and drones to control public space, to expanding digital control through facial recognition technology…
Turkey again, cuts water supply to 460,000 people in north-eastern Syria
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – On Saturday, Turkish-backed armed groups cut the flow from a reservoir that supplies water to areas in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah province that are controlled by the Kurdish-led local government, depriving some 460,000 people in the region of the essential resource. Alouk Water Station, which supplies water…
COVID-19 Webinar Series: Voices from the Margins 4th Edition – Nat, Bediya and Bacchara women
COVID-19 Webinar Series: Voices from the Margins 4th Edition – Nat, Bediya and Bacchara women speaking on the intersectionality of gender, stigmatisation, migration and caste Press Release Situation of Entertainment Workers It has been three weeks now since the government announced a lockdown across the country which has now been…
COVID-19 Webinar Series: Voices from the Margins- Interstate Migrants in Erode and Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
COVID-19 Webinar Series: Voices from the Margins 3rd Edition – Interstate Migrants in Erode and Tirupur, Tamil Nadu Press Release-3 Situation of Interstate Garment Workers It has been three weeks now since the government announced a lockdown across the country which has now been extended to combat the COVID-19 pandemic….
Analysis of Corona Virus Relief package: Nomadic tribes in Purulia, West Bengal
Press Release Research team: Prasanta ( PBKSKS), Nirmita, Tarini, Vikas (Praxis) Analysis team: Dheeraj (Praxis) and Mayank (NAG-DNT) Advisor: Pradeep (PiC) Coronavirus Relief Package: Voices from the Margins Series Farmers and Migrant Workers from the Denotified, Semi-Nomadic and Nomadic Tribes in Purulia, West Bengal Partners in Change in collaboration with…
Four hundred Mizos are stranded across racist India, some fear to step out to avoid racist attack
Aizawl, Apr 8 (PTI) Mizoram”s lone Lok Sabha MP Lalrosanga on Wednesday said that 400 Mizos are stranded across the country due to the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of novel coronavirus and are facing severe hardships. The state government has so far identified 400 people who are stranded…
Vanakkam Virus, Hello Virus
Hello Virus I am one among the Human Afraid of losing my life to you, Masked face Lighting candles Burning stomach in starvation Germs spreading fast and faster You are enemy of the Humankind Traveling from cough to cough You landed all over the globe Closing dooring Shuttered factories Crippled…
Is social distancing a privilege?
It is impossible for workers in Iran, NYC and London to practice social distancing as seen in the below video. The idea of social distancing is confined to privilege people. And they are the one who are advocating it during the corona pandemic, as they have no idea of how…
Is lockdown the magic solution to Covid 19?
Shailendra Rai, Resilience Advisor, VSO Myanmar Many countries have heavily restricted people’s movement, including Malaysia and Indonesia, while parts of Europe and India have declared lockdown. China placed intensive and authoritarian movement restrictions on Wuhan as early as mid-January and dramatically reduced the growth of cases. Singapore and Hong Kong…
Some measures taken by India, Iran and China to support people in time of Coronavirus
India Workers Assam: No termination of employees or reduction of salaries.Himachal Pradesh:Workers who are unable to work on account of ‘staggering’ to be treated as ‘on duty’ and paid full salary with all emolumentsMaharashtra:No termination of employees or reduction of wages on account of closure of establishmentsUttar Pradesh:Paid leave of…
Turkish government murdered dissent singer Helin Bölek
Last night Helin Bölek a singer in Turkey died after 288 days of hunger strike. Helin Bölek and her friend İbrahim Gökçek had three demands from government: an end to censorship of the band, an end to police raids on the Idil cultural centre used by the band in Istanbul,…