A cultural genocide is under place in China, against the Uyghur muslims, who are being detained in camps.
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
From Endless Choice to Social Change: Navigating through the Anxiety Traps
The following is a transcript of a lecture delivered by Renata Salecl on How endless choices make us unhappy for The Conference 2015. Salel navigates the relationship between choice, anxiety, and loss and the implications they produce for social change. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fwycOhiEI8[/embedyt] How do we choose a meal in a…
August 1: Annabhau Sathe jayanti
From Aug Print Issue Where today’s media is found to be crawling in front of the democratic regime, which is painted with colors except rainbow and is pure white only when its proprietor, the State gives kafans to its citizens and people, the time when the government has underlined artists…
“Yun To Sayyed Bhi Ho, Mirza Bhi Ho, Afghan Bhi Ho.. Tum Sabhi Kuch Ho, Batao To Musalmaan Bhi Ho..?”
“Yun To Sayyed Bhi Ho, Mirza Bhi Ho, Afghan Bhi Ho.. Tum Sabhi Kuch Ho, Batao To Musalmaan Bhi Ho..?” -Mohammed Iqbal, Jawab E Shikwa. Muslims have been inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent right from the advent of Islam. Even before Islam, Arab and Persian traders traded with India, and…
Gujarat- a puzzled model
Pallavi Wardhan During the 2014 Lok sabha elections, throughout their campaign, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) tom-tommed on how United Progressive Alliance had bankrupted Indian economy, for years. Narendra Modi (then BJP PM Candidate) convinced the voters that only BJP could rescue them from the clutches of Congress. On December 9th…
Dnyaneshwar Bandgar, a social worker: field experience with katkari tribe
Dnyaneshwar Bandgar Social worker, TISS, Mumbai About Nav Chetna Field Action Project: This is the story of 2009 when I (author) was working with Nav Chetna field action project as senior social worker. Nav Chetna is field action project of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai. The faculty of the…
The demand for Gorkhaland
Cherrila Bhutia Wangchuk | Research Scholar, Sikkim Central university The events occurring in the hills barely see a nationwide coverage in the mainstream media, be it print or television. The national news channels have done their least bit to educate or inform the public at large about the current ongoing…
Fighting the Stigma among Young girls on menstruation in Rural Rajasthan
Almost started in 2014, working closely with young girls of Udaipur district in northern Indian state of Rajasthan. As part of Women and Child Development Program of Seva Mandir, Non for Profit Organization in Udaipur started working to address myths about menstruation and the hygiene related issues of young girls….
Daily wage labourer to University: Monika from Ghanaur, Punjabi university, Patiala
Dr. Teginder Head of the Department of Political Science, Ghanaur College, Punjabi University, Patiala Caste conflict is peculiar to the Indian society since ages. Even after social, cultural, scientific and technological advancements, it remains to be as dominant as in the times before. Rohith Vemula, a dalit student, whose journey…
Delhi government plan to remove vilayati kikar trees: Threat to ecological imbalance
Nabeela Paniyath Delhi government’s order to remove Vilayati Kikar trees, a Mexican native tree species found predominantly in Delhi Ridge Area, has drawn mixed reactions from environmentalists who think that the move can cause ecological imbalance.. According to the data from the Delhi government, the species is said to inhibit the…
Nepal: The festival of sacrifices
Cherrila Bhutia Research Scholar at Sikkim Central University Located amidst the lap of the Himalayas, Nepal is filled with vibrant culture and tradition which has stayed rooted within the place and its people since time immemorial. So enigmatic is the place that it attracts tourists from all across the globe…
Tamilnadu farmers: Ematraath Emaatrath madyaarase Ematarathe( Central government please don’t cheat us)
Nabeela Paniyath Ematraath Emaatrath madyaarase Ematarathe( Central government please don’t cheat us), slogans comes along with the intense grief inside the mind. Here the heart melting protest of Tamil Farmers in janatar mantar are yet to hear the government. The false promise of Modi government has constantly questioned by the…
Northeast India simmers over Bangladeshi Hindus’ citizenship in India
Meghdoot TISS Alumnus Alarm bells are ringing all over northeast India over Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government’s decision to grant citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindus fleeing religious persecution from the Bengali nation. The Narendra Modi-led government’s proposal to amend the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1955 by legalising Bangladeshi Hindu refugees as Indian…
Rae Bareli: Farmer’s Debt and Hope
The number of marginal farmers is very high in the Baiswara region. Baiswara consists of districts like Rae Bareli, Unnao and Fatehpur. Marginal farmers are those who have lesser land than 2.5 acres or 1 hectare. The pattern of farming varies from families to families. Some of them live in villages to…
Industrialisation over Indigenisation: Better or Bitter?
At a time, when the world is undergoing a rapid and unprecedented sphere of change for the attainment of pre-fixed developmental goals by the new ways and means like industrialisation and urbanisation. Each and every society irrespective of their nomenclature and societal structure, are running after to find the right…
On Punjab Elections
Punjabi Suba, as a Punjabi speaking state came into being in November, 1966 after the long struggle by Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiromani Gurdwara Prabadhak Committee. In this Punjabi speaking state, two political forces got prominence on the electoral space, Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress. Though left have some ground…