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Documentary Films Tackle Child Sexual Abuse in India

Child sexual abuse is rarely discussed openly in India. Lack of proper education among adults, queasiness around explaining sexuality related matters to children and the culture of children being expected to respect adult membe...

by Aparna Ray

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Are Female Vigilantes The Answer To Stop Rapes In India?

A 22-year-old intern working as a photojournalist at a magazine was gang-raped in Mumbai, India while on assignment on August 22, 2013. The injured victim underwent surgery and is now recuperating. One man out of five suspect...

by Lakshmi Sarah

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The Fight To End Child Marriage Begins At Home

Six years ago, I went to Kathmandu, Nepal, to spend half a year teaching in a hot and dusty classroom. I began each morning with a rudimentary attendance check. Supplemented with dog-eared English textbooks, my troupe of 12 yea...

by Heenali Patel

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A Guide To India’s General Elections 2014

India represents the largest democracy in the world. The country has an asymmetric federal government, with elected officials at the federal, state and local levels. The head of government, the prime minister, is elected by the...

by Rezwan

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What’s The Modi Operandi? Potential Indo-Pakistan Relations After The Election

Two related events will come to dominate Indian politics in the coming general election year, and both lead to the same questions about India’s relationship with her northern neighbour and sister state, Pakistan. On February ...

by Christopher Cannell

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Give Modi a chance. India has.

The 2014 General Elections in India have found themselves deserving of a bold, underlined and highlighted place in the political history of India. The result has been that the Indian National Congress (INC) did not lose; yet t...

by Nishant

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Indian Politicians Are At The Heart Of The Country’s Misogyny Epidemic

Recently George Osborne visited India on a mission to encourage further trade links. There was much talk of the economic potential of India, to match the weight of expectation the Indian people have placed on Narenda Modi’s n...

by Lucy Ratcliffe

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Our Waste, Our Responsibility

A few weeks ago, in the scorching summer heat of New Delhi, my friends and I stood knee-deep in a garbage dump, diligently sorting through a big mound of waste. Stifling our gag reflexes and struggling to keep our lunches down,...

by Chandrika Srivastava

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Reforming Juvenile: Reforming Juvenile Shelter Homes

Since the juvenile delinquent, of the nearly ten month-old Delhi Gang rape case, was found guilty on charges of rape and murder, and thereby sent to a correctional home for three years, questions have been raised about the na...

by Arpita Mitra

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Documentary Films Tackle Child Sexual Abuse in India

Are Female Vigilantes The Answer To Stop Rapes In India?

The Fight To End Child Marriage Begins At Home

A Guide To India’s General Elections 2014

What’s The Modi Operandi? Potential Indo-Pakistan Relations After The Election

Give Modi a chance. India has.

Indian Politicians Are At The Heart Of The Country’s Misogyny Epidemic

Our Waste, Our Responsibility

Reforming Juvenile: Reforming Juvenile Shelter Homes

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