The Media Foundation Invites Nominations for 2019 Chameli Devi Jain Award
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi: The Media Foundation has invited nominations for the 2019 edition of the Chameli Devi Jain Award. The award is...
Category : Society
Review: Short Stories That Give an Immersive Experience of Community Living in Mumbai
Reading Time: 9 minutes Of all the stories embedded in the palimpsest that is contemporary Mumbai, perhaps some of the deepest are stories of community...
Based On Khabri Baba’s Reporting, NHRC Issues Notice to Delhi Government
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi: Taking cognizance of the fact that the children of Chilla Khadar do not have a school in their vicinity...
Gujarat: 68 College Girls in Bhuj Made to Strip to Check If They Were Menstruating
Reading Time: 4 minutes New Delhi: On Monday, 68 undergraduate students at Sahjanand Girls Institute, Bhuj, were asked to remove their underwear to check if...
Govt’s Economic Adviser Claims Gandhi Made No Effort to Rescue Bhagat Singh
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi: On the day that data released by the government showed how industrial growth shrunk by 0.3% in December 2019,...
Renowned Feminist Scholar Gita Sen Wins Dan David Prize
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Delhi: Feminist scholar and activist Gita Sen has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for her expansive work in the fields...
Artist Subodh Gupta, Instagram Account Holder Settled Defamation Dispute
Reading Time: 3 minutes New Delhi: Artist Subodh Gupta and an Instagram account holder, who had posted sexual harassment allegations made by several women against him,...
At Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah, Basant is the Colour of Harmony
Reading Time: 8 minutes The very idea of a festival marking the onset of spring is uplifting, but when it also brings with it the...
Father of Minor Rape Survivor Shot Dead by Rape Accused in Uttar Pradesh
Reading Time: 3 minutes New Delhi: The father of a minor rape survivor was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district. Her family has insisted...
Police’s Stern Response Fails to Dampen the Spirit of Women in Mumbai Bagh
Reading Time: 9 minutes Mumbai: A young woman, in a moss green burqa, enters a barricaded space inside Morland road in South Mumbai. A policewoman,...