It is difficult to explain to Indians the wrongness of collective punishment. This is because our identity is collective, and so is our behaviour This month is the 10th anniversary of the incident at Godhra and the events in Gujarat that followed. When the violence began, it was said that the media had made the violence worse. Often this was by its innocence and sometimes by its malice. Was this true? The...
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NHRC notice to Odisha
-The Hindu The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice, returnable in four weeks, to the Odisha government seeking a report on the alleged destruction and burning of 30 houses of Dalits by some upper caste persons in Lathore village of Bolangir District on January 22. The Commission was acting on a complaint. It is alleged that after the incident, the affected Dalits families were kept in temporary camps. The complainant had...
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-PTI The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today sought a report from the Odisha government on destruction and burning of houses of Dalits in Bolangir district. The NHRC asked the government to submit the report within four weeks on a complaint alleging that 30 houses of Dalits were destroyed and burnt by some persons belonging to upper castes in Lathore village on January 22. The complainant had requested a high level...
More »India deadliest place in world for girl child by Rukmini Shrinivasan
-The Times of India It's official - India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl. Newly released data shows that an Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making this the worst gender differential in child mortality for any country in the world. Infant (0-1 years) and child (1-5 years) mortality are declining in India and across...
More »'Central Government schemes not for the poor', says Sushma Swaraj
-ANI Senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sushma Swaraj, said availing loan in India is not easy for the poor people. While addressing a function organised by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an economic wing of Hindu Radical Outfit, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, in New Delhi on Sunday. Swaraj said even the Central Government's scheme is unable to provide loan to the poor. "Taking loan is not easy in this country, people loose patience...
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