-News18.com All the women yatris who are currently traveling through different parts of India and spreading the message of peace will reach Delhi by 13 October, where a day-long event will be held to celebrate peace and harmony. Last month, five minibusses, with twenty-five women in each of them, started their journeys from five different states of India – Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh. These 5 different groups of...
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Women's march for peace, equality and communal harmony culminates at Delhi's Parliament Street
-Press release by Baatein Aman Ki dated 13th October, 2018 Baatein Aman Ki is a pan India campaign led by women to spread the message of peace, harmony, tolerance and love, and to safeguard Constitutional values. Five yatras with 125 women have travelled across 22 states of India from September 22nd, holding public meetings with diverse sections of society. Over 600 programmes have been organised in 200 cities, towns and villages....
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