By Elizabeth Sangeetha Paul Kolkata, Jan. 29, 2019: Sujata Chiti, an ordinary village dalit woman in her mid-30s, is vibrant women leader in 24 Parganas (South) district of West Bengal. She has mobilized around 1000 Dalit women and takes care of the issue of Rights and intervenes when there isContinue Reading
By Ria Das Beerwah, Jan 28, 2019: Inshah Bashir, who hails from Budgam district’s area in Kashmir, recalls herself as a sober and patient child. Now 24, Inshah fell from a height of 40 feet in her own under-construction house in 2008 and lost the ability to walk. However, sheContinue Reading
By Joanna Slater Edalpur, Jan 23, 2019: Late last month, the government administrator who oversees this area of farmland in northern India was in a meeting when she received a strange phone call. It was from a middle school principal in Edalpur, a village of 2,000 people surrounded by fieldsContinue Reading
Bhawana One evening, 26-year-old Silvy Kalra was walking down a Delhi street when she heard some domestic workers discussing how they and their daughters are teased and bullied by young boys and men in the neighbourhood throughout the day. Not only did Kalra understand the stress these women were goingContinue Reading
By Najiya O Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 8, 2019: A Shajila came into limelight when a Malayalam newspaper carried her photo showing her in tears yet continuing her duty covering a shutdown In Kerala. She was badly attacked by the protestors while capturing the visuals of the violence unleashed by Hindu radicalContinue Reading
By Milan Vaishnav and Jamie Hintson Jan. 4, 2019: In northern India, some women had long complained that they were fed up with their husbands being drunk. An alcohol ban brought in at their request has affected 100 million people in the state of Bihar. The domestic violence, petty crimeContinue Reading
Derek Almeida, Panaji Panaji, Jan.2, 2019: When residents of the island village of St Estevam found that they were going to lose their land to a jetty for loading coal, they decided to stop protesting and take decisive action. Led by the young on the island, they decided that theContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec. 31, 2018: Thanks to a unique initiative, it has become possible today for almost anyone to enter and explore the fascinating world of India’s art and cultural heritage. All they have to do is to take a virtual walk – through its fascinating landscape.Continue Reading
By Rajesh Bagh G. Udayagiri, Dec. 31, 2018: As cold wave sweeps across the Kandhamal district of Odisha state in eastern India reels many remain indoors, except women vendors. They have to brave the 6 degree Celsius to sell vegetables in the street — 25 rupees a kilo of beansContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec. 29, 2018: It was in the second week of December that advocate Jose Abraham received a call from the Austrian Embassy in Delhi requesting for a meeting. The subsequent meeting made things different for ever for the Pravasi Legal Cell, a New Delhi-basedContinue Reading
