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Articles 121 through 220 of 211:
- Reservations Must In Private Sector (Tribune, Karam Singh, Jan 15, 2006)
It is said that only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. Extreme hope always takes birth from extreme miseries and back-breaking difficulties. Dr B.R. Ambedkar, one of the architects of the Constitution of India, belonged to a very poor section . . .
- 'Intriguing' Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jan 14, 2006)
There was nothing 'intriguing' about the comment of the Pakistani ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, on India's expression of concern over the 'spiralling violence' in Balochistan; the more 'intriguing' thing was the adverse reaction in some quarters within..
- "Eliminate Bonded Labour System" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 11, 2006)
Fishermen observed a fast opposite the Collectorate in Nagercoil on Tuesday, urging the Government to initiate immediate steps to weed out bonded labour system, which is "in vogue" among fishermen.
- Tslushnami Of Human Rights (The Week, Kavitha Muralidharan, Jan 08, 2006)
What a year has wrought in Tamil Nadu and Kerala—the good, the bad and the ugly...
- 2005 — Not A Good Year For Human Rights (Daily Times, Mohammad Kamran, Jan 02, 2006)
Gross violations of human rights were recorded in the year 2005 and a record number of 706 people committed suicide due to adverse circumstances, while 209 women were killed in the name of ‘honour,’ out of a total of 393 women killed in the past year.
- Invisibility Makes Them Vulnerable (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 29, 2005)
Millions of children in the world's poorest countries are invisible and remain excluded from the framework
- Mining Mafia Still Active (Tribune, Rashme Sehgal, Dec 17, 2005)
Arriving in the village of Mahugari in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh is akin to entering the portals of hell.
- Scourge Of Bonded Labour (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 14, 2005)
MOST of us erroneously believe that slavery has never existed in Pakistan and bonded labour ended 13 years ago when the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992 was adopted by the National Assembly. But the fact is that this law abolished bonded labour
- When Our Tribals Can Take For Granted Schools And Roads, Power And Health (Indian Express, MAHASWETA DEVI, Dec 11, 2005)
Empowerment to me means the empowering of the people I have been fighting for the last so many years. Have they been empowered?
- Society To Oversee Textbook Supply To Schoolchildren (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Students will get textbooks without delay
- Cases Of ‘Disappearance’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 08, 2005)
HRCP chairperson Asma Jahangir has drawn attention to a very serious problem that has emerged of late in Pakistan. It is the disappearance of people which is being reported from different parts of the country. Ms Jahangir has pointed out that an . . .
- Why Deny Education To The Have-Nots? (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Nov 26, 2005)
The prospects are grim and the portent is a national education policy promotive of colonisation.
- A Shocking Failure Of Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 16, 2005)
Sunday's brazen naxalite attack on Jehanabad's high security prison is shocking even by Bihar's notoriously lax law and order standard. For all of that night a thousand-strong army of extremists had a free run of the town.
- Dalit Humiliated In Public (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2005)
A Dalit belonging to Rampura village in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan was allegedly treated like a camel recently when a halter (nakel) was put in his nose by piercing a thick thread through his nostril and was taken around the habitation, . . .
- Slave, Scab, Pipedream (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Nov 11, 2005)
A BPO-based growth in employment and income is unlikely
Cutting Corners Ashok Mitra
- Human Trafficking: Need For A Global Response (Tribune, D.J. Singh, Nov 06, 2005)
Human trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are forced into slavery.
- Why America Loves Manmohan (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 01, 2005)
US Under-Secretary for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns says that India and US both stand to gain by "knitting together our two nations in a dense web of healthy economic connections."
- Advocates Of Iniquity (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Oct 06, 2005)
It is often asked, 'You eat to live, or live to eat?' The right answer is that one eats to live because that living is the purpose and eating is the instrument.
- Social Security For Unorganised Workers (Hindu, S. Mahendra Dev , Sep 26, 2005)
Workers in the unorganised sector have low earnings and poor working conditions. In a liberalised economy, the state has to ensure them minimum social security.
- United Neo-Imperialist Organization (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Sep 13, 2005)
A summit of the Heads of Governments is being held at the United Nations on 14-16 September, 2005....
- Powerful Indictment (Hindu, SHANTA GOKHALE, Sep 04, 2005)
`Kirwant' moves inexorably from a grey beginning to a black end, marked "No Exit".
- Mines Of Misery (Tribune, CP Bhambri, Sep 01, 2005)
IT is a shame that as many as 114 persons, including women and children, were working as “bonded labourers” in Charkhi Dadri subdivision of Bhiwani district, Haryana.
- Two New Bills Sought For Unorganised Workers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
To ensure effective implementation of social security schemes "The problem with the earlier Bill was that it transposed the conditions of the organised sector and did not deal with the social security aspect in a comprehensive manner."
- Black Spots On Zari Borders (Indian Express, NEETA LAL , Jul 25, 2005)
In the labyrinthine innards of Zafarabad, a resettlement colony in East Delhi, 25-odd kids
- Childhood In Chains (Tribune, Ashok Agarwal , Jun 28, 2005)
ON June 01, 2005, close to 400 child labourers were rescued from the Madanpura area of Central Mumbai.
- The Question Of Image (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Jun 25, 2005)
The way the Pakistani government has handled the case of the gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai reflects the gulf between high-sounding aims and ground realities.
- On The Trail Of The Rozgar Adhikar Yatra (Hindu, Meena Menon, May 30, 2005)
Participants confront injustice in backward areas
HARDA (MADHYA PRADESH): Shankar Singh of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatan (MKSS) has a way with children in his popular puppet show,
- Nagmani, 6 Others Expelled From Ljp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2005)
Priority to cleanse party of vacillating elements: Paswan
- Bonded Labour In Vogue In India: Ilo (Tribune, H S RAO, May 13, 2005)
Cautioning that trafficking for “forced commercial sexual exploitation” was growing, the International Labour Office (ILO) has said India and several other countries in Asia and the Pacific region are struggling against both traditional and newer forms...
- Turning A Blind Eye (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 07, 2004)
The status quoist elements in the polity are to be blamed for perpetuation of the regressive customs in society
- The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strain’D (Indian Express, R P SINGH, Nov 24, 2004)
Any person is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty. A natural corollary to this basic principle of jurisprudence is that an accused has a right to be treated with dignity during the trial as well as the investigation preceding trial.
- Altruism And Economic Behaviour (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Nov 01, 2004)
A sign I see in a local grocery store encourages me to buy bananas at a higher price because it is a `fair trade' product. Similar signs are also found near the shelves selling some brands of coffee.
- A Crusader Against Social Injustice (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 26, 2004)
Ask 89 bonded labourers about the joy and importance of freedom preceded by days of agony as slaves and you will listen blood-curdling tales of brutality.
- Deserting The Workers (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 13, 2003)
THE WASHINGTON POST reached faraway Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat and came back with a story about the cruel toil of the Pagis. They are one among an estimated 25,000 families that harvest salt in barren, inhospitable places. As they work and succumb to
- Appointments & Disappointments (Hindu, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Oct 10, 2003)
Every judge must be an activist who shares the vision, the mission and the passion of the Constitution.
- We Influential People (Hindu, Timeri N. Murari , Oct 06, 2003)
Political influence is the most powerful and the most coveted of all influences. It distorts, twists and mangles all the laws of our land, making them meaningless
- ‘i Am Not The Vhp’s Bonded Labourer’ (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 10, 2003)
First flutter within the hawks as temple trust chief says peaceful talks with ‘younger brother’ Muslims only option; On Kashi & Mathura, less dovish: let’s have 10-12 yrs of peace, we’ll see
- First Among Unequals (Pioneer, Digvijay Singh, Jan 21, 2002)
Dalits do not have a recorded history. A mass of 250 million outcasts comprising the untouchables and tribals are grappling with history and survival at the turn of the millennium.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- Haryana Yet To Implement Sc Order On Homes For Quarry Workers (The Financial Express, C. R. Rathee, Nov 28, 2001)
Migrant workers employed in the stone quarries on the Faridabad ridge in Haryana may not get a roof for their families in the foreseeable future despite the Supreme Court directive to the state government to construct dwelling units.
- A Triumph For The Tribals (Hindu, Roy Mathew, Oct 28, 2001)
IT WAS an unusual agitation with an unusual beginning. Tribals from different parts of Kerala erected huts in front of the official residence of the Chief Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony, on August 30.
- Decade Of Reforms -- Where Do We Go From Here (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam, Aug 21, 2001)
THE one area where India can take legitimate pride as a leader in world development relates to information technology.
- Soft Is The Wind In Kathmandu (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 20, 2001)
THE PROOF of the pudding is in the eating. Therefore, experience suggests that judgment be reserved on the efficacy of the progressive measures announced by Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in Parliament last week.
- For The Love Of Liquor And Women (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Aug 04, 2001)
The retired chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court, Ranjit Singh Narula, tells me as gently as he can to give up drinking.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 23, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- Naidu Loses The Modem Link (Hindu, R. J. Rajendra Prasad , Jul 22, 2001)
The results of the local body polls in Andhra Pradesh can be seen as a verdict for change from the hi-tech approach to governance to policies focussed on farmers, Dalits and the deprived.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 20, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 19, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 18, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 17, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 16, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 15, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- Private Tuition: A Different Perspective (Tribune, Anuradha Gupta, Jul 15, 2001)
THE article “The tuition issue: Perception and the whole truth” by Dr Bhim S. Dahiya portrays the point of view of an individual who, though a former Vice-Chancellor of Kurukshetra University, is currently engaged in running a coaching academy.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 14, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 13, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 12, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 12, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jul 11, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- The Tuition Issue: Perception And The Whole Truth (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Jul 08, 2001)
ALDOUS Huxley once complained that tragedy does not portray the whole truth. Sherwood Anderson made a similar complaint about man’s perception of life. Thus, in life, as well as in letter.
- Making Sense Of India’s Janus-Faced Reform (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Jun 22, 2001)
Assessing the pluses and minuses of the now decade-old reform is the flavour of the month.
- Murderers Call The Shots (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Jun 20, 2001)
There is not a single political party in India which does not play the Dalit card, even the ones who stand solely for the interests of the upper castes in a landscape still dominated by the logic of feudalism.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Jun 19, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- Making Sense Of India’s Janus-Faced Reform (The Financial Express, R.K. Roy, Jun 15, 2001)
Assessing the pluses and minuses of the now decade-old reform is the flavour of the month.
- A Backward Leap (Tribune, D. R. Sharma, Jun 13, 2001)
I’m no antiquarian to delve into the origin of places but the name of Jhakolari, a nondescript rail station on the outskirts of Pathankot, has always fascinated me.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, May 07, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- Governance Beyond Corporate Boundaries (Business Line, Jyotsna Bhatnagar, May 04, 2001)
``Accountable business leadership is a vital element of modern democracy.'' -- World Bank Publication.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, May 04, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, May 02, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Apr 29, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- The Tuition Issue: Perception And The Whole Truth (Tribune, Bhim S. Dahiya, Apr 27, 2001)
ALDOUS Huxley once complained that tragedy does not portray the whole truth. Sherwood Anderson made a similar complaint about man’s perception of life. Thus, in life, as well as in letter, the whole truth is hard to come by.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Apr 26, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Apr 23, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- Problems With Judicial Activism (The Economic Times, S. L. Rao, Apr 16, 2001)
UNTIL recently, criticism about judicial activism was confined to its role in hearing and judging petitions filed in the public interest.
- It’s Murder, They Said (Telegraph, MADHUSHREE C. BHOWMIK, Apr 13, 2001)
Titli flits around her foster home. She lurches from one room to another on unsteady legs and loves to look at the Sydney harbour from the windows of her “penthouse’’ in the Australian capital.
- GOT A NEW MASTER (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 06, 2001)
It takes a very brutal society to foster a fear of freedom. Bihar has managed to compel about 600 people to return to some form of bonded labour after they had been freed from that predicament in the early Eighties. This regression is entirely the consequ
- Rights Honourable (Pioneer, Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, Dec 30, 2000)
"Judicial activism should improve the quality of governance"
The National Human Rights Commission Chairman, Mr Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, was the Chief Justice of India from March 1997 to January 1998. In addition to a career marked by a pronounced
- Check violation of human rights (Pioneer, C B P Srivastava, Dec 14, 2000)
In the new millennium, human rights need to be considered as a yardstick for evaluating the management of other critical issue such as health, literacy, human resource development and related aspects.
- Reservations- No solution to women's problems (Daily Excelsior, B Krishanmoorthy, Dec 13, 2000)
There could be no two opinions about the need or improving the lot of the Indian women in general and those belonging to the lower strata in particular. But the manner in which Government has approached the problem is clearly wrong.
- Need for greater credibility (Deccan Herald, N C GUNDU RAO, Dec 05, 2000)
The decision of the Congress(I) High Command to put under the searchlight the one-year performance of its own government in Karnataka has evoked mixed reactions in political circles and elsewhere. What stood out in the two-day stock-taking exercise by a t
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