Tender years blighted in Gujarat’s cotton fields

By Prantick Majumder, Jhadol (Rajasthan) Craving a mobile phone but unable to afford it, a boy, not even in his teens, dropped out of school in his Rajasthan village to join friends working at a cotton plantation in neighbouring Gujarat. What followed was a harrowing two months that not only shows how child labour is flourishing […]

Chill Shanie, we’re here for you

Isha Sahni Poor Shane Warne! The Australian cricketer has suffered his share of angst. There was this time he walked out of a press where he was to unveil a likeness of himself in soap that was to be auctioned for a children’s charity when a reporter remarked: “Hey Shanie, that looks rather lean.” It […]

Women and Violence

Violence against the women and children is an evil of the society that everyone is trying to fight from a long time. The male-dominated world, as they call it has always seen the women being subjugated by the men or the patriarch. Be it any social structure, the women have also been lowered down. The west looks down […]

Preity- Ness: Celebs take a step back

Recently, actress Preity Zinta raised allegations of molestation against her former beau and business partner Ness Wadia. The news spread in the country like fire, with every newspaper, news channels and blogs posting with the answers to the WHY and WHAT of the masses. The news has not got much reaction from the film fraternity, […]

Preity- Ness: Celebs take a step back

Recently, actress Preity Zinta raised allegations of molestation against her former beau and business partner Ness Wadia. The news spread in the country like fire, with every newspaper, news channels and blogs posting with the answers to the WHY and WHAT of the masses. The news has not got much reaction from the film fraternity, […]

Norway offers financial aid to Iraq

Oslo, June 19 (IANS) The Norwegian government has offered Iraq 60 million Norwegian kroner (about $10 million) as financial aid to the war-torn country, a media report said Thursday. “The acute emergency needs in Iraq must be addressed quickly. In the first instance there is a need for food, water, shelter, healthcare and protection to the […]

Suspense mounts as governors refuse to go

New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The suspense over the fate of several governors continued Wednesday as they betrayed no sign of stepping down voluntarily, while the Congress attacked the BJP-led central government for “political vendetta” against UPA-era appointees. While Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit evaded questions on her next move, her West Bengal counterpart M.K. Narayanan […]

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