Impacting Lives in a Subtle way
Shruti profiles a youth, Aniket Singh, who gave up a job in an American MNC to work among the poor and downtrodden. It was the fire in his belly...
From Varanasi to the UN: The Journey of the International Human Rights Defenders Day
The recent declaration of the UN, Dec 9 as the International Human Rights Defenders Day has its genesis in a Human Rights Convention, at Varanasi, four years back. Lenin records the...
San Bernardino Carnage: Whose Life is it Anyway!
Guns kill people. But the NRA relies heavily on the support of the $12-billion-a-year gun industry, made up of manufacturers and sellers of firearms, ammunition and related wares. That alliance...
Dalits Walk Tall
A decade long movement leads to Dalit empowerment in Varanasi. Two authors, Dr. Archana Kaushik, a social work educator, teaching Social Work at the University of Delhi and Shruti Nagvanshi, a...
Can the Neo-Dalit Movement Eradicate Emerging Fascism in India?
The vast poor majority remains oppressed to the emerging fascist forces. They are brutalised by the caste system, the ‘culture of impunity’ and the hydra-headed tortures. Dr. Lenin...