Advocacy - Different Truths

May 5, 2016
Shirin Shabana Khan
Subaltern & Dalits

Varanasi Musahars Break the Shackles of Slavery, Emancipate Community

Elimination of the culture of silence, fear and phobia of organised violence and torture are the predominant factors of resilience to inculcate social transformation. It contributes in poverty elimination. The stories...

May 5, 2016
Nirmal Kumar Paudel
Subaltern & Dalits

Bonded Labourers of Sarai walk tall, Wait for Emancipation

Nirmal documents the life in Sarai Village, in Varanasi district, which is now free of bonded labourers, due to the pro-active measures of PVCHR. During his recent visit, he found that...

May 3, 2016
Dr. Archana Kaushik
Subaltern & Dalits

Labour Bondage: An Ignored Reality of India, 50Mn. People Trapped in Slavery

Archana takes a hard look at the grim world of bonded labourers. Walk Free Foundation (2013) ranks India to be number one country with the largest number of bonded labourers....

May 1, 2016
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Cover Story, Dissent, Subaltern & Dalits

Towards Dawn: Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Brick Kilns

Lenin takes us through the sordid and macabre accounts of contemporary slavery in brick kilns, based on actual accounts of the hapless victims. Driven by hunger and starvation, many children die...

April 30, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Human Rights, Short Story

The Actress

Madhumita pens a story, based on a real life incident. Babies are rented out, daily, to beggars. Read what happens to one such baby. Here’s a heart-wrenching story on May Day....

April 26, 2016
Shruti Nagvanshi
Dissent, Human Rights

Against all Odds: Amnesty International Human Rights 2016 Award to Henri Tiphagne

Indian activist and lawyer, Henri Tiphagne, was awarded the prestigious Amnesty International Germany’s human rights award in Berlin on Monday (April 25). Shruti profiles him for Different Truths. After receiving the...

April 26, 2016
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Dissent, Human Rights

The 2016 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Awarded to Nguyen San Que and BERISH 2.0

Human Rights activist Lenin profiles the recipients of the 2016 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, Nguyen San Que and BERISH 2.0, profiling the struggles, resilience and recognition for the cause of...

April 14, 2016
Shruti Nagvanshi
Dissent, Human Rights

Over 10 Mn Bonded Labourers in India Trapped in the Dark Dungeons of Inhumanity

It is inhuman that over 10 million bonded labourers have little or no hope. Trapped in the dark dungeons of debts, they are being ruthlessly exploited. The perpetrators of the...

April 12, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Politics, Subaltern & Dalits

125th Anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar: Seminar against Continuing Caste Atrocities

Here’s a curtain raiser on the 125th anniversary of Dalit torchbearer, Dr BR Ambedkar. A seminar organised by the CPIML New Democracy shall discuss the continuing caste atrocities against the Dalits...

March 29, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Education & Career, Subaltern & Dalits

Dr Sayeda Hameed Concerned about Improper Implementation of RTE

Caritas India and PVCHR jointly organised a national interface on ‘Reality of Implementation of Right to Education Act’. The chief guest, Dr Sayeda Hameed, former Member Planning Commission expressed her deep...

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