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March 28, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Human Rights

Retd. Justice Patil to Inaugurate All India Conference of AIKMS

Retd. Justice BG Kolse, of Mumbai High Court, is humane and socially aware. He resigned from judgeship, in 1990, to dedicate himself to social causes. He will inaugurate the three...

March 20, 2016
Sangita Bhat
Subaltern & Dalits

The Grim Sufferings of Musahars and Dalits

Sangita is in India under the youth exchange programme. She visited villages of Dalit and Musahar to report on the squalor, poverty and sufferings of the people living in the margins...

March 18, 2016
Nirmal Kumar Paudel
Gender

Oppressed Women in India and Nepal Must Stand Tall

Nirmal is in India for his youth exchange program between human rights organisation, Informal Sector service Centre (INSEC) Nepal and People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) India. He compares the...

March 14, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Education & Career, Human Rights

RTE: Empowering Girls through Education in Bihar

PVCHR Vanarasi and Caritas India joined hands to organise a state-level interface on ‘Reality of Implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act in Bihar’. The students of Musahar community staged a...

March 9, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Human Rights

Jan Mitra Award to Sradhanand Sital

A leading human rights activist Sradhanand Sital will be awarded the coveted Jan Mitra Award, on Monday, March 21, at Kabirchaurah Math, Varanasi, according to a press release of the PVCHR....

March 9, 2016
Piyali Callahan
Gender, Opinion

Deprived Women need Action, not Empty Words!

Many women are accidentally fortunate to be born in families, where they do not need to battle for their daily breads and dignity. It’s an insult to the woman suffering...

March 8, 2016
Arindam Roy
Gender

Women: The Epitome of Shakti

Arindam salutes the never-say-die spirit of women on International Women’s Day. Here’s a celebration of being a woman. True beauty lies in their empowerment. The campaign theme for the International...

February 22, 2016
Sehar Siddiqi
Gender, Lecture

Celebrating Women and Cinema: A Rendezvous with Shefali Bhushan

On the 5th anniversary of Centre of Women Studies, University of Allahabad, the film-maker Shefali Bhushan having her roots in Allahabad, graced the dais speaking about women, Bollywood and her journey....

February 16, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Subaltern & Dalits

Indo-German Friendship for Dignity of Dalits

The Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and the Indo-German Society (IGS), Affiliate Remscheid, organised the 50th Anniversary of IGS, on February 12-13, 2016, at Varanasi. The chairperson, Helma Ritscher,...

January 4, 2016
Shruti Nagvanshi
Health, Human Rights, People

Amit: Global Connect through Human Rights and Yoga

An active Human Rights activist and Yoga master, Amit’s areas of interest are religious conflict, multiculturalism, refugees, extremism, freedom of expression, and international human rights law. Shruti profiles the Varanasi-born youth,...

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