India Turns Tables On Traffickers With Child-Friendly Courts
Radha was just 13 when she had to testify in open court against the people who trafficked her into prostitution in India, as a defence lawyer bombarded her with questions – why didn’t she try to kill herself? Or run away? Frightened, Radha attempted to reply, but the judge quickly shut the lawyer down. “I […]
An MIT Lesson In Failure Helps Deliver Fresh Milk To Millions In India
Grama’s team built a machine using old car parts that can heat water without electricity. Think of the possibilities in rural parts of the developing world: Medical clinics could sterilize devices, people could clean clothes with warm water, or they could just take a hot shower, all without being connected to a grid. Revolutionary, right? Grama […]
Badass woman lawmaker drives into the Indian Parliament on a Harley-Davidson
Indian Member of Parliament Ranjeet Ranjan decided to celebrate International Women’s Day in style. She created a flutter in the normally sedate Parliament in New Delhi by driving on her orange Harley-Davidson. The 42-year-old showed off her bike by first riding around the complex before entering the House to attend the ongoing budget session. A […]
The case of the disabled professor imprisoned in India
New Delhi, India – It was January 2 and the residue of the new year celebrations still hung in the New Delhi air. But for a group of students, academics and activists converging on the streets of the capital, the mood was anything but celebratory. The anger at this rally in solidarity with GN Saibaba, a wheelchair-bound […]
Indian child bride becomes youngest divorcee in the world
An Indian child bride, who got married at the age of four to a 10-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh (UP), has become the youngest divorcee in the world. Four year-old Fatima Mangre, whose father got her married to Arjun Bakridi from the Shravasti district of UP, lived with her husband for four years. However, Fatima’s father, Anil Mangre, […]
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