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Some Thoughts on India's Republic Day‏

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
I have never felt like celebrating 15th August, Independence Day. For me, coming from a family of ...

Gently Stooped a Shadow Amply Serene

Author(s): M. Hasan
  This poem was written in response to an article on Lesser Citizens: Indian Migrant D...

ILL Founded Prejudice

Author(s): Maj Gen Raj Mehta (Retd)
In recent years, there has been animated debate in the media and certainly within the uniformed fr...

Lesser Citizens

Author(s): Bhoomika Joshi
Shanta (name changed), a domestic worker came to the U.K with her employer from Delhi, having work...

Responses to "Some Thoughts on Dipawali"

I recollected a beautiful story when I read of your habit of losing things like shawls etc. on a r...

Playing A Dangerous Game

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
Omar Abdullah is the most fortunate of all chief ministers. Thanks to an enduring third-fourth gen...

Some Thoughts on Dipawali

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The happiest memories of my life are connected with the festival of Dipawali even though I hate the ...

Another Low in Kashmiri Politics

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The alleged torture meted out to Syed Mohammad Yousuf at Omar Abdullah's chief ministerial residen...

Police Raj in Kashmir

Author(s): A Manushi Report
One of India's finest journalists, David Devadas, who is also the author of In Search of a Future,...

Lokpal Bill - Need to Look Beyond Magic Wands

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The country owes a debt of gratitude to Team Anna for succeeding in channeling popular anger again...

Symphony of Golden Poories

Author(s): M Hasan
  Slowly kneading American dough from her aged face drips some salty spontaneous drops...

Counterpoint: Jan Lokpal: A Quack’s Prescription

Author(s): Amitabha Pande
There exists an astonishing perversity of consensus about the desirability of having a Lokpal. Ev...

I Wish I Was Malamasa

Author(s): Nayeema Ahmad Mahjoor
The concrete, colourless and crude staircase of the Civil Secretariat building in the heart of th...

Civil Society: a New Threat for the Congress Party?

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The Congress Party has suddenly discovered a new threat in "Civil Society," not just t...

Communal Games of the 'Secular' Congress

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
The Congress Party may think that by dividing the anti corruption movement and by tabling its own ...

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Laws Liberty and Livelihoods

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
Part I: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors
Avatār of Goddess of Good Governance and Citizenship Rights
On 12th March 2005, a new broom wielding deity, Manushi Swachha Narayani, Goddess of Good Governance and Citizenship Rights, chose Sewa Nagar street hawker market as her abode. The Goddess took her avataar in order to lend strength to Manushi'slong battle to protect street hawkers from routine human rights abuses, as... Read More
 
 
 
Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors
Criminal Mafias Take Over Sewa Nagar Pilot Project
The beautification of the Model Market at Sewa Nagar and the up-gradation of the civic infra structure produced many unexpected consequences. As long as vendors were operating from "illegally" occupied spaces, the rents they paid to those who claimed "ownership" of the space ranged from Rs 500 to ... Read More

Free Rivers Campaign

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
Charter of All India Ganga Yamuna Panchayat submitted to Minister of Environment, 8-10 February 2010
A Report
In its concluding session on 10th February, the all India Ganga Yamuna Panchayat organized by Tarun Bharat Sangh and Manushi Sangathan presented a Charter of Demands to Minister of Environment, Mr Jairam Ramesh for the effective implementation of the New Ganga and Yamuna Action Plans. The Panchayat was inaugurated... Read More
 

Gender Justice

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
 
Politics Triumphs over Justice
Supreme Court Judgement on Tribal Women's Land Rights
We reproduce below the text of the Supreme Court judgement in a case filed in August 1982 by Madhu Kishwar and Ho tribal woman Maki Bui challenging the denial of land rights to tribal women. Click here for judgement Read More
 
Public Interest Litigation
One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards
With the introduction of the concept of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the late 1970s direct access for citizens was provided to the High Courts as well as the Supreme Court. Progressive judges such as Justice P.N.Bhagwati began to actively encourage social and political activists to bring instances of injustice... Read More
 

Minority Rights/ Democratic Rights

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
 
Report of Multi Party Dialogue on the Future of J&K
The November 7, 2009 Dialogue on the Future of Jammu & Kashmir, organized by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in collaboration with the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, has evoked a great deal of debate and discussion. Most of those who attended considered it a historic breakthrough because we m... Read More
 
Memorandum to UPA Chairperson Mrs Sonia Gandhi
Candle Light Vigil out side AICC office on 3rd Sep 2010 by Manushi:Citizen's First Forum,in the memory of the innocents who have lost their lives in the current phase of violence in the state
The text of the Memorandum on the crisis in Kashmir to be submitted to UPA Chairperson, Mrs Sonia Gandhi by Manushi: Citizens First Forum is given below: To add your signature to this Memorandum, please click here: http://www.manushi.in/memorandum.php Dear Mrs Gandhi, As Chairperson UPA, the MANUSHI--Citizens First F... Read More
 

Laws Liberty and Livelihoods

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
 
Debate on Cycle Rickshaws
Cycle Rickshaws Rally on March 29, 2010
Manushi Sangathan invites you to come and express solidarity with and make a personal statement of support for the cycle rickshaw, trolley rickshaw pliers and hand cart pullers at a first of its kind rally being organized on March 29, 2010 to celebrate and demand the speedy implementation of the historic Order of the... Read More
 
Draft of Proposed Amendments to Delhi Municipal Corporation Cycle-Rickshaw Bye-Laws, 1960
On behalf of Manushi Sangathan
Background: Given the threat of global warming and environmental crisis facing the Mother Earth on account of increasing carbon emissions, there is a growing awareness that all countries of the world need to reduce their carbon footprint. Huge investments are being made in most First World countries to discover green,... Read More
 
 
 

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