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Can the Police Danda Curb Teenage Sexuality?

Author(s): Madhu Purnima Kishwar
Judge Kamini Lau has done us all a great service by raising pertinent questions about the...

When the Police is Partisan

Author(s): M. Hasan
Yusuf, a school dropout but business sharp, organizes annual large Iftaar parties in h...

The Sari: A Garment for All Seasons

Author(s): Ruth Vanita
Garments, like cuisine, evolve in every culture to suit the dominant body type, climate and soci...

Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism by Rajiv Malhotra

Author(s): Prof. Indra Nath Choudhuri, Former Director, Sahitya Academy
In his new book, “Being Different – An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism&rdquo...

Responses to - Political Economy of the Saree

Dear Manushi Friends, I am really surprised at the deep upset and angry outbursts caused b...

Political Economy of the Saree

Author(s): Mahender Singh Poonia
This article is an  unusual and sharp critique of  the Indian Saree as a garment that i...

Khusar-Pusar

Author(s): Sherein Bansal
"Kab poora hua?" "Hafta toh ho hi gaya" "Dekhna bua ni aayi" &quo...

Responses to - Some Thoughts on India's Republic Day‏

We could use a safe public park /parks in different parts of Delhi, such that no one has to travel...

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...

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 ...

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,...

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Clean Rivers Campaign

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
 
Government of India Betrays Promise on Ganga
Swami Sanand Continues His Fast Unto Death under Police Custody in AIIMS
Manushi friends will recall that Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand (Formerly Professor G D Aggarwal of IIT Kanpur) had broken his tapasya for saving Ganga involving going without food and water on March 23, 2012 on the assurance of two Central Government ministers who came as Prime Minister's emissaries. They had given their ... Read More
 
A Significant Breakthrough in GoI's Response to Swami Sanand's Ganga Tapasya
Finally, a significant breakthrough in the deadly impasse between Government of India's attitude with regard to Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand’s (formerly Prof. G.D. Aggarwal)  fast unto death from February 7, 2012 to save Ganga from total annihilation. This afternoon, March 23, following a signed agree... Read More
 

Resolution of Kashmir Conflict

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
 
Hoodlums Cannot Protect the Honor of Mother India
Violent Attack by Goons to Disrupt Interaction with Syed Ali Shah Geelani organized by the Indic Studies Project, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
The self appointed guardians of Bharat Mata (Mother India) did it again. On 26th March 2012, a group of rowdies barged uninvited into the premises of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies to disrupt an interaction we had organized with Syed Ali Shah Geelani of the Hurriyat. Just as the 86 year old Gee... Read More
 
A Step at a Time
Kashmir Committee Interaction with Syed Ali Shah Geelani of Hurriyat Conference
All those who think that the Kashmir problem is intractable due to the intransigent stand taken by pro-plebiscite hardliners of the Hurriyat Conference should have witnessed the historic February 3, 2012 interaction organized by the Kashmir Committee with Syed Ali Shah Geelani. He is widely perceived as the most &quo... Read More
 

Policy Reform Work for Street Vendors

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
 
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 infrastructure 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 R... Read More
 
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. At the time, Sewa Nagar was being developed by MANUSHI as a model market for street vendors. The Goddess took her avatar in form to lend stre... Read More
 

Policy Reform Work for Cycle Rickshaw Pullers

Introductory Note, Slide Shows, Articles, Reports, Videos
 
A Historic Victory
Supreme Court Approves Dismantling Corruption Friendly License-Quota-Raid Raj Afflicting Cycle Rickshaw Pullers
Finally, we see some real light at the end of a very dark tunnel and  have some really good news to share with Manushi friends. On April 2nd 2012 Manushi won a major victory in a long drawn battle to dismantle the corruption friendly License Quota Raid Raj for rickshaw owners and pullers. On th... 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
 

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
 
 
 

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