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Crime Against Women in India
Background and History Crime against women has been a bane of India’s development efforts. With arcane customs like sex being a taboo in India, Sati, and Dowry, and the overall lower status of women further exacerbates these crimes. From the last decade’s crime statistics, we see sharp number of crimes registered under ‘Cruelty by Husband…
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Towards a better tomorrow; Civic Sense and Its Importance in Society
At birth most of us are born with five senses, exceptional few with sixth sense but none is born with civic Sense. Though we have the ability to speak but words and languages are taught to us by the adults. Similarly civic sense too has to be taught and inculcated. With the exception of a couple…
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Safety of Women Night Workers in India – Big issue
Since the Delhi gang-rape case, India has been taking molest cases quite seriously but even today women hesitate from working at nights. Till today women feel unsafe while traveling from their workplace to homes. Even in this 21st century, families of the women working at night live with an uncertainty and insecurity. What is the…
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A minor bird
I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day; Have clapped my hands at him from the door, When it seemed as if I could bear no more. The fault must partly have been in me. The bird was not to blame for his key. And…
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Five ways to teach your daughter to handle eve-teasing (Good Parenting lesson)
The sad truth about India is that your darling daughter will, at some point, be a victim of eve-teasing. It’s best to prepare her. ‘Eve-teasing’ is an Indian euphemism for sexual harassment, usually in streets and public places. It could take many forms. It could be wolf-whistles or lewd jokes. It could be staring. Or,…
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Gender discrimination in the Indian society
It is a reality that gender disparity still exists in India. It is seen within the households, at workplaces and in the society at large. Gender-wise literacy rates in India showcase the wide gap that exists between men and women. As per 2011 data, effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) were 82.14% for men…
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New hope; a new day
This is the beginning of a new day, I have been given this day to use as I wish. I can waste it, or use it. I can make it a day long to be remembered for its joy, its beauty and its achievements, or it can be filled with stinginess. What I do today…
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Juvenile crime a new-age offence- crime alert
We are all as responsible for a child breaking the law as the child himself, and need to work towards a solution together. Juvenile delinquency or criminal offence by children is increasing day by day. The recent few examples, such as the much talked about case of Ryan International School, where a 16-year-old boy killed…
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When I see you
When you came to my door tonight, And your big beautiful eyes gazed at me From the darkness within, The world around me came to a stop, For just a few seconds, As I saw the love from within you. You looked at me with your warm smile, Your blissful eyes around your face, And…
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Failing our children – Sexual violence amongst children is notoriously difficult to measure in India
The epidemic proportions child sexual abuse have reached in the country is a comment on where our society is heading. The sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach of every parent is about whether her child is safe from predators. Unless we change as a society we will keep on. Child sexual abuse…