Gujarat
Dalit students discriminated in a school from Gujarat
Discrimination against Dalits is in the educational system is a widespread problem across Indian states. The students are often alienated socially in their classrooms. They are victims of physical abuse by classmates and educators, from primary education to university. A glaring example of this discrimination was captured in Gujarat’s Surendranagar...
A Dalit man succumbed to injuries sustained in caste-violence in Gujarat
On an average, 47 Dalits were killed every year in Gujarat between 2010 and 2014. In the same years, over 9588 cases of caste-based atrocities were reported by Dalits in the state. These numbers, however, are the tip of the iceberg as many more cases of caste atrocities go unreported....
Governement turns blind eye towards the manual sacengers
Three young sanitation workers enter a sewer in Dhrangadhra town in Gujarat without any protective gear. This practice of manual cleaning, carrying, disposing or handling, human excreta from dry latrines, open drains or pits and sewers without protective gear is criminalised by The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and...
Missing doctors & Infrastructure at a PHC in Gujarat – Video Volunteer Neeru Reports
At Doliya Primary Health Centre, Surendranagar District in Guajarat, the absence of doctors, nurses, sanitation and equipment means that pregnant women as well as other patients who come in suffer. Residents of the area say that no deliveries take place at the PHC due to a shortage of doctors and...
One Billion Rising: Discrimination in home guards
12th March| Dhangadhra,Surendranagar District, Gujarat | Bipin Solanki The year 2015 started on a most inspiring note for women in the Armed Forces of India. For the first time ever the Republic Day Parade, held on the 26th of January each year, saw an all women contingent march through Rashtrapati...
Unity in Diversity: The Siddis of Gujarat
Unity in diversity is a concept of “unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation”. It shifts focus from unity based on a mere tolerance of physical, cultural, linguistic, social, religious, political, ideological and/or psychological differences towards a more complex unity based on an understanding that difference enriches human interactions. A true image of unity in...
Omnipresent Corruption
A couple of months ago CC Neeru Rathod was able to eradicate corruption in Kanpura Primary School, where the organizer of the MDM was swindeling rations and funds. With the help of the community and the school staff, Neeru was able to end this corruption and get the the children...
Goats ate their lunch!
The Right to Education Act (RTE) declares that every school must have one teacher per 30 students. A playground,clean drinking water and sanitation facilities must also be provided. This is not the case for the school children of Radol village. They need you phone call to change this today! ...