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I am Nirbhaya
A year ago tens of thousands came out in protest on the streets in India. Angry, hurt and exhausted that it had happened again, another girl had lost her life to a sexual assault of the most brutal kind. The collective Indian memory remembers her as Nirbhaya, the fearless one—perhaps...
I Refuse to be Silenced
The names in this video have been changed to protect identities. A marriage proposal came for her. She met the family, liked them.They liked her. When the boy’s family demanded a dowry, her parents refused. And then started the torment. Community Correspondent Chanda Bharti from Uttar Pradesh reports. She refused...
Corruption Beckons Unpaid Panchayat Members
Assamese Panchayat members do not receive any wages and struggle to make ends meet.
Another Rape Goes Unheard
Numerous women in Gorhpur, UP, protested against the injustice and impunity with which a rape case in Banda, UP, was treated.
Modern Democracy, Feudal Minds
Despotic politicians in Uttar Pradesh punish Dalits for participating in local elections, terrorise village.