December 2010

Women Stop Liquor Menace

 
/ December 30, 2010

Women in Chhattisgarh, India successfully get the local liquor brewery shut down after a four day protest.

Bikaner Heritage in Ruins

 
/ December 29, 2010

The term ‘Haveli’ is used for a private mansion. It is derived from Persian meaning “an enclosed place”.

Devadasi: A Life Without Education

 
/ December 28, 2010

The outlawed tradition of ‘devdasi’ which sanctions religious prostitution continues in rural Maharashtra.

Tamil’s Transgender Community

 
/ December 27, 2010

Indian society has a 4000-year history of pushing its male to female transgender community into becoming Hijra.

Vibrant Nagas of Manipur

 
/ December 24, 2010

Achungmei, who belongs to the Naga tribe in Manipur, shares some key aspects of her community, culture and identity.

Garhwali Language Seeks Patronage

 
/ December 23, 2010

The Garhwali language of India’s Uttarakhand state is in desperate need of preservation.

Businesswomen Stop Rural Migration

 
/ December 22, 2010

A women’s self-help group in India’s Chhattisgarh stop migration by making ready-to-eat meal powder.

Defenceless Woman Branded ‘Witch’

 
/ December 21, 2010

Despite a law in place, poor women from marginalised communities in Jharkhand continue to be branded as ‘witches’ and tortured.