Human Rights

Writer Turns Lens On Child Abuse

GUWAHATI: Writer Arup KumarDutta, also known as India's Enid Blyton, on Tuesday said it was time Assamese literature moved beyond the entertainment-based approach to children'...

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Trafficked Girl Becomes International Child Rights Activist

An 18-year-old girl, who was trafficked from the remote islands of Sundarbans in West Bengal, is today an international child rights crusader and has been invited twice to spe...

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UN Resolution Calls For A Human Rights Approach To Mental Health Services

We are thrilled about a new Resolution on Mental Health and Human Rights, adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on 01 July 2016, which calls on Member States to view mental h...

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Country's First Accessibility Audit Fails To Find A Single Disabled Friendly Building

India's first accessibility audit of buildings and public places has not found a single completely disabled-friendly building, exposing terrible plight of people with disabili...

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Once A Dropout, Anita Munda Now Dreams Of Becoming An Officer

A unique education programme in Odisha's tribal belt helps underprivileged children join the government school network. Deep in the sal forests that hide the iron and alloys m...

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India’s Anti-Trafficking Efforts Still Need Improvement

The 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which the State Department released on June 30, documents a significant increase in both the number of human trafficking prosecut...

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'Deprivation Of Water Is Violation Of Human Rights'

Will deprivation of water, both for drinking and irrigations, amount to violation of human rights? This question has been raised by the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commissio...

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Rape On Stage: Hard To Stomach But Its Depiction Might Help Society To Wake Up To Rape Culture

“He lifted me off the floor, pulled up my knickers. He spent some time rearranging me I remember. He smoothed my hair back off my face. Be our little secret, baby Leah y...

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Female Cartoonist Who Was Jailed For Depicting Government Ministers As Goats Is Finally Free

“I would rather go to jail than succumb to the regime”: these are the defiant words of Iranian satirical cartoonist Atena Farghadani, who is just the latest in a l...

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Online Freedom Is A 'Human Right' That Must Be Protected, Says UN

The UN has passed a resolution for the "promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the internet".The resolution states the importance of "applying a comprehensive ...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: FETED ABROAD, FORGOTTEN AT HOME

When art-house brilliance wins global acclaim but faces neglect in its own country, it f...

October 17 2025

TRENDING: TIMELESS LIGHT AND LIVING MEMORIES

At Piramal Gallery, NCPA, I revisited Bombay’s cultural past through the lens of t...

October 16 2025

BOLLYWOOD: ARYAN KHAN BREAKS BOLLYWOOD RULES

“I am in love with your wife (Maya)!” — a line from Kabhi Alvida Naa K...

October 15 2025