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Bangladesh: Shawpno Rath - A School For Slum Children
In the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, when a group of children leave their homes every morning to go to school, another group of children come out onto the streets, to work for a livelihood. The streets...
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India: Renewing The Solar Pledge On World Environment Day
Today, June 5th is World Environment Day and this year's theme is Green Economy: Does it include you? According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), green economy is described as: one that results...
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India, Bangladesh: Water Disputes and Teesta River Diplomacy
This post is part of our International Relations & Security coverage. India and Bangladesh share 54 rivers between them. Despite setting up a Joint River Commission for water management as early as...
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India, Pakistan: Working Towards Thawing the Siachen Conflict?
This post is part of our International Relations & Security coverage. On April 7, 2012, a deadly avalanche hit a Pakistani military camp in the Gayatri Sector, 30km west of the Siachen glacier,...
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Global: ‘International Relations' Out of the Classroom Onto the Web
This post is part of our International Relations & Security coverage. The Internet and Web 2.0 have enabled students to gain greater and quicker access to ‘International Relations' (IR) Books,...
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India: Social Media Blamed for Fueling Assam Unrest
This is the first post in the 2-part series about the role played by social media in India in the fallout of the Assam clashes that spilled across the country and threatened to upset the nation's...
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India: Social Media Censorship to Contain ‘Cyber-Terrorism'?
This is the second post in the 2-part series about the perceived role of social media in the wake of the Assam clashes that spilled across the country and threatened to upset the nation's peace. The...
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Pakistan: Long Road to Peace and Security
This post is part of our International Relations & Security coverage. As Pakistan enters its 66th year of Independence, it is a good time to take stock of the security situation within the country...
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India: Arrest of Cartoonist on Sedition Charges Sparks Debate
On 8 September, 2012, award-winning political cartoonist was arrested in Mumbai, India, on charges of sedition and remanded to police custody. Twenty-five year old Aseem Trivedi, joint winner of the...
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India: Husbands to Pay Wives for Doing Household Chores?
The Union Women and Child Development Ministry in India is considering a draft bill which, if passed by parliament, would make it legally compulsory for husbands to pay out a portion of their monthly...
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India: Hurrah For Hornbills - Defence Project Stalled in Narcondam
A proposal from the Indian Coast Guards to install coastal surveillance radar and power supply in the Narcondamm Island, a tiny, volcanic island in the Andaman Sea, has been stalled by India's Ministry...
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India: Lending Voice to Social Campaigns Through Street Plays
Ten years after college, when a group of friends with a passion for theatre decided to collaborate and put up a play at a community theatre festival, a spark was lit. On 23rd January, 2011, their first...
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New Realities of the India-Russia Defence Partnership
This post is part of our International Relations & Security coverage. BrahMos missile and launch canister on display at the International Maritime Defence Show, 2007, in Russia. The stealth...
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Mumbai Terrorist Executed in India, But Will it Bring Peace?
This post is part of our International Relations & Security coverage. Mumbai marked first anniversary of 26/11 attacks (Nov 26, 2009) by Vinit Gupta © Demotix. On November 21, 2012 Mohammed Ajmal...
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Reporters Stand By as Biswajit Das is Brutally Murdered in Bangladesh
On Monday, 10 December, 2012, Bangladesh celebrated Human Rights Day with the aim of highlighting [bn] rights related issues pertaining to women, youth, tribal, poor and marginalized communities and...
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Jailed For Exposing Moral Policing, Indian TV Reporter Gets Bail
Television journalist Naveen Soorinje, who was arrested on November 7, 2012 after exposing a shocking incident of moral policing in which members of far right-wing organization Hindu Jagaran Vedike...
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Can India Win The Fight Against Tuberculosis?
24th March is observed as World Tuberculosis Day and this year, the various stakeholders dedicated to fight tuberculosis – government agencies, the medical community, NGOs and health activists, took...
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Indian Filmmaker and Gay Icon Rituparno Ghosh's Death Stuns Fans
Gifted Indian film director, Rituparno Ghosh, winner of many national as well as international awards, died in his sleep due to a massive cardiac arrest on Thursday morning, May 30, 2013. Known for his...
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‘Dark Is Beautiful’ Campaign Questions India's Skin Colour Prejudices
A movement in India promoting the beauty of all skin colours is pushing back against the country's obsession with fair skin. ‘Dark is Beautiful‘, founded by a group of women in 2009, has picked up...
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UNICEF India Sounds the ‘Red Siren’ to #ENDviolence Against Children
A new social media campaign from UNICEF India is seeking to raise awareness and mobilize a collective effort to #ENDviolence against children, with special focus on sexual violence against girls. On 19...
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