Category Archives: Social Issues

A recent survey relating to women safety in Delhi conducted by the Women and Child development department has revealed several concerns. The department got in touch with Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) and Women to find out what makes them feel … Continue reading →

In a recent move by NDMC in Delhi, it decided to charge parking costs at the Khan Market to discourage use of vehicles at the instance of Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), however the traders took the civic agency to … Continue reading →

Most of us would have seen scavengers manually removing human waste from railway tracks, despite Manual Scavenging being declared illegal way back in 1993 vide Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act 1993. The Railway board either denied … Continue reading →

Despite the practice of manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines being prohibited since 1993*  the practice still continues in several states. As common till date no one has been punished under the Act. As with many laudable legislations implementation … Continue reading →

Recognizing the special need of Juveniles affected by drug/alcohol addiction, High Court’s persistent efforts have bore fruits. Delhi government joining hands with Society for Promotion of Youth and Masses (SPYM- a Delhi based NGO) has opened a first permanent drug … Continue reading →

As the food prices shoot up world-wide again after peaking in early 2008 there is concern all around that the two big price spikes within four years, suggests that something serious is rattling world food chain. Several world institutions are … Continue reading →

UID Project has given the status of ‘Third Gender’ to the transgender community. Puducherry has become the first state to recognize this community which otherwise gets squeezed into either ‘male’ or ‘female’ category depending upon the whims of the enumerator. … Continue reading →

Recent incident in Noida, where two middle-aged sisters locked themselves in and cut off from the outside world for six months has raised a number of questions. This is not the first time, last year another middle aged woman kept … Continue reading →

In yet another incident showing medieval mind-set, a caste panchayat in Khurai town in Sagar disitrict of MP, a woman was forced to undergo `agni pariksha’ to prove that she was not a thief. A woman was alleged by her … Continue reading →

Probably most of us would have heard about the incident in which a woman who was hit and chased by a policeman ended up delivering a baby in open. We all must have come across such stories of total insensitivity … Continue reading →