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Is framing law a solution to India’s rape problem?

November 23, 2021

How many more Nirbhayas before this savagery stops? Have our men dehumanized? Where have we as a society gone wrong? India’s rape problem gained international attention in 2012 when a woman was violently gang-raped and murdered on a bus in Delhi. The brutal rape of Jyoti Singh, a 23-year old...

Animal welfare rights: Where does India stand?

August 5, 2021

Protection of animals is enshrined as a fundamental duty in the Indian Constitution and there exist several animal welfare legislations in India such as the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 and the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 at the Central level and cattle protection and cow slaughter prohibition legislations...

NO COUNTRY FOR WOMEN: WHY BEING A WOMAN IS NOT AN EASY TASK IN INDIA

April 19, 2021

A decade since the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus shocked India, state spending to combat violence against women and girls is just not adequate. A fund named after the 23-year-old woman who was raped and killed in 2012 is low on resources and under-utilised, found the...

Legalisation of medical marijuana: A boon or a bane?

April 12, 2021

Cannabis, which has many other forms such as Ganja, Charas or Bhang is a type of physio-pharmaceutical drug. Marijuana often evokes images of euphoria and relaxed lethargy. Some of the earliest human cultures ingested and smoked the leaves of the plant, and its consumption has persisted in modern society. Although...

How coronavirus strikes a sanitary pad crisis in India

February 22, 2021

This article shall talk about the discrimination against menstruating women is widespread in India, where periods have long been a taboo and considered impure. According to one study, only 36% of India’s 355 million menstruating females use sanitary napkins , while the rest use old rags, husk, ash, leaves, mud and soil...

Will legislation alone solve India’s rape problem?

November 18, 2020

UN Security Council on protecting people with disabilities in humanitarian emergencies and armed conflicts

September 23, 2020

The UN Security Council passed a resolution on 20th June, 2019 to provide protection to people suffering from any disability during armed conflicts and to ensure that they have proper access to humanitarian assistance. This was the first time the Security Council had dedicated an entire resolution to the people...