In the Land of Abolitionists – Forbesganj (Bihar)
BY JUANITA KAKOTY For about ten days now I have been in Forbesganj, a small town on the Indo-Nepal border,
Read moreBY JUANITA KAKOTY For about ten days now I have been in Forbesganj, a small town on the Indo-Nepal border,
Read moreJUANITA KAKOTY I recently received the news that President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the child labour Bill – this when
Read moreJUANITA KAKOTY I have met prostituted women and girls. The organisation I am with, Apne Aap Women Worldwide (www.apneaap.org), works
Read moreBY JUANITA KAKOTY “I have been asked not to smile at the camera because someone who has been rendered homeless
Read moreBy JUANITA KAKOTY Nadeem Shah Suhrawardy and Shankar Musafir sat on the masnad, covered with a white bedsheet, two white
Read moreBY JUANITA KAKOTY When the Women’s Reservation Bill was first introduced in the Lok Sabha in September 1996, the morning
Read moreBY JUANITA KAKOTY This June, my husband was visiting Guwahati after two years. And he was clear that he
Read moreBY JUANITA KAKOTY Open defecation is a major socio-cultural problem in India. Almost half of the population (about 595
Read moreIt’s not just Rajasthan, open defecation is a practice in almost every part of India. One only needs to be on a train early morning to see where most Indians go. Building toilets for them, therefore, is noble. It has been documented quite frequently how villagers cannot afford to build toilets in their homes.
Read moreThe recent case of a spurned lover hacking his female classmate before killing himself shocks former JNUite JUANITA KAKOTY
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