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,
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Juanita Kakoty reviews the Child Labour Bill
JUANITA KAKOTY I recently received the news that President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the child labour Bill – this when
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Meeting a ‘sex-worker’ and an abolitionist in Germany
JUANITA KAKOTY I have met prostituted women and girls. The organisation I am with, Apne Aap Women Worldwide (www.apneaap.org), works
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The story of a forced eviction in Kolkata
BY JUANITA KAKOTY “I have been asked not to smile at the camera because someone who has been rendered homeless
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Weaving magic through words
By JUANITA KAKOTY Nadeem Shah Suhrawardy and Shankar Musafir sat on the masnad, covered with a white bedsheet, two white
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How I Realised I am a Feminist
BY JUANITA KAKOTY When the Women’s Reservation Bill was first introduced in the Lok Sabha in September 1996, the morning
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Touristy husband in Guwahati
BY JUANITA KAKOTY This June, my husband was visiting Guwahati after two years. And he was clear that he
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UNICEF activates talk on sanitation
BY JUANITA KAKOTY Open defecation is a major socio-cultural problem in India. Almost half of the population (about 595
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The need for toilet hygiene education
It’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.
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Gender friendly JNU
The recent case of a spurned lover hacking his female classmate before killing himself shocks former JNUite JUANITA KAKOTY
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