Conversion therapy is persisting in India through quacks, religious gurus and healthcare practitioners with conservative training backgrounds. Balaji, a motivational speaker did not doubt their sexuality from the get-go. They knew they were gay and had no qualms about it. But the society had a different point of view, at every point in their life […]
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The Dalits still experience prejudice based on castes Kapil, a 58-year-old Dalit daily wage worker, has lived in Limboda since he was a child, where he lives with his five-member family in a small, decaying house. As he explained in Limboda village, he works hard every day for his family. In Madhya Pradesh, public service […]
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Number of registered cases of sexual assault are on the rise, experts suggest proper mental care for the victims and maintenance of data by the government. By Upasana Banerjee Bengaluru: Bharathi, a domestic worker of about 40 years old who is a mother to two daughters, 24 and 18, has been working as a maid […]
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Indian judiciary’s struggle with disposing lakhs of cases stretching for years on end. With a backlog as high as India’s (crossing 30 million pan India), a worldwide pandemic that forced the courts to improvise with social distancing and video conferencing was bound to leave many litigants in a fix.
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Most belong to broken homes, poor families. Bengaluru: The pandemic has added more cases of children in conflict with the law to the already rising trend of delinquent acts in Bengaluru. Data received from various helplines for women and children indicate that there has been an increase in domestic violence and sexual attacks on women and […]
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