The Actress
Madhumita pens a story, based on a real life incident. Babies are rented out, daily, to beggars. Read what happens to one such baby. Here’s a heart-wrenching story on May Day....
Against all Odds: Amnesty International Human Rights 2016 Award to Henri Tiphagne
Indian activist and lawyer, Henri Tiphagne, was awarded the prestigious Amnesty International Germany’s human rights award in Berlin on Monday (April 25). Shruti profiles him for Different Truths. After receiving the...
The 2016 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Awarded to Nguyen San Que and BERISH 2.0
Human Rights activist Lenin profiles the recipients of the 2016 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, Nguyen San Que and BERISH 2.0, profiling the struggles, resilience and recognition for the cause of...
Over 10 Mn Bonded Labourers in India Trapped in the Dark Dungeons of Inhumanity
It is inhuman that over 10 million bonded labourers have little or no hope. Trapped in the dark dungeons of debts, they are being ruthlessly exploited. The perpetrators of the...
Retd. Justice Patil to Inaugurate All India Conference of AIKMS
Retd. Justice BG Kolse, of Mumbai High Court, is humane and socially aware. He resigned from judgeship, in 1990, to dedicate himself to social causes. He will inaugurate the three...
RTE: Empowering Girls through Education in Bihar
PVCHR Vanarasi and Caritas India joined hands to organise a state-level interface on ‘Reality of Implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act in Bihar’. The students of Musahar community staged a...
Jan Mitra Award to Sradhanand Sital
A leading human rights activist Sradhanand Sital will be awarded the coveted Jan Mitra Award, on Monday, March 21, at Kabirchaurah Math, Varanasi, according to a press release of the PVCHR....
Amit: Global Connect through Human Rights and Yoga
An active Human Rights activist and Yoga master, Amit’s areas of interest are religious conflict, multiculturalism, refugees, extremism, freedom of expression, and international human rights law. Shruti profiles the Varanasi-born youth,...
Impacting Lives in a Subtle way
Shruti profiles a youth, Aniket Singh, who gave up a job in an American MNC to work among the poor and downtrodden. It was the fire in his belly...
From Varanasi to the UN: The Journey of the International Human Rights Defenders Day
The recent declaration of the UN, Dec 9 as the International Human Rights Defenders Day has its genesis in a Human Rights Convention, at Varanasi, four years back. Lenin records the...