Here, the “she” being referred to, is a 10-year old girl, who belonged to an aboriginal community in Australia! The little girl was gang raped by 9 men, who supposedly belonged to the upper caste. A case was filed and the offenders were either placed on probation or given suspended sentences. The woman judge in the [...]
A UNICEF estimate says about 2.50 lakhs children have been recruited as soldiers in various capacities worldwide. In India no such studies have been done to document the life of these child soldiers. The main reasons the children take to guns being extreme poverty and they see rebels leading well-off lives. To them joining the [...]
Medicine is one of the most noble professions in the world. I personally rate medicine and doctors, next to men in defence services!! Doctors are the ones who, at one point of time, were treated with the reverence of God, the life giver! Such is the impact doctors have, in a normal man’s life! No [...]
More I come across domestic violence, more poignant feelings I have. This time watch this brief 30-sec youtube video: Warning: The video has violence. With a message. This video is part of Canadian anti-domestic abuse campaign that never went on air.
(Letting out a long and deep breath !!) I just saw this Web site called AbuseAware. It is a Web site dedicated to sensitive about the abuse related issues. This site also promotes a book related to the subject called Living With The Enemy. Home page of this Web site has some really poignant pictures [...]
