As I write this blog, I can see at least five stories on rape, violence against women and child abuse, among others, making up the news list on a day when there hasn’t been much action in the nation’s capital to report. Read more

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Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 11:08 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Assam, child abuse, crimes, culture, economic hardship, Girl child, hindustan times, MMS, mob, molestation, news, panchayat, rajesh mahapatra, Rape, video, violence, women
13 rapes in one week, 31% of women raped are Dalits. These are some of the statistics that have been put out in recent days to illustrate how the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh has deteriorated. Read more

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Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Assam, Dalit rape, Dalits, India, journalists, Madhya Pradesh, Mayawati, rajesh mahapatra, Rape, Uttar Pradesh
Last week, Rahul Gandhi offered to become “a soldier in Delhi” for the Dongria Kondhs, an endangered tribe fighting to stop bauxite mining project on the Niyamgiri hills in western Orissa. Read more

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Posted by Rajesh Mahapatra on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 1:27 am
Filed under India · Tagged alumina plant, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, bauxite mining project, Congress, Dandakaranya, Delhi, Digvijay Singh, Dongria Kondhs, hydroelectric dams, idu mushmi, Koyas, Maoists, Niyamgiri hills, Orissa, Rahul Gandhi, tribals, tribe, UK, UPA, Vedanta Resources