South Asia Citizens Web

Near-universal social security pensions would be a good start to a radical expansion of public support for the elderly [in India]

A rocking our priors episode on women’s paid work & how weaker control mechanisms in cities enable women to pursue wider friendships etc ...

Over the last six months, the targeting of Kashmiri Pandits and other Hindus in the Valley by militants has once again brought forward the question of their right of return as well as the safety of minorities living in the Valley.

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan

Three RTIs by PUDR to Taloja Jail authorities asking for information on the number of deaths in Taloja, health and sanitation, medical infrastructure, all within the ambit of the Maharashtra Jail Hospitals Manual, have received no reply. In this context, though Vernon and the others have been forced to go to Court to get medical attention, paradoxically the cases have brought to light the despicable lack of medical facilities for prisoners. One wonders about the unknown many with no access to the courts who have suffered, even died for want of medical aid.