Indians 4 Social Change

What is World Toilet Day All About? Since the year 2013, 19 November is celebrated as World Toilet Day. The aim of this day is to recognize the sanitation crisis across the world and urge the global community to take steps to solve this issue, since 1.3 billion people on the …

CGNet Swara was initially an experiment started out in 2004 from Chattisgarh, where they attempted to address the problems of local villagers in central India. They were keen on creating a new form of media such that, the grievances of people in villages in the most remote areas would find …

Introduction – Koshyari Committee and OROP “Equality for one and for all” – A phrase that hits the headlines time and again, be it from any part of the society- Equality for women, equality in terms of caste and religion (reservation system). Now, it is coming from the defense services, …

With not much time left in the Bihar Assembly Poles, the political strata are trying every weapon in their arsenal to make the most of the time left. Every single issue, every single incident is being painted in the political colors. The recent case of Dadri lynching served as a …

India is often hailed as one of the world’s most culturally rich countries, with the cuisine, dialect and clothing changing every few kilometers. So while remaining politically stable and giving equal representation to all communities is certainly a challenge, the discrimination of Indians from the North East is unacceptable. Some …

Background Back in December 2013 the term “Section 377” made headlines when the Supreme Court reinstated Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. Enacted in 1860 under the colonial rule, it criminalizes “carnal intercourse against the order of nature”. Since Section 377 was vague in its definition, it became open to judicial …