The challenge thrown up by the Maoists is clearly daunting and armed response is being seen as not the only answer. Sangita Jha There is clear admission of the fact among the officials that heart of India, geographically speaking, is in the clutches of naxals. So much so that the state governments or even the [...]
A campaign ‘Dare to Care’ will witness Delhi Daredevils and UNICEF working towards sensitizing the public on the important role girls can play in society. BeyondHeadlines News Desk The UNICEF’s initiatives for the adolescent girls of India got a major leg up with Delhi Daredevils announcing their support for its campaign. The campaign coined as [...]
Shamik Bag They continue to entertain the crowds at Indian Premier League cricket matches, but Western-style mini-skirts and lewd dance moves have been shelved by the teams’ cheerleaders. Two teams, the high-profile Kolkata Knight Riders and the Pune Warriors, have opted for inoffensive saris and less suggestive Indian-style choreography. Cheerleading squads for most other teams [...]
Pranay Prashar for BeyondHeadlines Since ages woman have always been subjected to sanctions and dictums from more privileged male counterparts in every feudalistic society like ours and even the most optimistic prophet will stumble to foretell when it will come to an end. Her freedom had been curtailed accusing her of licentious and promiscuous behavior, [...]
Razia Shahab, BeyondHeadlines If you have just fifty rupees to spend and you want the best of them then plan a Sunday Evening visit to Daryaganj in Old Delhi. Famous Sunday book market has a lot to offer at remarkably low prices. Your longing for books may come to an end here as this very [...]
New Delhi: Delhi is perhaps the most unsafe city for women as 414 rape cases were reported in the national capital in 2010, the highest among 35 major cities in the country, while Mumbai followed it with 194 such incidents. According to government statistics released today, 23 per cent of rape cases in these urban [...]
BeyondHeadlines Special Correspondent We Sprawl, a creative group, is holding film making workshops this October where the children from NGO private schools are participating in the workshop where they will come out with one minute documentary. The batch is a mixed group, consisting of privileged and underprivileged children, of varying age group. “Young aspiring people [...]
Alistair Scrutton New Delhi (Reuters): Irom Sharmila has been on hunger strike for 10 years to protest against military abuses, force-fed by tubes through her nose. But the tragedy for the world’s longest hunger strike is that she is on the wrong side of India’s digital divide. Twitter, Facebook and aggressive private TV have helped [...]
With major challenges Indian media has vibrant future, says US journalism Professor Abu Zafar for BeyondHeadlines New Delhi: Despite the hurdles of lack of accuracy and accountability, the Indian media has a very vibrant future, driving on increasing literacy figure, feels Scott Winter, a journalism professor from United States. “The media in India has vibrant [...]
Author: Afsana Rashid Publisher: Pharos Media, New Delhi, India. Year of Publication: 2011 Pages: 190 Price: Rs 200 ISBN-13: 978-81-7221-048-9 Reviewed By Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander The armed insurgency has brought in its wake a host of human catastrophes, saga of pain and unending miseries. Scores of new social issues and problems have cropped [...]
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