Effective communication is key to social changeMonday, October 17, 2011
Anjali Singh CNS CNS: She packs a powerful punch, given her pint size stature, yet the lady from Dora, a quaint hamlet of district Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, is a tall woman thanks to her achievements and she makes no bones about it. Having stood for the Gram Sabha elections and winning with ...
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Call to protect rights of domestic workersThursday, September 29, 2011
CNS: It is a social outcry, one that has borne testimony of its existence when well known Bollywood film-star Shiney Ahuja was accused of raping his domestic help. But his is not an isolated incident say union of domestic workers campaigning for their rights in the Uttar Pradesh UP state.They th ... |
Justice is being delivered finally!Friday, August 12, 2011
CNS: In a thriving democratic set up like the one that India has, access to justice for all would seem like a cake walk. More so with the Indian Constitution ensuring that there are enough legal safeguards within the system, well established edifices of justice and a very proactive judiciary. Neve ... |
Call for effective Child Welfare Committees (CWC)Friday, March 04, 2011
A sincere effort was made to encourage the Child Welfare Committees CWCs to be more proactive in the state of Uttar Pradesh UP to preserve the best interest of the child by fostering child rights. The duration of survival of the child, right to life, right to inclusion and protection were key in ... |
Local response to fury of Bahraich floodsSunday, February 06, 2011
Just a short stroll through Rewali, Adampur, the mud embankment in Kaiserganj, Bahraich, a small district in the flood prone area of Uttar Pradesh, gives you an idea of the gravity of the predicament people here face year after year. Yet this year none seem to grumble their grievances about governm ... |
"Kothis" reducing risk to HIV and sexual violence among their communityThursday, September 30, 2010
Anjali Singh - CNS : Having faced ages of neglect, denial and invisibility, Kothis feminised males are now being mobilized by groups like Bharosa in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India to be empowered and demonstrate leadership in reaching out within their community for increasing access t ... |
Broadcast Launch of Community Radio in LalitpurMonday, September 06, 2010
Alapur, Birdha Block, Lalitpur: Community Radio CR achieved another milestone on 3rd September 2010. Its first Community Radio CR station Lalit Lokwani went on air in Uttar Pradesh UP state, India, and officially began its broadcast to over 80 villages in Lalitpur district of Budelkhand regi ... |
Red Ribbon Express: On track to good healthThursday, July 15, 2010
CNS: Its called the express of hope. After completing a successful run through 100 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu educating and sensitizing over 75000 people about HIV/AIDS and health, The Red Ribbon Express is now Uttar Pradesh bound. As the Worlds largest AIDS Conference opens in Vienna, ... |
Law turns lawless in Uttar PradeshMonday, August 03, 2009
Lucknow:Is the state of UP ready to accept the fact that there is a problem with Uttar Pradesh Police Force? Or are they comfortable condoning the acts of brutality that are becoming a frequent occurrence now. The khaki brigade is running rampant and nothing seems to be done to reign them in either. ... |
Pushing TRPs Up For The Girl ChildTuesday, July 28, 2009
Lucknow: She epitomises the plight of girl children in India to the neglected, rejected, abused and sold off like property, Laali, the character that Ratan Rajput plays in the popular tele serial Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi kijo, has become an instant hit with viewers all over . No prizes for gues ... |
'Hunger and Poverty home to India'Sunday, July 19, 2009
LUCKNOW: Though this is her fifth visit to the Lucknow, state capital of Uttar Pradesh, Kristin Kjaeret, Director FoodFirstInformation and Action Network FIAN Norway, an international human rights organisation campaigning for right to feed oneself, maintains that things have not changed even now. ... |
Wah! Shaad Wah! - An Interface with 'Best Poet of the Year'Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Think Lucknow and the mention to the city of nawabs will be incomplete sans mention of Khushbir Singh Shaad, Lucknows very own local shayar poet.Known for his six book s on poetry complete with brilliant thought provoking muse penned both in Hindi and Urdu, Shaad has also penned verses fo ... |
Defense Forces take on the corporate battlefields!Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Lucknow: The men in the forces sporting blues, greens and whites certainly have an enviable lifestyle. The respect comes with the job as does the adventure peppered with an aura of safeguarding the countrys frontiers. To top it all theres always the glamour of donning a uniform as well.Sounds ... |