On the margins

Toilet Tales...

It's well known by now: a majority of Indians do not have a toilet. They urinate and defecate in the
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Working with children...

MIGUEL DAS QUEAH writes on the challenges of working with children and protecting their rights
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Digital inclusion in Northeast...

ANIKA GUPTA writes how user-generated audio content can work in areas marginalised by mainstream med
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Vigil for children of BTAD...

UTSAH, a Guwahati-based ngo organised a candlelight vigil to protest killing of children in BTAD
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Brewing design thinking...

TSHERING EDEN writes about a government school in Sikkim which has introduced 'design thinking'
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Period Exposed...

PRIYANKA BORPUJARI questions why can’t women learn to behave with their own sanitary napkins
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Awareness on Autism...

Guwahati-based Assam Autism Foundation marked the completion of 10 years of their service
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Using media for social uplift...

SANGEETA, a feisty activist from rural Uttar Pradesh uses media to her advantage writes TERESA REHMA
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Disability and Sustainability...

AMIT RAHUL argues for the need to integrate Disability in Sustainable Development Theory
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North East Rising...

The campaign is a crowdfunding initiative to raise funds to support grassroot changemakers of Northe
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Uncertainties of Immunity...

KIRTI WARVADEKAR analyses India's immunisation programme and migrant worker's children
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Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon ata...

Disabled rights activist ARMAN ALI is an angry man today writes TERESA REHMAN
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Disaster Risk Reduction...

Disabled persons are more prone to disaster risks writes ABDUL KALAM AZAD
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Three deaths and a sordid tale...

ABDUL KALAM AZAD analyses why a couple with their ten month old daughter had to commit suicide in Gu
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NRHM Woes...

While newspapers are flooded with awards and recognition for National Rural Health Mission, MEGHA KA
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Inclusive Education...

Activist SHAMPA SENGUPTA reiterates the right of the disabled to education at a workshop in Guwahati
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With Heavenly Flowers...

Kulthum LAOUFI, a French student shares her experience with underprivileged children in Assam
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Revive Child Rights...

ATINDRANATH DAS feels that we should have zero tolerance for violation of child rights
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A home for all...

Activists from South Asian countries are working on a campaign “Our House Our Rights” in Kathman
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The Sensitized Trucker...

Counselling is helping hundreds of truckers in Delhi adopt safe sex practices, reports Devang Chatur
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Understanding Dyslexia...

It’s not just the parents who are confused but teachers too wonder what is going wrong writes Reme
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Hope for women on streets...

Ashadeep supports mentally challenged women on streets, by putting them back on their feet, and givi
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Struggles of the disabled...

Samhita Barooah advocates for a barrier-free access for the disabled in Guwahati city
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A new lease of life...

Anindita Das looks at the work of a drugs rehabilitation centre in Guwahati
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A Ray of Hope...

Anindita Das takes a look at a care centre for children affected by HIV-AIDS in Guwahati
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A Home for Distressed Children...

Anindita Das takes a look at the efforts of Snehalaya which is providing a home for children in need
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Basic rights remain a distant ...

Inhuman work. Filthy atmosphere. Early deaths. Anindita Das delves into the squalid lives of safai k
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Campaign Against Tobacco...

Victims of Tobacco Abuse speaks up Assam has got one of the highest incidences of cancer in the coun
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Lighting up Lives...

Young Pinky Karmakar runs a night school for elderly women residing in her tea estate in upper Assam
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Debating Disability...

On June 16 and 17, 71 civil society organizations assembled in Guwahati, Assam to discuss the status
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With love from Assam village: ...

A cyber-savvy tribal school teacher uses technology, to expose underprivileged children to the world
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