Fixing India’s Rape Problem | Human Rights Watch

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This is an important article by Human Rights Watch. In my view, it’s a MUST READ. Check it out!

via Fixing India’s Rape Problem | Human Rights Watch.

Despite being the largest democracy in the world, there is evidence that the rights of women are sometimes subordinated in India. Also although the caste system was outlawed in the Indian Constitution in 1947, it is still very prevalent in India in 2014.

It is easy for the Times of India to mock racial relations in the US , but why is the TOI not promoting women’s human rights in India more aggressively?

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Ferguson riots show US racial tensions in black and white – The Times of India

The title of this Times of India attracted my attention. The article is worth a read. Check it out!

via Ferguson riots show US racial tensions in black and white – The Times of India.

Firstly, let me state that the killing of Michael Brown was a tragedy by any standard.

Whilst I agree that there are still enormous racial challenges and indeed inequalities, I fear that position of the TOI was verging on inflammatory.

There are enormous Indian communities in the US. Indian students want to go to study in the US in order to work in the US after their education. Surely, if so many Indians prefer the US, the racial inequality as suggested by the TOI can’t be that bad?

TOI Building, Mumbai

TOI Building, Mumbai (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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