South Asia

Contact with a former mentor has triggered memories for Mari Marcel Thekaekara, decades on from her journalism training in Kolkata.

Filed in: Education India Media

Uzma Falak meets a Kashmiri woman at the mercy of a failed justice system.

Filed in: Kashmir Law

Mari Marcel Thekaekara on the plight of a community made homeless by a slum clearance: the latest casualties in the battle for property.

Filed in: Housing Human Rights India Poverty

India is at a crossroads after a young woman’s brutal murder shook the world. Mari Marcel Thekaekara hopes for positive change.

Filed in: Human Rights India South Asia Violence Women

A revealing set of US studies has got Urvashi Butalia thinking about how the rich behave in Delhi.

Filed in: Equality India

Miriam Ross on the British company sparking protest from London to Bangladesh as 220,000 people face losing their homes.

Filed in: Bangladesh Energy Land United Kingdom

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Filed in: Culture Drugs Health Human Rights India Norway Prisons Society United Kingdom United States Women

Mari Marcel Thekaekara calls for better policing after the recent attack on a young woman in Delhi.

Filed in: Corporations Feminism India Violence Women

Despite the successes of campaigns like One Billion Rising, we can’t forget that sexism still rages, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

Filed in: Activism Human Rights India Women

Activists are hoping a 10,000-kilometre pilgrimage will help bring total eradication of ‘manual scavenging’ writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

Filed in: Activism Human Rights India

Mari Marcel Thekaekara is heartened by a new campaign in South Asia.

Filed in: India Women