At the age of 10, against her wishes, Kalpana was married to a village deity Yellamma, and made a Jogini. Joginis are girl or women dedicted to god, who are then forced to lead their lives as sex slaves, having no agency over their bodies. It is only the women from the “lowered castes” of […]
Category: #Women’sAdvocate
The Headless And Defunct Telangana Women’s Commission Since A Year In Hyderabad
In Telangana, where the government is digitising everything from land records to the number of cattle, there is neither a website for the State Women’s Commission for the public to file complaints nor a head for the body. Telangana is yet to have a fully functional state commission for women and has not had a […]
Why Politicians And Bureaucrats Forget SC Guidelines Not To Disclose Identity Of Rape Victim?
Senior politicians and bureaucrats seem to have given the go-by to the Supreme Court’s guidelines not to disclose the identity of rape victims. Four days after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a woman veterinarian on the city outskirts, there was visible outrage from different walks of life. Cutting across party lines, several politicians condemned […]
Hyderabad’s #Nirbhaya Leaves India Seething Again
There’s a sense of shock, rage and helplessness across the country as citizens from all walks of life express outrage over the horrific rape and murder of a hyderabad-based veterinary doctor that has brought back chilling memories of nirbhaya rape case. The gruesome rape and murder of 27-year-old government veterinary doctor in Hyderabad has left […]
Many Govt Hospitals Face Acute Medicine And Funds Crunch In Hyderabad
In Telangana, the unprecedented rise in dengue and viral fevers this year in the State resulted in drying up of medicine stock and funds in the government hospitals across the State. In over 200 hospitals, budget on medicines is completely over. In three months period (August to October) alone this monsoon, the Health department had […]
Why Telangana Muslims Need Support To Overcome Socio-Economic Despair?
Muslims in Telangana State do not face communal violence as much as in a few other States in India but, leaving Hyderabad, their socio-economic situation is extremely bad. Most of them lack in reasonable levels of education, own no houses and have no savings to venture into any business. A majority of them sell their […]
Farmers Are In ‘Deep Trouble’ After Unseasonal Rains Crop Destruction In Telangana
Telangana farmers are in trouble after unseasonal rains destroyed much of their standing paddy, maize and cotton crops in September and October. Most districts of the state registered a huge rainfall excess in September, which affected paddy, maize and cotton crops. Rainfall has been erratic this year. It was unevenly distributed during the monsoon months. […]
Why Telangana State Waqf Board Not Issuing ‘Talaq Or Divorce’ Certificate?
Hyderabadis are confused and wary over the attitude of Wakf board officials, Qazzaz section and qaazis as they are not interested to issue the talaq or divorce certificates after the triple talaq law. Why the officials stopped the certificate issuance remained a million dollar question. Several sections of people protesting and politicians are raised the […]
The Story Of Nowhera Shaik’s Heera Group ‘Biggest Ever Scam’ Based On Religious Faith And Trust
This is the story of a intelligent vegetable selling woman from Tirupati of Andhra Pradesh who has a vision, dream to get fast buck and fame at any cost. She is Nowhera Shaik – the founder and think tank of Heera Group of companies in Hyderabad. She started vegetable business with her few friends, got […]
Why AP Govt Undertake The Sale Of Alcohol In Retail?
In a major move, which is being touted as the first step towards total prohibition in Andhra Pradesh, the state’s cabinet earlier this week decided that the government would soon run all liquor retail outlets in the state, through the AP Beverages Corporation. The corporation, which is the sole agency in the state involved in […]