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Mental Health Awareness in India: Addressing Key Challenges
8 Nov 2024
Mental health awareness is crucial in India, where millions silently struggle with mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder. Despite growing recognition, India faces unique challenges in effectively addressing mental health issues. The stigma associated with mental illness remains a primary barrier. In Indian society, mental health issues are often misunderstood, leading to […]
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Ensuring Girls’ Safety in India: A Path Toward Empowerment
20 Aug 2024
Girls’ safety in India remains a critical issue that has garnered increasing attention over the years. Despite various reforms and efforts from both government and civil society, challenges persist. From street harassment to domestic violence, gender-based discrimination continues to limit the freedom and safety of girls. While significant progress has been made in addressing these […]
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The Connection Between Monsoons and Floods in India: An In-Depth Analysis
9 Jul 2024
India, a land of diverse climates and geographical features, relies heavily on the monsoon season for its agricultural and water resources. However, with the benefits of the monsoon rains come significant challenges, particularly in the form of floods. This blog explores the intricate relationship between the monsoon season and flooding in India, providing detailed insights […]
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MOMENTUM BUILDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
1 Aug 2018
In a momentum to effectively do away with the cruel tradition of child marriages in India, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) is set to move the cabinet to make child marriages ‘completely’ void. By Divya Bisht Intern – CASA Communications The question is – What prompts the ministry to banish this practice […]
NO WOMEN IN SABARIMALA
26 Jul 2018
Located in the Western Ghat ranges of Kerala, the Sabarimala temple is swarmed with thousands of male pilgrims every year – except women. By Nidhi Joshi Intern – CASA Communications The reason, the pilgrimage is propelling on the front page – the selective ban on the entrance of women of in the temple. The […]
HIMALAYAS’ OWN NATURE AND, GARBAGE TRAILS
19 Jul 2018
In the social media hegemony, every Instagram lover would want a photograph of them sitting on the snow tip of Triund with #hashtag #SippingTea; in return leaving tonnes of garbage on their way. By Shreyansh Shrivastav & Nidhi Joshi Interns – CASA Communications When hiker Sahil Khatri – now 29 – first set his journey […]
De/Criminalising Homosexuality: WHAT’S THE UPROAR ALL ABOUT?
13 Jul 2018
A five-judge constitutional bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is currently hearing petitions challenging the most-talked about subject in the country right now – Section 377 – that criminalizes consensual intercourse between two adults of same sex. By Nidhi Joshi | Intern – CASA Communications The continuing uproar among the LGBTQ (Lesbian, […]
Special Edition | Women In Maharashtra Lived To Tell Their Tale
8 Jun 2018
The helpless farmers are out of solutions in Maharashtra. The drought has caused water scarcity to such an extent that women have to stand in long queues and travel long distances to gather portable water – leave alone the water needed for irrigation. Sometimes they are hit by heat strokes leading to fatal heath conditions. […]
‘You won’t understand how it feels to sleep peacefully, without bruises or broken bones’
26 Apr 2018
25-year-old tribal woman Sushma (name changed) held her hands tight every night, made sure her children slept by 11 PM and prepared herself for a battle which she knew she would lose. “Every night my husband would come home drunk. And when he is drunk, even a slightest mistake like less salt in food can make […]
Bonded Children Of Labour Minus Childhood
20 Dec 2017
CASA Reporter ISHA BANERJEE pens down intricate story of a 13-year-old boy from Andhra Pradesh who worked as bonded labour to pay-off her mother’s debt and the exploitation he faced every single day. What time you reached your work place? “They gave me a cellphone from which they used to call me every day at […]
LAKSHMI: A WALK BACK TO SCHOOL
Place: Sirupinayur village, Tamil Nadu Six-year-old Lakshmi loves reading, writing and drawing pictures. But she was forced to drop-out of school as her family, belonging to Irula Tribe, kept migrating to different places in search for work and better income options. It was never so easy for Lakshmi and her siblings to resume schooling […]
RUKMANI: OUR FUTURE DOCTOR
Place: Nelvoy village, Tamil Nadu Rukmani, now in class 8, lost her parents at a very young age. Since then, her grandparents are taking care of her. Working on daily wages, the poor financial condition makes it difficult for Rukmani’s family to afford three meals a day. Many a times she joined the fresh session […]
