Dec. 03 – International Day of People with Disabilities
On December 3, every year, the world celebrates the Day of People with Disabilities. The United Nations proclaimed Dec.03 as the International Day of People with Disabilities in 1992. The…
World Day of Remembrance of Road victims (Third Sunday of November)
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is dedicated to remembering the many millions killed or injured in road crashes and their families and communities, as well…
National Law Day, India – Nov. 26
The Government of India declared 26 November as the Constitution Day. On this day in 1949, the Constituent assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it went into…
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – NOV.25
Violence against women is generated in the psyche of mostly masculine and patriarchal world by the thought process that women are inferior. Hence, those who perpetrate violence against women think…
Universal Children’s Day – Nov.20
The Universal Children’s Day was established by the United Nations in 1954. It is celebrated on Nov.20 each year. It is promoted and coordinated by UNICEF. The purpose is to…
Tribal Heroines Who Fought for Justice and Tribal Identity
The Year was 1855. The height of British conquest in India. The tribal areas of Chotanagpur and Rajmahal Hill range in Jharkhand in eastern India came under British administration. The…
Why World Toilet Day?
Human beings have a need and a right for good sanitation. When people defecate in the open, it raises an important question of sanitation and hygiene. According to UN reports…
Tolerance, Where Are You?
Humanity has reached unprecedented heights in scientific progress. In our ambition and arrogance we aspired for the moon. We did succeed. Next is Mars. And other planets too are on…
CHILDREN OF THE LESSER GODS?
In the midst of plenty and abundance, in the face of tall claims of progress and development, when satellites are a dime a dozen, when India has successfully launched a…
Tribal Development or Tribal Destruction?
The verdant Rajmahal hill Range in Jharkhand, eastern India, and its surroundings have been the abode of the Malto Hill tribe for over 20 centuries. They are pejoratively called ‘Paharias’…