Residents of Kolkata’s Sonagachi redlight district at a rally during the week-long sex workers’ freedom festival in 2012.
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If India really wants to stop sex trafficking, legislators might consider asking sex workers in Kolkata how they keep the Sonagachi red light district safe and exploitation-free.
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We need a more nuanced approach to the world’s last isolated peoples.
Sikh pilgrims at the shrine for Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan.
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In late November, the foundation stone was laid for a new visa-free corridor between two Sikh gurdwaras on either side of the India-Pakistan border.
Gandhi spinning in the 1920s.
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The ideas of Mahatma Gandhi are currently enjoying a resurgence – but is this a consequence of our post-truth age or of something deeper?
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Child undernourishment rates are worse in India than in Ethiopia.
Cargo containers from Asia are seen in the port of Vancouver in 2015. Canada needs to diversify its trade beyond the United States and increase our links to rapidly growing emerging market economies, particularly in Asia.
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Canada needs to diversify its trade beyond the United States and increase links to rapidly growing emerging market economies, particularly in Asia, despite the “anti-China” clause in the USMCA.
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When it comes to tackling unacceptable forms of work, lessons can be learned from the global South.
Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara, came from a family of Zoroastrians.
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Born Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury came from a Parsi family that practiced Zoroastrianism, a religion that influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is a towering figure in India’s history.
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Standing 240m tall, the Statue of Unity celebrates India’s development. But jarringly, it towers over a divisive and environmentally damaging dam project.
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In a country where 26% of the population has access to mobile internet, India’s working class women are finding other ways to fight the patriarchy.
The reality for many women in India.
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If you have to devote hours a day to collecting water, you miss out on education, a social life and other human rights.
A different measure of poverty shows 70% of the world’s poor live in what the World Bank considers middle-income countries.
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The global poverty plot is thicker than what the World Bank would have us believe.
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Languages are said to be disappearing faster than endangered species with a different one dying every two weeks.
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On the outskirts of Bangalore, families must piece together drinking water from communal supplies, intermittently available tap water, and “water ATMs”.
Time for change.
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A series of brutal rapes in India has led to pressure to stop violence against women.
Looking for stability.
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Despite perceptions of an antagonistic Pakistan-India-Afghanistan dynamic, there are strong institutional foundations for a more cooperative relationship.
‘D'you come here often?’
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Are pretty blue and gold stripes more important than being a bold little swimmer?
Gold jewellery has traditionally been central to dowries in India.
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Increases in gold prices on world commodities markets are linked to fewer surviving girls in India. This is related to gold often being part of bridal dowries.
Cases of so-called ‘forced conversions’ of Hindu women to Islam have been at the forefront of Pakistan and Indian news. But what about the women’s own choices?
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Many conversions of Hindu women in Pakistan are harnessed as a means to an end and not necessarily the initial objective.
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Although human rights victories are beyond doubt cause for celebration, often we are blinded to the potential of alternative paths of action.