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Baburam Bhattarai’s 4-point formula
National consensus needed on geopolitics, federalism, inclusion and infrastructure-led growth
Living with floods: Dhemaji District Assam
Imagine living with floods for six months in a year! This is a reality for the people of Dhemaji District in Upper Assam. Floods have become a part and parcel of their lives for decades now. They have no option but to adapt to living with…
দিব্যি কাজ করে শিশু গ্রামসভা
ব্রহ্মপুত্রকে পিছনে রেখেই মাটির অপরিসর পথ বেয়ে এগোলে গ্রামের স্কুল। ঈর্ষণীয় তার সামনের মাঠটুকু। প্রকৃতিপাঠের সুন্দর আসর। কয়েক পা দূরেই চলছে রাস্তা আর বাঁধ বানানোর কাজ। জাতীয় সড়ক থেকে রাস্তাটা ডান দিকে ঘুরতেই অসমের চোখজুড়োনো গ্রাম। পড়ন্ত…
असम का यह ज़िला जो साल के आठ महीने बाढ़ में डूबा रहता है
This story first appeared in Youth Ki Awaaz
भारत के असम राज्य के उत्तर पूर्वी हिस्से में स्थित है धेमाजी जिला। इसका मुख्यालय धेमाजी में स्थित है। इसके उत्तर में अरुणाचल प्रदेश, पूर्व में तिन्सुकीआ जिला, दक्षिण में डिब्रूगढ़ जिला तथा…
Afghan women expose Taliban atrocities
Newsroom in exile exposes the Taliban’s war on women in Afghanistan
First, the Taliban ordered female tailors not to interact with men. Now, they can’t touch men’s…
Masouma opened her tailoring workshop in the centre of Nili city just six years ago, investing 70,000 afghanis into the business. She had big dreams. However, Masouma says all of her efforts have been wasted since the Taliban takeover of…
Torture and bodies dumped in the street: A Zan Times investigation into the Taliban crackdown of…
A police vehicle stopped in a shopping area in the Chah-Baba neighbourhood of Mazar-e-Sharif on March 3. Five Taliban gunmen got out of the car and dropped two bodies wrapped in black cloth on the road. “Control your women or else this will…
Woman protesters in Taliban and family prisons
Until nine months ago, Nisa Rahimi* had what she calls a normal life, including a career in a private company. But after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and began imposing restrictions on women and girls, the 23-year-old felt she had no…
Children as young as 7 forced to marry Taliban members
Shazia* is seven years old, the age when Afghan children start school. But an education isn’t an option for Shazia, who lives in Kandahar city, the spiritual home of the Taliban. A month ago, her father forced her to marry a 22-year-old…