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Education, development, and reform to counter debt bondage: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights revisited
By Swathi Mehta, Tufts University Overview In Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, Dr. Kevin Bales estimates that there are at least 27 million slaves in the world today – more than at any other time in human history. … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi, Childhood and children, Democracy, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Globalization, Government of India, Organizations, Quotes, Rural poverty
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Ekalavya the archer prodigy
Watch this story on Youtube including the self-mutilation scene [=/-11:32]: Eklavya | Mahabharat | Hindi Animated Stories For Kids- 2 | Moral Stories For Children | KahaniyaanURL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgl0L401VkIDate visited: 1 July 2020 [verify on ekalavya-youtube-screenshot-2020-07-01-web.jpg] 3D Animation For Children forms … Continue reading
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“The relationship between labourer and lender is timeless”: Rescuing forced labour and children – Anti-Slavery International
Many of India’s informal workers are getting pushed into bonded labour during coronavirus crisis | Read the full report in Scroll.in >> Loan sharks are exploiting workers’ inability to repay loans. Many families will instead resort to taking out loans … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Childhood and children, Economy and development, History, Modernity, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Success story, Tribal elders
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“We are so much more than that”: Book by S. Swarnalatha documenting the lives her own community, the Irula, who are known for their knowledge of nature and medicinal herbs – Tamil Nadu & Kerala
“My grandmother told me if someone ever pointed out our dance movements are peculiar, we should tell them these are the feline steps of a hunter” | To read the full story, click here >> Swarnalatha belongs to the tribal … Continue reading
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