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Jadavpur University students protesting in Kolkata on July 10 against the university’s decision to scrap admission tests for six departments in the Arts Faculty.

A struggle in Jadavpur

The recent attempt by the authorities to meddle in the admission process that the Jadavpur University community has painstakingly developed over the y
Malini Bhattacharya
Mohammed Kalam, who had been honoured for his work to check the trafficking in women, at a police training session. The police mysteriously arrested him for the same offence.-

Vicious backlash

In Bihars Forbesganj, social activists fighting a communitys custom of pushing girls into prostitution are intimidated.
MALINI BHATTACHARYA
In Haroa, North 24 Parganas, armed gangs backed by policemen raided peasant homes soon after the elections. They set fire to 'alaghars', little bamboo huts erected over waterbodies of fisheries to prevent theft.-BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Reversing reforms?

The beneficiaries of the land reforms in West Bengal get pushed out of their land under the new regime.
MALINI BHATTACHARYA
Malini Bhattacharya: I found there was a tendency in Parliament to push women into certain corners.-C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM

On being a woman in Parliament

We need more women in Parliament not just to highlight womens issues but to strengthen our democratic process.
MALINI BHATTACHARYA
MALINI BHATTACHARYA, MEMBER of the National Commission for Women, addressing refugees at Sakawrdai. In the background is a makeshift school for refugee children.-PICTURES: BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Violence and violation

An account of the atrocities inflicted by militants on two tribal villages in Manipur.
MALINI BHATTACHARYA
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