Tom's marathon challenge
Hi, my name's Tom Walker and I'm a 25-year-old film-maker living in south London. When I was asked by VST to raise money for them by running the 2012 London Marathon I was split as to whether to agree to take on the challenge or run in the opposite direction. I'm not a natural runner and although I love sport and exercise I can't exactly say that the idea of 26 gruelling miles of it fills me with joy. Yet...
Theni gives birth to a female revolution
From the Times of India, 25th July 2011 Theni gives birth to a female revolution Once Infamous For Female Foeticide, The District Surprises With Improved Child Sex Ratio Theni: The district of Theni, a backward area in southern Tamil Nadu, has sprung a surprise in the 2011 Census with a significant improvement in the child sex ratio (CSR) index. For a district, which has recorded several cases of female...
Unrelenting poverty amid stupendous achievements
Sir Nicholas Fenn, VST patron and former UK High Commissioner to India, spoke to a meeting of VST supporters on the theme: 'Why India?' 1. Indian poverty Unimaginable poverty. Nationally pervasive, locally profound. 350m. More than Africa. More than Latin America. Predominantly rural. Compounded by the other issues: population, illiteracy, disease; Communalism, Casteism, Criminalisation and Corruption....
Caste violence
Everywhere in India there is discrimination by upper caste people towards Dalits. They face daily subjugation, living a life of humiliation under the unwritten caste codes. Karuppusamy, an 18-year-old painter, was travelling home by bus from work on February 10th, 2010, in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. He sat down beside an upper caste man. The man and his companions instantly reacted by abusing him with...
Elimination of Violence Against Women day
I won’t give my rights to anyone, will fight to protect women from domestic violence and will protect my sisters and my neighbourhood from violence. The voice of women in India has long been muted, particularly when it comes to violence against women. But in November 2009, more than 900 women took a big a step towards changing that. Theni District Women’s Movement held a day of events on the Elimination of...
- Previous
- 1 of 2
- Next