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Tag: Kolkata

Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Silence around sexual abuse of young boys is not helping India

by Suryatapa Mukherjee July 19, 2018February 18, 2020

The case involving the alleged sexual abuse of a two-year-old boy at a play-school in Kolkata, the capital of India’s eastern state of West Bengal, has once again highlighted the need to look at boys as victims. Currently, the laws mostly look at women as victims, leaving males in a gray zone. Yet more than […]

Posted inNepal, South Asia

How a poetry studio became home for tattooist’s body of work

by Chandni Doulatramani July 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia

Village elections show West Bengal has a violence problem

by Suryatapa Mukherjee June 13, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Statue vandalism the new tool of political battles in India

by Asia Times staff March 7, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Is football starting to rival cricket in Indians’ affections?

by John Duerden December 3, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

1 dead, 2 critically injured after Kolkata building collapses

by Asia Times staff September 5, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

Mamta calls for peace as Dussehra, Muharram collide

by Asia Times staff August 24, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Kashmiri youth detained over ‘anti-India Facebook posts’

by Asia Times staff July 28, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

Stone-throwing protesters attack tourism minister’s car

by Asia Times staff July 13, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

BJP official arrested for ‘spreading fake news’ online

by Asia Times staff July 12, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Panic button for doctors

by Asia Times staff July 10, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia

Is lynching the new normal in India?

by The Conversation and Aftab Alam July 9, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

Fury over special incentive for blood donors

by Asia Times staff May 2, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inEgypt, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

A Writer’s Café, evolving tramlines of life

by Raja Murthy February 13, 2017February 12, 2017

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