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Rape In India: Why Are There No Mass Protests For Raped Dalit Women? OpEd

Special report explores problems faced by Dalit women and girls, lowest in India's archaic caste system.

(LONDON Eurasia Review) - The question is very simple.

While rape in any form is abhorred and should be severely punished by all nations what needs to be answered is what makes the recent gangrape by 6 men of a 23 year old on a bus in Delhi any different from the gangrape of a 16 year old Dalit women by 8 men who having taken photos of the crime had circulated it amongst the village leading to her father committing suicide out of shame?

Dating Dynamics: The Image Maze

Love is more a path than a destination. Hence, we must all tread with caution.

(SALEM) - As the Year 2013 rolls in, those in the Singles Scene have the chance to dump their guilt complex once and for all and bury it with the old year.

Malaysian Tamil Declaration Upholds Eezham Tamil Sovereignty

The local Malaysian grassroot activists were full of genuine feeling for the cause.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka TamilNet) - The World Tamilar Protection Conference held its second session conducted in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Friday.

The group recognises the need to understand the question of Eezham Tamils in terms of their claim for Historical Sovereignty, Earned Sovereignty and Remedial Sovereignty in their territory.

Voice for Voiceless Christians in Capital Living in Atrocious Conditions

There are numerous examples of Faisal Sakhi Butt's tireless efforts in the field of human rights with a rights based approach.

(ISLAMABAD) - When visited slum settlements of Islamabad, this scribe found that living in those colonies was similar to living in any far-flung areas of Sindh or Balochistan, where basic facilities do not exist.

The water supply is limited and technically not feasible to full fill the need of the whole vicinity.

Revolutionary Idea on Resolutions: Less Ego, More Enlightenment

Once we've recovered from our New Year's activities--dancing and romancing and such--we can then get down to brass tacks.

(SALEM) - Countdown to the New Year has come and gone. Many traditional Americans are undergoing the routine of
making New Year's resolutions.

India`s Anger Exposes Gormless Leaders and Media

Normally, Christmas to New Year is a raucous week, but not this time.

(NEW DELHI, India) - A 23-year old girl, raped and beaten to a pulp by half a dozen goons, battled for life in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital for almost thirteen days.

She died early in the morning of December 29.

Ofer Aderet: The Jewish People`s Ultimate Treasure Hunt

In his search for Jewish ancestry, researcher Eran Elhaik says he has discovered that Jews originated in the Khazar empire, not the kingdom of Judah.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - "For years, scholars have suggested various explanations as to where the Jews come from," says Israeli-born Elhaik, and lists the different theories proposed over the past century to solve the puzzle.

However, each explanation has provided only a partial clue and, to make matters worse, all the explanations contradict one another.

Being Female in India: A Hate Story

As a nation, if we deny the basic underlying fact that we have a huge, a gargantuan, an unavoidable problem with misogyny, then we are a nation of sociopaths, very like our individual imaginary addict.

(CHENNAI, India) - India hates women.

It is with this bald fact that I wish to begin—and end—my response to the horrific crime that occurred this week in Delhi, the rape, by multiple perpetrators, of a young woman on public transport in our capital city.

Agenda Prevails Over Truth

In the Western world truth no longer has any meaning. In its place stands agenda.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Agenda is all important, because it is the way Washington achieves hegemony over the world and the American people.

9/11 was the “new Pearl Harbor” that the neoconservatives declared to be necessary for their planned wars against Muslim countries.

That Duel Before Yule

If mate is away, refrain from romance; For those ever horny have yet much to fear, To be neath the hoofs of those seven reindeer.

(SALEM) - "Want a Knight before Christmas, alas, fondest gift,
To warm forth my pillow, and bestow a lift,
For Arthur is off in some distant turf,
And with my fab figure, won't settle for serf!"

This utterance came from Queen Guinevere,
Knowing that King and his staff weren't near;
A lonely heart pining for marvel of mate
To fulfill her empties, but what be her fate?