Anahita Mehra

Even as Bishop Franco Mullakal finds himself in police custody over allegations of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun, the fight is far from over, believes human rights initiative and civil society organisation Jananeethi’s…
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As the developments in the ongoing Kerala nun rape, among other such sexual abuse cases show, time is ripe for drastic changes that are required to break the bounds of religion, state, family and patriarchy that have always co-existed to…
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A poem by Atal Bihari Vajpayee translated by Anahita Mehra “Aim higher, but not without dimensions, without depths... So that you don’t stand aloof in rigidity, But flow and mingle with one and all, walk with them, walk among…
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The FSSAI’s corporate functioning style, partnering with private multinationals has come under the scanner raising serious questions on food safety regulations in India.  The legal tussle between FSSAI and the leading multinational…
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The Bill is riddled with myriad issues, primarily rooted within the very fulcrum of the act- the scope of definition of transgender. While the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are nearing a complete washout of the Parliamentary Budget…
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India’s half-hearted politicians are playing hide-and-seek in passing the Women’s Reservation Bill. While the West has come together in support of the Time’s Up campaign, New Delhi’s Chief of Women’s Commission’s #RapeRokko movement…
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