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Caste Outrage: Why Women From Mumbai Slums Were Turned Away From Kolkata Rape Protests

Photo of a woman holding a candle in one hand and raising her other hand, on which the words "we want justice" are written, during a protest in Mumbai, India.
Protest erupted across India, like here in Mumbai, after the horrific rape ad murder of a woman trainee doctor in Kolkata. Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/ZUMA

As demonstrations spread across India after the rape and death of a doctor in Kolkata, women from a Mumbai slum were asked to leave a protest site by residents of a high-rise complex. A sign that caste and class issues may be getting in the way of solidarity?

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Economy Migrant Lives Society

A Train Journey With Bengal Migrants Looking For A Living Far Away

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The Karmabhoomi Express runs from Kamakhya to Mumbai in a 3 day journey. India Rail Info

Finding a seat on the Karmabhoomi Express is close to impossible. A closer look at why so many migrant workers travel on it, and out of Bengal, offers a grim picture.

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Geopolitics

In Burma, Muslim Minority Burned Out Of Their Homes

AFP, ASIANEWS, IRRAWADDY (Burma), REUTERS, AL JAZEERA (Qatar), Worldcrunch A crisis is building in western Burma where one of the world’s largest groups of stateless people, the Muslim Rohingya, are being burned out of their villages by Buddhist Burmese nationalists. Since Sunday, several people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been burned. Thousands […]

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