It is that time of the year when our homes and roads are decorated with beautiful lights and flowers. Diwali is here! People from across…
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Arjita is a recent graduate of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and is currently working as a programs officer in Rising Flame. On…
I had a visit from my benefits assessor – and now I fear the state more than poverty
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When the Department for Work and Pensions deemed me ineligible for payments, I realised: there is no safety net
The Guardian view on the healthy state of poetry: a reprimand to Trump and Johnson
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Fri 25 Oct 2019 18.25 BST In 2014, the chair of the judges of the Forward prizes for poetry, broadcaster Jeremy Paxman, said: “I think poetry…
Contact author Wed 23 Oct 2019 16.49 BST Last modified on Wed 23 Oct 2019 19.21 BST I felt a strange mix of shock and weariness when…
The harassment faced by three leading disability rights activists at Kolkata Airport highlights just how far behind we are when it comes to making travel…
Accessible election exercise in Mumbai gets a mix of bouquets & brickbats from voters with disabilities
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It was a mix of bouquets and brickbats as far as the Accessible Election exercise in Mumbai was concerned. The state Election Commission had undertaken…
Screenwriter behind new His Dark Materials adaptation calls for meaningful representation
All Kerala Wheelchair Rights Federation starts online campaign for accessible tourist locations
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The All Kerala Wheelchair Rights Federation started a campaign on 16 October to make all tourist locations in the state accessible and disabled friendly. They…
London based sisters Hermon and Heroda Berhane who are deaf, have come up with a new ‘Sound Shirt’ that claims to help deaf people experience…