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By Smriti Gopal Just as Bhutan’s cultivation season begins to creep in around August/September 2015, farmers probably will be concerned about the dust falling onto their farms, from the nearby roads. It’s possible that some people...

By Mahuya Santra Beef, or no beef? After 67 years of independence, India as a multi religious, multi lingual and multiracial country which set an example of communal harmony to the world is facing this brief...

By Sarah Gilbert and Nozmul Hussain, Community Foundation UK DELEGATION VISIT BOSNIA TO LEARN ABOUT THE HORRORS OF GENOCIDE After the crimes of the Holocaust became internationally known, world leaders vowed it would never happen again,...

By Aneesa Malik The British public needs to get on its feet and use their voices to make a stand against the atrocities taking place against the Rohingya people, says leading charity, Burma Campaign UK. If...

You come across these people in many countries; they do not have a national territory or their own government. Legends describe their arrival from Egypt, but these are only fairytales.  They were called Wanderers, Vagrants, Bohemians,...

Attacks on churches and Christian institutions in India, which began on 1 December 2014, after the Bharatiya Janata Party-led govt came to power, continue unabated despite assurances from the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, and other...

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is child abuse. It is illegal in the UK and affects South Asian communities. Over 130 million girls and women worldwide have undergone FGM. Girls and women are mutilated to protect the...

Soft little young hands that actually should be writing and learning are usually forced to work in Nepal’s brick industry.  Young children from the age of 5 sometimes suffer spinal injuries and lung cancer from carrying...

The ground shakes.  People experience tremors.  Buildings and houses collapse.  Sometimes villagers in Nepal are forced to move away from tragic events.  In some situations too many people move into the towns and cities of Nepal....

By far the territorially largest and strategically the most significant province of Pakistan is, as a matter of fact, also the most poor. Welcome to Balochistan, the heart of ‘Pakistani Darkness’! Extremely rich in natural resources,...