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Nose Stud = No Job
Temple, union and mayor speak out against dismissal of airport employee for wearing nose stud. -
Designer Accused of Sexual Assault
Indian designer Anand Jon has been charged with six counts of sexual assault as well as forcible rape and lewd acts on a child. According to authorities, the charges stem from encounters between Jon and two women and also a fifteen year old girl. The designer, who was arrested on March 6, [...] -
Total Denial: Doe vs. UNOCAL
Burmese villagers go up against a giant oil corporation in U.S. courts. -
SAALT Summit
DC nonprofit to sponsor gathering of activists. -
Attorney Receives Angel Award
California Lawyer gives Angel Award to Hitesh S. Barot for pro bono work. -
Fifth Anniversary Comes and Goes For Guantanamo
International protesters take to the streets. -
It’s a “Thums-Up” From Manmohanji
Photo from Amazon.Com UVA scholar, author Harold Gould calls the book his “labor of love.” Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said it is the best thing he has read all year. Critics have decided it is “vastly important…for desis, for all South Asians in America, to read and savor” (“It is their story; it is their [...] -
Goode Says Some Bad Things
Photo source “I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped.” So writes Republican [...] -
International Law
Supreme Court of India. Source. You’ve heard of American law schools (like George Washington University) setting up shop in India. Well word is, another will soon be following suit. David Van Zandt, a dean at the Northwestern University School of Law, is in India this week, speaking to administrators at both private and public colleges there. Says [...] -
Child Labor in India and Anita’s Story
According to India’s labour ministry, “there are 12.6 million children aged between 5 and 14 working in the country — the largest number of child labourers in the world.” The real number could be higher, given the unknown size of the child domestic work force. “‘It’s difficult to say how many children do domestic work as [...]