Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
WNN MDG Stories (WNN/VOA) New Delhi, INDIA: As India’s public healthcare system is unable to cope with the needs of the country’s vast population, India plans to provide free medicines to the nation’s poor is marking a major step forward in improving access to life-sustaining drugs. Bharat Tiwari, 68, is despondent because doctors at a [...]
WNN MDG Stories (WNN/RNW/SAW) Mumbai, INDIA: In her tiny five metre by five metre block in a suburban Mumbai slum, Bharti Sawant is making flower garlands. “I think making garlands is an art. I want to take my art to people,” she says and falls silent for a moment. She looks down at herself and [...]
Dheera Sujan – WNN MDG Stories (WNN/RNW-SAW) Assam, INDIA: Even by Indian standards, the village of Dhubirchar is insalubrious. It’s nothing more than a row of thatched huts perched on the banks of the Gadhadar river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra in lower Assam near the Bangladesh border, and home to the Binn community of [...]
Faisal Raza Khan – WNN MDG Stories (WNN/PL) Srinagar, KASHMIR: The ceasefire line which divides Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu & Kashmir from Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir lies 23 kilometres away. Life is peaceful today in this part of the disputed region. The sweet fragrance of saffron fills the air. Nearby are snow-capped mountains, fruit orchards and [...]
Mary Madiga as told to Stella Paul – WNN MDG Stories (WNN/PL) Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA: When I was 25 I went to jail for demanding jobs and civic facilities for Madigas, the Dalit community that I belong to. I was dragged into the police van by constables who pulled my hair, slapped and kicked [...]
