Archive for October 1st, 2008
![Indian couple wins Alternative Nobel Prize Indian couple wins Alternative Nobel Prize](http://www.voiceofsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/krishnammal-jagannathan-150x150.jpeg)
Indian couple wins Alternative Nobel Prize
Krishnammal Jagannathan, 82, and her husband, Sankaralingam, 95, have spent a lifetime fighting for the rights of the deprived, especially the Dalits, the former untouchables, who form the lowest rung of India’s ancient caste ladder. The couple – named Wednesday among the recipients of the 2008 Right Livelihood Awards, often called the Alternative Nobel Prizes […]
![Acid attacks shut off victims from the rest of the world Acid attacks shut off victims from the rest of the world](http://www.voiceofsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/acid-victim-150x150.jpg)
Acid attacks shut off victims from the rest of the world
In her adolescent days Mariam had a dream of life in a mud-walled hut with a caring husband and a family of her own in a quiet village surrounded by green rice terraces in the heartland of Bangladesh. But Mariam’s dream was shattered when her husband threw acid at her as “punishment” because her parents […]
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