“Rights that do not flow from duty well performed
are not worth having.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission
Gruhakalpa Complex, M.J. Road
Nampally
Hyderabad – 500001
Phone : +91-40-24601571, 24601572, 24601574
Fax: +91-40-24601573
Email : aphumanrights@ap.nic.in
Chairperson: Justice Shri B. Subhashan Reddy
Website: http://www.shrc.ap.gov.in/
Assam State Human Rights Commission
STATFED H.O. Building, GMC Road
Bhangagarh
Guwahati – 781005
Phone : +91-361-2529450, 2527076, 2452387, 2457369
Fax : +91-361-2529450, 2527076
Email: [...]
Written on July 25, 2009 | Posted in
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“There is a higher court than the court of justice and that is the
court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Women
2nd Floor, Budha Bhavan (Near Boats Club)
Secunderabad – 500003
Phone : +91-40-7542071, 7660196
Chairperson : Ms. Susheela Devi
Website: http://wcdsc.ap.nic.in/apwomendept.html
Assam State Commission for Women
Bal Bhavan, Uzan Bazar,
Guwahati – 781001
Phone : +91-361-2524875
Chairperson [...]
Written on July 24, 2009 | Posted in
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Last updated on 10th November, 2009
This is further to our series on NGOs in various states of India. Given below is a list of Old Age Homes run by the state as well as civil society organizations in the state of Haryana.
We shall continue to update this list as and when new information becomes available.
Ambala, Haryana
Red [...]
Watch this video…
Its a fervent appeal from an Old Age Home in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Bholananda Briddha Ashram
44, Middle Road
Barrack-Pore
Kolkata – 120
Phone: +91-33-25941627, 69916322
Related Reading:
Elder Abuse in India – a case of Human Rights violations
Grants (funds) for Old Age Homes in India (2008-09)
This video very sensitively portrays the plight of the elderlies in India, and why they are forced to live in Old Age Homes (OAH).
Take for example, the elderly woman who says she was beaten by her daughter-in-law, and her son therefore asked her to move to an old age home. Or for that matter the elderly [...]
