“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. [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
