Part-time women workers fight discrimination
The women, 28 of them, were crammed in a corner of the largest courtroom at the Tokyo high court. Her chair squeaked as Seiko Tamura, one of the 28 plaintiffs, stood up to speak.

Usha brings a quiet revolution to Ranchi villages
If you meet villagers around the Krishi Gram Vikas Kendra (KGVK) on the outskirts of Ranchi in South Bihar and ask them about their life, the answers you get won't be in tune with the usual peasant psyche of despondency.

Walk a Mile for the blind
A trade get-together of opticians, optometrists and optical manufacturers what better place can there be to create awareness about blindness? last weekend Transitions Optical Inc. held a walkathon in aid of the Blind Relief Association.