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Muthiah had three sons, their family life was rocky with Muthiah having quarrels with his wife. This led to an incident and the Muthiah’s wife died and Muthiah was alleged to have executed the murder. Because of this, the father was taken away leaving the life of children uncared for. -
Prison is a state subject under the constitution. Reforms in prison administration have been slow, ad hoc and lacking in institutional character. They have been mainly based on interventions by the courts. Against the backdrop of it was a matter of great pride that the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Organized -
Over the last few years what we started as a small help to those in need expanded to more families. Yet we always felt that merely providing help to those who approached us would not help in the long run and those who received support were not regular with us -
Every dawn brings fresh expectations that their loved ones will be located and rescued. At dusk, despair takes over in the absence of any positive developments. James left to sea right on that fateful Ockhi devastation day, never to return again. He is survived by an unfit elder son, daughter -
In the next family, an old mother sat with folded hands and tears in front of a chair carrying photograph of her only son Christ Reni. Christ Reni was young youth who had to take to fishing after his father had passed away. The teenager was the sole bread earner -
A mother has not been able to stop crying. Her son, Wifred, left for fishing on Krishma boat around late November. “He should’ve been back around the same time the cyclone struck. Now we don’t know where he is. Is he alive? Will we get him back?” an inconsolable mother
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ockhi ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 3 What makes every minute tortuous is the fear of the unknown. The death is spreading across the coastal villages, and the families are afraid that many of the 200-odd “missing” may end up on that list. Many fishermen from these parts
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Johnson’s detail is even more depressing. He has two children-Ignatius Loyola and Vimmi in XIthgrade. The fishermen community are very well knit families and in times of unforseen tragic losses within the family, they take up the responsibilities of the children of the kin without a second thought. In a -
Every time ten-year-old Meeshma hears a sound from the sea, she runs to the shore. She expects to see her father’s boat. Marshel, would go fishing for weeks together. When a disaster strikes, children are usually the worst affected. The children on the coast of Tamil Nadu are no exception. -
Many fishermen are still missing months after a powerful storm struck the country’s southern coast. Initially, nobody knew the impact of the cyclone. Then we heard claims of 1000 fishermen having gone missing. So we decided to find out what was happening. Our four–member team visited Chinnathurai, a fishing village -
To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors. The life of elders in the present age is full of problems, they are not very happy, being confined to isolation, this situation causes health-related and emotional insecurities. We team up with a Kiruba Old -
Vel was a visual communication student by day and worked as a waiter at a liquor bar throughout the nights to pay for his studies, but every moment he got for himself he could be seen imitating people, like a professional actor in movies. He aspired to be an actor.
