AIDS: Shock to reality Way back in 1986 six Chennai sex workers were detected positive with HIV infection. It shocked the nation to such an extent that the lead investigator Dr Suniti Solomon at Madras Medical College had to fly to Delhi within days to give a report to Parliament.
Sensitising others at work place "For us at the International Service Association (INSA), Dec 1 is just another day" says Saud Akhtar, programme coordinator, of Stop AIDS Now! (SAN) initiative.
'Awareness is the key' The good news is that the HIV/AIDS prevalence in Karnataka has come down in the last couple of years from 1.6 per cent, in 2004, 1.34 per cent in 2005, to 1.11 per cent in 2006. Surveillance for 2007 is underway and the data will be published next year...
New Hope...HIV positive Elizabeth, 33, whose husband is also HIV positive, kisses her 7-month-old HIV free baby Abigail, in Chennai.
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
