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Reservation
Sep 2 2009, Rudra Bhaumik

Handicapped people are neglected class in India. Very few privileges are provided for them by government and very very less attention are given attention by public. Even most of the cases they are treated like burden of country or ‘alien’....

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Marie Riebe, Hoh tribal secretary, displays a photo from 1905 of village buildings from nearly the same place she’s standing, where the Hoh River meets the Pacific, on the Hoh Indian Reservation, Dec. 9, 2008. Heavy rains and severe flooding used to be...