Reservation
Jun 8 2009, Priyanka Chakrabarty

Reservation for women is another way of saying; women are weak. So, I do not support reservation. Women have enough talent to achieve whatever they want by the dint of her merit, not somebody’s favor. Moreover, any position, be it political or...

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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...