Ishita Chatterjee, University of Melbourne | The Conversation Informal settlements are experiencing a greater surge in COVID-19 cases than other urban neighbourhoods in Mumbai, India. Their high density, narrow streets, tight internal ...
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How much more longer?
[By Riti Sinha] Nearly seven years ago, on February 9 2012, a 19-year-old, young teenage girl was returning home with her colleagues after work. All was well, except that she ...
Read More »Exit Polls: Effects on Indian Polity
By Col N N Bhatia(Retd) Both politicians and the nappies need to be changed often and for the same reason! Margret Thatcher The world’s largest democracy has just finished the ...
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National Affairs
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She Is The Ideal Role Model ‘Veer Nari’ – Bimla Devi
Riti S, Team PB7 Dwarhat though a non-descript small town along the serpentine road, amidst cedar and pine trees, is a heart-captivating destination in the Kumaon hills with numerous ancient ...
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Two Iconic Five Star Marshals of The Indian Armed Forces
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Why India’s persecuted tribes are marking their alternative independence day
LetsTalkChange
Building A Life Beyond Manual Scavenging
[By Elsa Mathews] Alwar – Sunita Nanda, 30, still remembers the day she was thrown out of the ‘jajman’s’ (patron) house. She recounts the painful encounter, “As a newly married ...
Read More »Let’s salute those who are doing something positive
[By Mari Marcel Thekaekara|New Internationalist] Something to cheer about. In the midst of doom and gloom, I attended a Vikalp Sangam or ‘Confluence of ideas’. It was a meeting not ...
Read More »No action as mercury still poisons fish in West Bengal
Going to buy fish today? If you are living in India’s West Bengal state, where fish is a daily staple for millions of people whether rich or poor, beware! More ...
Read More »“I had to contribute Rs 50 for a copying license”- Why cheating is becoming legitimate now?
[By Narendra Kaushik] New Delhi: It was sometime in February 1971. Raj Singh (name changed to protect identity), an uncle of mine, was to appear for his 10th board examination. ...
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India’s First Female Surfer: Taming The Tides
|By Sanjay Pandey| India is a country of 1.2 billion people and one that boasts of a 7,000 km of coastline, but ironically enough its beaches largely wear a deserted-look. But thanks ...
Read More »What Girls Are Good For: 20-Year-Old Nellie Bly’s 1885 Response to a Patronizing Chauvinist
Elizabeth Jane Cochrane (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name, Nellie Bly, was a trailblazing journalist who not only paved the way for women ...
Read More »Justice at last for raped three-year-old
|By Mari Marcel Thekaekara|New Internationalist| A child rapist, acquitted by a lower court, was finally convicted this October, after an 18-month legal battle by the child rights activist group, HAQ. ...
Read More »Gay Pride Should Be National Pride
[By Lavanya Regunathan Fischer & Devadatt Kamat] Delhi – Recently, hundreds of people once again took to the streets of Delhi as part of the annual Queer Pride Parade to ...
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How Mumbai’s poorest neighbourhood is battling to keep coronavirus at bay
Ishita Chatterjee, University of Melbourne | The Conversation Informal settlements are experiencing a greater surge in COVID-19 cases than other urban neighbourhoods in Mumbai, India. Their high density, narrow streets, tight internal ...
Read More »Is it the end of AIDS in 2030?
[By Syed Mohammad Afsar] Geneva – Writing on World AIDS Day a few years ago, I had shared the story of Seema (name changed), a young mother, and her daughter ...
Read More »Bottled Risk
[By Brahma Chellaney] BERLIN – Over the last 15 years, the bottled-water industry has experienced explosive growth, which shows no sign of slowing. In fact, bottled water – including everything ...
Read More »Healthcare For Women In Times Of Distress
Delhi (WFS) — Millions have been affected by the devastating earthquake that jolted Nepal on April 25, 2015. With half a million homes destroyed, and hundreds of thousands more damaged, ...
Read More »Military Affairs
The philosophy of the Soldier Mountaineer Colonel Narinder Kumar ‘Bull’!
[By Col NN Bhatia | A Preface] The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of the man. – Anonymous The Regimental Centre Officers’ Mess ...
Read More »Malharis’ Battle Of Gadra City In 1971 War
|By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)| The Battle of Gadra City fought on the night of 4/5 December 1971 was one of the important battles in the Western Theatre. 15 KUMAON (Indore) ...
Read More »Indian Prisoners Of War Holed Till Death In Pakistan
|By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)| Capturing prisoners of war (POW) is as old as man kind and warfare. In the earliest history, men captured used to be either slaughtered or ...
Read More »Lord Of The BP 638
|By Col. NN Bhatia (Retd)| The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 is synonymous with liberation of Bangladesh that commenced with Pakistan launching of Operation Chengiz Khan on 3 December 1971 through pre-emptive ...
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Grabbing life by the horns
[By Pintueli Gajjar] Today, I am known as the biker woman who vrooms past the town of Rajkot in Gujarat. Some who don’t know me criticise me for letting go ...
Read More »Celebrating the Spirit of Women Entrepreneurship
It's time to celebrate the spirit of women entrepreneurship and the fact that more women are taking the plunge despite the cultural biases.
Read More »Why I travel alone – The thoughts of a solo traveller
[By Esha Harkisandas] Not everyone who wanders is lost. Sometimes you have to wander to find, to go through a process of self- discovery. As cliched as it sounds, the ...
Read More »Celebrating Womanhood: A feminist’s view
After years of campaigning for women’s rights we may have achieved only a primary consideration for ourselves at all levels. But when are we going to raise the bar and say we want to be equal competitors? The purpose of women’s day should one day upgrade itself to a “celebration of man-woman equality”.
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Men Stand Tall Against Child Marriage
[By Chetna Verma] Agra – The young thrive on dreams for a brighter tomorrow. Most aspire to have a comfortable home, a rewarding career and a loving family – and ...
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Men For Women At The Panchayat
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Meet Men Who Shun Dowry, Share Property With Their Wives
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Woes of men as non-custodian parents
Environment
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The Paris climate summit must go beyond mere declarations of intent
[By Christian Gollier,Jean Tirole] As the Paris 2015 climate talks get under way, the fear is growing that this international conference will be reduced to a simple list of good ...
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Wealth in waste? Using industrial leftovers to offset climate emissions
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Let’s make sure that cleaning up the world’s water doesn’t send our climate targets down the gurgler
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Let’s Talk About Rhinos
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Opinion: Women breaking barriers to clean energy
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This Village in India Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Girl is Born
World News
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How to Stop Terrorism in Europe
[By Brahma Chellaney] BERLIN – Europe is under pressure. Integrating asylum-seekers and other migrants – 1.1 million in Germany alone in 2015 – into European society poses a major ...
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Since ancient Greece, the Olympics and bribery have gone hand in hand
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Britain votes to leave the EU, here’s what happens next
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Asia’s Troubled Water
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Confessions Of A Pakistani National
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Brussels attacks show just how desperate Islamic State has become
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The Limits of Capitalism with Communist Characteristics
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Saudi Arabia’s Phony War on Terror