Urban conservationist Vijay Nishanth, a man who is determined to preserve what is left of the “Garden City”. Commonly referred to as the “tree doctor of Bangalore” he is the founder of ...
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Investigations
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Why land acquisition has become a tricky issue
|Narendra Kaushik| New Delhi: Despite repeated pleas from officials of Greater Noida Authority(GNA), Mahesh Pandit has not vacated a piece of land in Sector XU-2 he was compensated for about ...
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Mica mining: Cosmetic giants riding on children’s backs In India
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Demystifying Delhi’s Water Crisis
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Tea gardens of Dooars transforming into gardens of death
LetsTalkChange
Young Zaiba Changes The Game For Children
[By Roshin Varghese] Mysore (WFS) – Every morning, a young woman steps out of her small two-room home, which she shares with her grandmother, parents and three siblings, ready to ...
Read More »Defending the right to watch violent porn – how can that be justice for April Jones?
[By Mari Marcel Thekaekara| New Internationalist] Rape and sexual violence in India pop up everyday, routinely now, in our newspapers. People have become blasé about ordinary rape. Yes. I did just ...
Read More »Roti Bank : A lifeline for the poor in Bundelkhand
[By Narendra Kaushik] Mahoba: Every evening as the clock strikes 7 O’clock, Tara Patkar, a journalist who quit the profession in January 2014 to take up public causes, Haji Muttan, ...
Read More »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 ...
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Incredible Village In Africa Provides Refuge For Survivors Of Sexual Violence
[By Zsuzsanna Gal ] In a small Kenyan village called Umoja are only women allowed to live. The whole single-sex community was founded in 1990 by a group of 15 ...
Read More »What Makes A Capable Grassroots Leader?
[By Rakesh Kumar] Jaipur (WFS) – Way back in 1981, when Norati Devi had joined the Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC), a non government organisation that works out of ...
Read More »Gangster,Addict,Dancing Queen
See how a former gangster and drug addict changed her life, her children’s, as well as the lives of young, “up-coming gangsters”. Her secret weapon to reach the troubled youth? – Dance. ...
Read More »Distorted media reports leads to Khurja woman being abandoned by family
[By Narendra Kaushik] Khurja: The case of Sarita (name changed), a housewife in Gangthla Village in Khurja sub division of Bulandshahr District, is an example of how media and vernacular ...
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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 »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 ...
Read More »AFSPA in Kashmir: A Battle of Perceptions
[By Adfar Shah] Tripura’s Manik Sarkar government’s decision on revoking AFSPA recently was much hailed in public and intellectual circles. However, the ripple effect as expected was the fresh revival ...
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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 »When the monthly monster comes knocking!
|By Jeydevi Venkatarama| Sounds of the morning could be heard. Pavithra woke up to birds’ and sparrows coo-cooing in the trees. A hectic day was waiting for her downstairs. She lazily ...
Read More »Coolie No. 15: Jaipur Junction’s lady porter
Not discouraged or disheartened; resolutely courageous, she sprints up and down stair cases each day, loading taxis, chasing customers and carrying upto 30 kilograms on her head. Working among 200 men ...
Read More »My journey as a mother and CEO
[By Niyati Shah] Every entrepreneur has that moment- an experience, an epiphany – that inspires them to start their own adventure someday. For me it was the sound of my baby’s ...
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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
World News
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Lessons For India From Sri Lankan Crises
Col NN Bhatia (Retd) Sri Lanka, the island nation is our immediate southeastern neighbour, nicknamed as Pearl of the Indian Ocean and teardrop of India, beyond its ancient ruins, beautiful ...
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India and Pakistan fought 3 wars over Kashmir – here’s why international law and US help can’t solve this territorial dispute
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How to Stop Terrorism in Europe
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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