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Human Rights

Child Rights Commission Not In Favour Of Amendment

Expressing reservation over the Union government’s proposed amendments to the Child Labour Act to allow children aged less than 14 to work in non-hazardous places such a...

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Sustainable Development

Keeping The Water Flowing In Rural Villages

Keeping projects in business for the long term has been a constant theme of the Fixes column, and if sustainability has a poster child, it would be a water pump.   Travel...

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Environment

Coral Bleaching In The Great Barrier Reef Looks Like Climate Change

Here are two things that are not a coincidence: February was the hottest month in global history. And on March 21, Greg Hunt, the Australian environment minister, announced th...

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Festivals

Iris SXSW 2016 Reviews: Everything We Saw At The Fest

Few film festivals offer the breadth and variety ofSXSW and this year was no exception. During my eight days there, I saw gentle comedies, brutal horror movies, fascinating dr...

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Alternative Entertainment

Iris Grace: Beautiful Paintings On New Book About Autism

In 2014 a five-year-old girl called Iris Grace began receiving widespread acclaim for some rather astonishing paintings.They were sold to private art collectors for thousands ...

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Bollywood

Amitabh Bachchan, Sania Mirza Urge Fans To Support Earth hour 2016.

They have also urged their fans to support Earth Hour, a humble step towards a greener environment for future generations. Recently, Sania took to her Twitter handle and urged...

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Hollywood

Taylor Swift Helps Ryan Seacrest Open Studio At Children's Hospital

Taylor Swift joined Ryan Seacrest at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt last week to open the 10th Ryan Seacrest Foundation Seacrest Studio. The Seacrest Stud...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope : Springtime For Gujarati Theatre

There is a growing demand for experimental work in Gujarati theatre, particularly if a younger audience is to be tapped, the demographic not attracted by the domestic dra...

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Trending

Entrepreneurial Revolution Is Happening In India

When World Bank released their ‘Ease of Doing Business report in 2014, India was ranked 142 out of 189 countries, and one of the biggest issues which a new entrepreneur ...

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Gender

Letting India's Women Own Land

This month, 600 women gathered under a huge blue-and-yellow-striped tent in Baripada, a small city in Odisha, a state in India’s east. They were among India’s most...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit La...

November 26 2024

POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024