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Kerala Is Making History Once Again by Starting India’s First Transgender School

After becoming the first Indian state to adopt a transgender policy, Kerala is all set to write history yet again by starting India’s first transgender residential schoo...

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Neighbors Treating Neighbors For Depression And Alcoholism

It's a problem around the world: People who need mental health care don't get it. A new kind of treatment strategy in India — delivered by nonprofessionals — offer...

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This Human Rights Activist Is Disrupting India’s Sexual Health Education With A Unique Online Platform

Where do you go for advice on matters that are considered taboo? Topics such as love, sex, and relationships are best kept away from public forums, unless you want a thousand ...

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200,000 Years Of Staggering Human Population Shown On Animated Map

Last night, during a talk on his new book Raising the Floor, longtime labor leader and current senior fellow at Columbia University Andy Stern told the story of a king and a c...

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Dancing For A Cause: Kiribati’s Climate Activist Olympic Weight Lifter

Few casual observers would recall the winner of the men’s 105kg weightlifting category at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Many, though, will remember the athlete wi...

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Pune International Film Festival Includes Solapur, Nagpur For The First Time

The 15th edition of Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) to be held from January 12-19 has included Nagpur and Solapur this year as its 'satellite cities'. More than 200 mo...

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How To Be A Storyteller: 5 Questions Social Change Makers Needs To Ask

Regardless of your political leanings, it’s clear that this election cycle was defined by stories—driven by strong characters and rooted in conflicting narratives....

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Emraan Hashmi: Stop Thinking Of Cancer As Dead End

Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi urged people to stop thinking of cancer as a dead end in their life because the disease can be cured or treated to get a better life if diagnosed...

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Dollywood Foundation Receives $50,000 From Verizon To Aid Tennessee Wildfire Relief Efforts

Verizon last week announced a $50,000 grant to support the wildfire relief efforts in Sevier County, Tenn. In partnership with the Dollywood Foundation, the donation will offe...

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Can Television Be Fair To Muslims?

FOR the Nuxalbari Estate in the lush hills of India’s north-east, relief came in the nick of time. With winter pruning of its tea plantations at hand, 600 workers were t...

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FESTIVALS: INDIAN PREMIERE OF KUCH SAPNEY APNE ON 18TH MAY AT KASHISH 2024

Vishal Bhardwaj and Rekha Bhardwaj compose and sing for Rangayan’s feature film Ku...

May 17 2024

POWERFUL PEOPLE: DEBASMITA DASGUPTA HAS COME A LONG WAY

“The most gratifying part of running this publication is that unique and immensely...

May 16 2024

POLITICS: BURING FIRES, THREATNING GOONS

Humra  Quraishi calls out the BJP government for its apathy towards the raging fire...

May 15 2024