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Gender

Women In Coffee Country

They toil in coffee estates, are plantation owners and managers, marketing professionals or tasters. On the eve of the Coffee Santhe, BHUMIKA K. speaks to some women who&rs...

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Human Rights

Wheel Of Fortune

I was at a conference last Sunday when a gracefully dressed South Indian woman with a boy cut was wheeled up to me.
Preethi Srinivasan, I was to learn during the conve...

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Human Rights

Over 61 Per Cent Scheduled Tribes population In Maharashtra Lives Below Poverty Line

The condition of Scheduled Tribes staying in the hinterland of Maharashtra appears to be one of the worst in the country with almost 61.6 per cent of them living below pove...

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Hollywood

Pamela Anderson Delivers Petition Calling For Mauritius To Stop Dog Cruelty

This week, actor and animal advocate Pamela Anderson – accompanied by rescued dog Zorro – hand-delivered a 179,000-name petition to the High Commission of Mauri...

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Alternative Entertainment

A Comic Heroine That’s Fighting The Evil Skin Whitening Industry

India’s beauty industry thrives on the country’s ugly obsession with fair complexions and skin lightening products. Prejudice against darker skinned people, esp...

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Gender

Pillar Of Strength: Meet Triveni Acharya, A Woman Who Has Been Fighting Sex-Traffickers Since 1993

In 2007, Trivani Acharya spent sleepless nights trying to track down two girls who had disappeared after expressing their desire to be rescued from the field of sex trade. ...

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Festivals

Mumbai To Host A Film Fest Dedicated To Nomadic Tribes Of India

Few might be aware that back in 1871, the colonial British Government in India had introduced an act — Criminal Tribes Act where around two hundred (mostly Nomadic Tr...

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Bollywood

When Bollywood Spoke About AIDS Through Movies

In a country like India, where sex is considered a taboo, a discussion on a condition like AIDS makes people uncomfortable. Let’s just say that a person infected with...

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Gender

Can Japan's ad Industry Become A Model For Gender Equality?

Shinzo Abe’s ‘womenomics’—his apparent drive to open up Japan’s workplace for women—looks set to remain a controversial topic well into ...

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Health

Child-Health Spending Soars, But 40 Million Indian Children Stunted

This in a country that boasts a 40-year-old national child-health programme– now among the world’s largest–and increased spending on child health 200% ove...

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