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Gender

India’s Female Scavengers Enslaved By Caste, Gender Discrimination

New legislation in India to crack down on the practice of forcing mainly the poorest women to clear other people’s excreta will have little impact unless deeply entre...

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Health

Empty Promises And Dead Children

Buried among the 169 targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – adopted by the United Nations last September amid a blaze of glitzy events, celeb...

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Bollywood

Farhan Akhtar To Release Special Song On Women's Day?

Bollywood's 'Mr. All Rounder' aka FarhanAkhtar is always game for something or the other, when it's about creativity and excellence. No wonder then, he has become everyone'...

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Human Rights

More Than 40 Percent Of India's Women Confined To Domestic Work, Report Says

Women are among the most excluded groups in India, with almost 43 percent of working-age women confined to domestic work, while many who do work outside the home face explo...

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Bollywood

International Women’s Day: Five Bollywood Beauties Who Are The Perfect Inspiration

British novelist, playwright and poet William Golding felt it was pointless for women to fight for equal rights as men. One of his famous quotes reads, “I think women...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

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Gender

Haryana Bride Sets New Example For Gender Equality, Rides Mare To Her Wedding

In a historic first, in a Haryana village, Mamta, a 25-year-old teacher, broke the stereotype and performed the Ghudchadi by riding a mare on her wedding. The ritual is usu...

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Bollywood

Freida Pinto Turns Producer For Women Empowerment Shows And Films

Freida Pinto is a renowned social activist who essentially works towards the development of women and the actress has taken yet another step in this direction. Freida along...

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TV

True Review Television - Watch TV’s Bestest Shows On Monday

It’s that time of the year, when television has to be at its bestest. Next week, two   focal events will take centre stage on Indian television channels. On...

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Gender

I Analyzed a Year of My Reporting for Gender Bias (Again)

Every time I write something about diversity in Silicon Valley, and the gross disservice that today’s tech giants are doing to women and people of color by consistent...

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