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Why 12.1 mn Divyaang Are Illiterate

At the launch of the government's Accessible India Campaign in December 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested the term "divyaang" -- which translates into "divine bo...

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Three Amazing Women From Delhi’s Urban Slums Are Breaking Gender Stereotypes, One Job At A Time

As one walks inside the narrow lanes of Khirki Gao in South Delhi, one encounters women of different age groups doing their household chores. Some of these women work in ne...

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When A Book Club Lends More Than Just Books

This story is part of an ongoing campaign called the Alphabet of Illiteracy. By using letters themselves—the foundation of reading and writing—Project Literacy ...

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India's 105-Year-Old-Mother Of Trees

Being unable to have children is a heartbreaking situation for anyone who wants to conceive.But in rural India, infertility carries an added stigma for women, who can be ou...

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Activist revisits prison diaries

In a session at the Times Celebrate Bandra Festival, activist Arun Ferreira, who was branded a 'Naxalite' by the state and charged with sedition before being acquitted of a...

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Energy New Report Indicates Scale Of India’s Exclusion From Progress

Up to 43% of women in the working age (about 153 million) in India only do domestic work, indicating the scale of their exclusion from the workforce.

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True Review - Movie - Chauranga

Cast: Sanjay Suri, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Riddhi Sen, Soham Maitra

Direction: Bikas Ranjan Mishra

Produced: Onir, Sanjay Suri, Mohan Mulani

Written:...

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Amitabh Bachchan To Be Approached To Spread Legal Awareness.

Bollywood actors have always associated themselves with social causes and now they might be seen on screen to promote legal awareness in the country with National Legal Ser...

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Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011

Over two out of every three rural households own a mobile phone, the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 has found. At the same time, 36 per cent of rural Indians are illi...

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From Ragpicker To Speaker In Geneva Conference

Suman More’s life has been a rags-to-recognition journey. As an illiterate, impoverished ragpicker from Pune, the 50-year-old could never have imagined that she would...

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