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Human Rights

A New Corporate Benchmark For Human Rights

There needs to be specific grids that periodically track government and sector-specific companies on business and human rights parameters I would like to propose an item fo...

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Alternative Entertainment

India’s First Sign Language Dictionary To Be Released In March

How often have you played a game of Charades, frantically motioning to your friends hoping they’ll get the gist of what you’re trying to say? That frustration y...

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Hollywood

Scarlett Johansson Talks About Women's Health Issues In Moving Speech

Actress Scarlett Johansson took the podium during the Women's March in Washington DC, to speak about females health issues. Declaring that it was time for even a private pe...

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Gender

Blank Noise Movement Speaks Out Against Sexual Harassment

When the clock struck midnight, and we welcomed the New Year, Bengaluru had another tale to tell — a mob of men caused utter chaos as they sexually harassed women who...

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Health

Slum Health Is Not Urban Health: Why We Must Distinguish Between The Two

We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that by 2030 five billion of the world’...

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Environment

9 Things You Can Do About Climate Change

My friend the writer and editor Laura M. Browning asked me to write about environmental action for her newsletter “One Small Thing,” which advises people on per...

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Alternative Entertainment

These 10 Powerful Images Shut Down All Who Blame Women’s Clothes For Sexual Assault

Usually when the gory details of molestation, sexual harassment, and rape cases become news in India, some people end up erroneously dissecting the clothes worn by the vict...

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TV

Prime Time Flavours

Y.A.R.O Ka Tashan filled in Baal Veer’s slot in November 2016. The child super hero who was a human endowed with supernatural powers was taken over by a humanoid boy ...

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Gender

Over 500 Years Old, This Manipuri Market Is Run Solely By Women

Their crinkled faces sport sandalwood paste and their cheeks constantly churn the deep purple of betel nut as they chirp away with their fellow shopkeepers. These are the f...

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Health

You, US, And Good Health

As I reflect on my years in public health, among the first things that come to mind are my experiences in India. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wor...

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