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Letting India's Women Own Land

This month, 600 women gathered under a huge blue-and-yellow-striped tent in Baripada, a small city in Odisha, a state in India’s east. They were among India’s m...

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Human Rights

Land Indians Have The Worst Access To Safe Drinking Water In The World

India has the highest number of people in the world without access to safe water, a report released to mark World Water Day showed Tuesday.The country has 75.8 million peop...

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Alternative Entertainment

Abhishek 28 Of Poetry's Most Powerful Lines Ever Written

The rhythm of the tongue brings wordless music into the air; it is in poetry that the human essence is refined to such ritualistic purity. It's in the steady beats, the son...

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Bollywood

Abhishek Bachchan Travels To Different Cities To Raise Funds For Underprivileged Kids.

Several Bollywood personalities have supported and promoted varied causes including working for the development of kids, women and even animals. While his father and megast...

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Trending

Snapchat Account Helps Teens Report Domestic Abuse

With 100 million daily users Snapchat is more popular than ever with young people who have turned their backs on traditional social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
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Gender

Bhutan Tackles Violence Against Women For "Refusing Sex, Burning The Dinner"

Sonam Zangmo endured abuse at the hands of her husband for two years before finally walking out on him after the birth of her daughter.
"He used to lay his hands on me...

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Environment

Empowered TN Fisher folk Challenge Urbanisation

Should a fishing hamlet be lost to an elevated Beach Expressway? No!, say the fisherfolk of Olcott and OdaiKuppam who claim their rights over coastal commons using communit...

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Festivals

Jewish, French Film Festivals Return To Lower Hudson Valley

The Academy Awards recently honored the best of the best in motion pictures but Hollywood is not the only place celebrating great films. Our own local film season is right ...

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Gender

Resistant Is Gender Equality A Design Problem?

Simple redesigns of working life can make big differences in helping women overcome institutional biases. Because humans are naturally biased—we evolved to use stereo...

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Bollywood

Kangana Ranaut: Modern Women Have Strong Sense Of Identity

"The modern woman is smart, confident and independent. She has her own opinions and a strong sense of identity. Today's women know how to express themselves and carry their...

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