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Shabana Azmi’s Tryst With Television

Zee TV’s late weekend nights’ offering Amma is a marked move away from reality shows, celebrity specials and other fluffy entert...

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Thought Factory

A Paradox

“Didi, you want to play a game?”
“Of course, what do you want to play?”
“We can play temple run or candy crush”
“U...

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Thought Factory

Tired Hands, Weary Feet

‘Slavery is legally banned. But millions of India’s children live and work in slave labour conditions — bonded labour,...

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Alternative Entertainment

American-Indian Duo Bring Vintage Studio Photography To Life Through Hand Coloured Studio Photos

Photographer Waswo X Waswo and artist Rajesh Soni talk to The Better India about A Studio in Rajasthan – a hand coloured series of black and white photographs that pa...

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Gender

How A 105-Year-Old Ended Open Defecation In Her Village

On Tuesday, Dhamtari became the first district in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh to be declared free from open defecation. And the credit for that is being given ...

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Gender

Gender Jump With Warts - India Overtakes China But Trails Bangladesh

India was today ranked 87th in the world on gender equality out of 144 countries, a jump of 21 places from last year. It beat China, which is ranked 99th, and Pakistan, ran...

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Sustainable Development

What It’s Like To Live With A Bionic Hand

Nicky Ashwell was born without her right hand, but that’s never held her back. She tried a few different prosthetics in the past—mainly realistic-looking hands ...

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Environment

Can Snitching On Polluters Save Delhi’s Air?

A number of solutions have been proposed to combat Delhi’s runaway pollution problem, ranging from incentiviz...

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Health

Women’s Healthcare: Andhra Pradesh Govt Leverages Cloud, Data Analytics To Give Booster Shot

If you travel to even a mere 50 km outside some of the bustling metros, it is hard to miss the significant health disparities that exist between rural and urban areas, espe...

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Hollywood

Robert Kardashian Among Honorees At Gabrielle's Angel Foundation Angel Ball 2016

Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research has announced that Angel Ball 2016 will honor the work of Carl H. June, M.D., Director of the Center for Cellular Immunothe...

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