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Gender

“Will You Be Back Early?”: Problems Single Women Face In Finding Accommodation

“Where do you work (or study)?”, “Will you be back early?”, “I do not allow drinking in the house.”, &ld...

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Health

Could An Algorithm Replace The Pill?

Cern scientist Elina Berglund developed an app to monitor her own fertility, with impressive results. Now thousands of women are using Natural Cycles to prevent – and...

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Festivals

Dharamshala International Film Festival 2016: Being A Filmmaker Is Difficult In Iran, Says Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Dharamshala: The documentary filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, who brought on screen the life of a spirited young woman – an Afghan illegal immigrant wishing to be a ...

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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

Before Heena Sidhu’s Decision, These Haryana Women Were Already Fighting Purdah

Haryana shooter, Heena Sidhu, is not alone in her refusal to don a veil. The ace shooter bowed out of the Asian Airgun Shooting Championship in Iran which required female a...

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Alternative Entertainment

#Traveltales: Exploring Naya, Bengal’s Village Of Singing Painters

An intricate tapestry of music and visual art is what makes Naya more than just a village in West Bengal’s Paschim Midnapore district. A quaint little village, Naya i...

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Alternative Entertainment

Community Radio Inspires Women In Isolated Village To Express Themselves

In one of India’s most disadvantaged and isolated districts, Radio Mewat is sharing information and raising awareness to help women stand up for their rights against ...

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Alternative Entertainment

TBI Blogs: How The 800-Year-Old Dance Form Of Chau Is Being Kept Alive In West Bengal

Chau is a tribal dance in Bengal that has achieved the status of a classical dance, thanks to foresight of its passionate artistes.
It is that time of the year wh...

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Alternative Entertainment

Setting The Stage: 12 Little Known Traditional Folk Theatre Forms Of India

A fusion of music, dance, drama, stylized speech, and spectacle, folk theatre is a composite art form with deep roots in local identity and native culture. An important ind...

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Alternative Entertainment

The Man Who Is Reviving An Ancient Urdu Storytelling Form Using Sufism, Ramayana & More

Dastangoi is an ancient form of storytelling in Urdu that would have been erased from the collective imagination of Indians if it hadn’t been for the dedicated effort...

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