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Gender

‘Period hut’ kills a mother and her two sons in Nepal

Age-old practices have considered women to be impure during menstruation. The illegal practice of Chhaupadi is a tradition associated with the me...

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Health

India Governance Report brings together stories of good governance from across India

Over the course of the last 10 months, Indian governance has reported its successful initiatives on issues based on health, gender parity, climate change, education and muc...

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Trending

‘Evening Shadows’ spreads the message of Sweekar

While currently the Supreme Court is hearing a clutch of petitions around Sec 377, the film Read More

Retroscope

Love lost in Yesteryear’s Prem Nagar

Prem Nagar – a lovers’ lane – has gone under. That one spot shielded from voyeuristic eyes by...

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Thought Factory

Change and its many manifestations in India

Everyone in the country has a mobile phone. India has more than a billion phones, second only to China. Almost 240 million people have telev...

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Bollywood

India Reacts to PadMan

Akshay Kumar's much-awaited film PadMan released last Friday. Produced by actress-turned-writer Twinkle Khanna,...

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Trending

The Fake News Phenomenon

A few years ago, who would have known 'fake news' could be the means of earning a livelihood. Click baits and fake news are not a new phenom...

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Environment

Indonesian Fishermen build Database to protect their Fish Industry

If you buy fish from a grocery store–or sashimi at a restaurant–it’s likely that it was unsustainably fished, and if you b...

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Sustainable Development

A Pill a Day keeps your Periods Away…

“Why the hell am I bleeding every three weeks if I don't have to be?” is the question most women on hormonal birth control pills ask. ‘Withdrawal bleeding...

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Human Rights

An Eye for an Aye

The daughter of P. Lankesh, a well-known Kannada journalist, Gauri Lankesh was an outspoken journalist. She worked with her father at his magazine, Lankesh Patrike...

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