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Stain of period poverty in India
January 19, 2021
“Now we have no option but to use old, dirty clothes and rags during periods. When our school was open, we were given a packet of sanitary pads every month. We cannot afford to buy a packet on our own. It is very expensive,” says 16-year-old Ayesha Khanum, a resident of Lalita Park slum at […]
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A room of our own & new clothes: Homeless children’s new year wish
January 1, 2021
With his feet bare and clothes tattered, an 11-year-old Salman Khan serves tea to the passers-by at the inner circle of Connaught place, located in the heart of New Delhi, the national capital. He says he came to Delhi from Bihar a year ago to find work. His parents, labourers in a village there, were […]
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Web series that rose to unscaled heights in 2020
December 31, 2020
While everyone was locked inside homes and the theatres shut, OTT dominated the screens this year. The entertainment industry churned out brilliant web-series with intricately woven and multi-layered plots that hooked the audience for the entire lockdown. The dramatic hooks and extraordinary direction and scripts, along with some high quality acting, propelled these web-series to […]
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Covid-19 bites stray dogs in India hard
November 18, 2020
It’s not just the humans that have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Animals, notably the stray or abandoned ones, are paying an equally heavy price and the few NGOs still operational in the field struggle for survival. In the hazy wintry sun of New Delhi, two young women sit playing with a dog […]
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Lazying on the Blue Flag certified beaches in India
October 15, 2020
Eight beaches in India have been awarded Blue Flag certification, an international label for clean, safe and environment-friendly beaches, marinas and sustainable boating tourism operators.
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Time for ‘spinning wheel’ diplomacy between China & India
October 2, 2020
India is surely not aiming to become a regional, let alone global superpower. After the end of the Cold War of 20th century and ‘unipolar’ hegemony of US since then, the world has witnessed China’s emergence as a global economic power. It is an open secret that most of the countries would not like to […]
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Suffrage centennial but wait for a female US President goes on
August 26, 2020
August 26, 2020 marks a century of voting rights for women in the United States. Yet, unlike many other developed or even developing countries, the US is yet to elect a woman as its President or even vice president. While the likelihood of getting a female vice president is still present in the form of […]
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Delhi’s dabbawallas have little on their plate during pandemic
August 6, 2020
With educational institutes shut, students gone back to their native places and people working from home, earnings for dabbawallas in Delhi has have dropped drastically. “My only source of income is preparing and delivering food to students living as paying guests and young professionals who live independently. I charge INR 80 per meal from a […]
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Khan Market’s shopkeepers & shoppers remain cautious
June 8, 2020
Monday was the first day when New Delhi’s iconic Khan Market was fully reopened for business, after over 75 days of severe restrictions. But neither the shopkeepers nor the shoppers looked at ease.
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Indian healthcare sector neglecting other illnesses during corona pandemic
April 22, 2020
Rise in tuberculosis sparks fears among healthcare professionals in India that the government’s single-minded focus on Covid19 could backfire in tackling other diseases.
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