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Skateboarding: India’s rare rural skate park

October 31, 2021

Skateboard is a sport that originated in California, United States, in the late 1940s. It is primarily a city sport which is played in skate parks and the bumps are the important accessories to allow the skateboarders show off their skills. In a country like India, especially in rural areas where even the basic infrastructure […]

As US abortion ban sparks fierce backlash, India forges ahead in reproductive rights

September 13, 2021

In 2012, an Ireland-based Indian dentist, Savita Halappanavar, made international headlines after she died due to complications caused by a septic miscarriage when, despite going through a previously life-threatening incident, her request for an abortion was denied on legal grounds by doctors. The nationwide outcry prompted an amendment to abortion legislation in Ireland, a fervently […]

International Tiger Day: Human animal conflict could derail Indian success story

July 29, 2021

On the occasion of International Tiger Day, India certainly has a fair bit to celebrate. It has reported a consistent rise in the number of tigers in its 50 tiger reserves, which numbered 2967 in the last census conducted in 2018. Not just the tiger numbers, but the government has also claimed a significant rise […]

International Tea Day: Tea, tourism & treat for travellers

May 21, 2021

Over the last decade, among the new niches of tourism emerging in India is tea tourism. With hundreds of tea estates spread over thousands of acres in the Himalayan foothills or in the Nilgiris, India, one of the top tea producers in the world, is experimenting with tea tourism. “Ambling through a sprawling tea plantation […]

National Journalism Day: When Bollywood met journalism

November 17, 2020

India has recently been witnessed an ugly tussle between its biggest film industry, Bollywood, and some of the mainstream television news channels. A fight that grabbed the central stage on all social media platforms and common people’s drawing-room via TV, for the past few months, is likely to be at the centre of further discourses. […]

Senior citizens on International Day of Older Persons 2020: Anxious, abandoned & ailing

October 1, 2020

“Most of the older persons here have lost their sense of general awareness and don’t understand what the pandemic is all about. Since it is difficult to make them understand the risks involved and how to take precautions to keep themselves safe, we have no option but to keep them locked within our old age […]

International Day of Sign Languages: Recognising deaf culture

September 23, 2020

“It is such a shame that we only have close to 800 ISL interpreters in the entire country, among which only 300 are certified. Even the census is about a decade old. I am sure the number of people with hearing disability must have increased now,’’ Nipun Malhotra, a disability rights activist in Delhi, tells […]