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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 […]
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After Dabur, Sabyasachi receives flak from rightwing troll police
October 28, 2021
Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s latest ad campaign to promote his luxury mangalsutra collection has triggered a social media turmoil as the ad features heterosexual and same-sex couples posing for pictures wearing his newly launched ‘Royal Bengal Mangalsutra’. Terming the ad “obscene”, many social media users have gone on to call the campaign an attack on Hindu […]
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Splendid villages with intangible unique culture
September 23, 2021
There are almost 649,481 villages in India and each village practices its own unique tradition and culture. However, those rural areas that are not home to famous tourism sites, rarely attract tourists in India or in most other parts of the world. To maximise the contribution of the remote sectors and to reduce regional inequalities, […]
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Protestors against ‘Love jihad’ wreak war on inter-faith couples
September 20, 2021
Ravinder Sharma, a boatman and tour guide at Yamuna Ghat, Delhi, met his wife Rani (earlier known as Noor) in 2013, when she came down from Mumbai with her family. After weeks of showing her nearby sights and hours spent together on the river, they fell in love, and Sharma laughs as he tells the […]
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Century Mill Workers’ Fight for Right to Work
September 14, 2021
For well over three years now, nearly 1,000 workers of a textile mill at Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, owned by Century Textiles, part of Kumarmangalam Birla group, have been protesting against an attempt by the management to shut the mill and sell the 84 acres of land that it sits on, due to a spike […]
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Air pollution needs smart responses, not gimmicks
September 3, 2021
On September 1, the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago published a study saying that up to 40 pc of Indians, or close to 550 million people, could see their life expectancy drop by as many as nine years due to air pollution levels. The study said that large parts of northern, central […]
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The growth of tattoo art: Inking personal stories on a body canvas
August 12, 2021
The art of tattooing has existed since ancient times, used for a variety of reasons ranging from beautification to tribal markings. Facial tattooing was common among many Indian tribes as a mark of being a great warrior or to document their diverse cultures and traditions. It was also fairly popular in several villages and towns […]
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Jousting over jeans in India
August 10, 2021
“Though born and brought up in a relatively modern and well-educated family, since birth I had been told to wear traditional Indian clothes, as her father did not like me to wear trousers or jeans. As a teenager, I tried to rebel as traditional dresses were not comfortable for all activities and I often felt […]
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Art Tourism – A journey through Indian history
August 6, 2021
India is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of its cultural heritage, with a myriad of religions, languages, and traditions that have resulted in a diverse array of artistic endeavours, from sculptures and temples to modern contemporary paintings and handicrafts. From the earliest paintings ever found in India, which were animal […]
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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 […]
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