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Discriminations dog diaspora Dalits
November 24, 2021
India’s abhorrent caste system, which began more than 2,000 years ago, has historically led to oppression, violence and disenfranchisement against those belonging to lower castes, especially Dalits or those from Scheduled Castes (SC), earlier known as the “Untouchables.” Although it was constitutionally abolished in 1950, its aftereffects still leave a dark cloud over Indian society, […]
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Ramappa temple: Telangana’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site
November 16, 2021
About 200 km north-east of Hyderabad, capital of Telangana, in the village of Palampet, stands a marvel of Indian history, the Ramappa temple, which is also known as Rudreshswara temple. This medieval wonder dates back to 1213 AD and was built by the Kakatiya ruler Kakati Ganapati Deva, but the temple is named after its […]
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Infant Protection Day: India must reassess its healthcare system
November 7, 2021
As India marks Infant Protection Day, activists aim to spread awareness about the safety of infants and the importance of proper protection and care in order to prevent early mortality of both the new-borns and mothers. India has made significant strides in its Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), with a 2020 report revealing that the number […]
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Rise in farmer suicides in 2020: A tale of indebtedness & ineptness
November 7, 2021
After a consistent decline in suicide rates of persons involved in farming sector for three consecutive years since 2017, the figures leaped from 10,281 in 2019 to 10,677 in 2020. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports an 18 pc rise from the 2019 figures that accounts for 7 pc of total suicides victims in […]
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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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