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International Widows Day: Disdained, disgraced and deserted
June 23, 2021
“I don’t have anyone, I am uneducated and ignorant, everyone told me go live in Vrindavan after the death of my husband. That is how I ended up here,” A widow recounted her tale to Winnie Singh, executive director of Maitri, a non-profit organisation working for widows. The...
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Undocumented cries of children in Covid-ravaged India
May 28, 2021
Mira and Akriti (names changed), six and four-year-old respectively, run around with their dollhouse and a toy-kitchen set as they cannot decide on what to cook for their make-believe dinner party. With toy kitchen-sets in their hands, they fight with each other as they are unabl...
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Mismanagement of crises has brought down the most powerful governments in the past: Shivam Patil
May 27, 2021
You have been very vocal on the current social and political issues facing the country. What makes you take up this? “I was always an anti-bully. In school and college, there were bullies who were picking on people; I just don’t know why it came to me instinctively to stop th...
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Social media the new Covid helpline in face of healthcare collapse
May 14, 2021
In a country where social media platforms have long become synonymous with hatred, fake news and doctored images and videos, used to divide people on the lines of religion, caste, gender and even political inclination, over the past few weeks, the same platforms have helped the c...
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India seizes the top spot for most digital transactions in 2020
April 5, 2021
While the pandemic and accompanying lookdown brought many segments of economy to their knees, the digital transaction sector thrived as fear of contracting the virus drove people to opt for online modes of payment.
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