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National Tap Dance Day: Dancers put their best foot forward
May 25, 2021
Tying the laces of her specially-designed Tap shoes, 23-year-old Mrigya Tiwari gets ready for her daily dance rehearsals. She, unlike other dancers and performers, not only has to carry her shoes and costume, but also a giant wooden block that will enhance the quali...
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World Goth Day: Exploring hidden, dark world of Indian goths
May 22, 2021
“Indian goths are not easy to spot – they prefer to lie low and not flaunt themselves I think. Of course, unless you are an influencer and have to earn money, the better way to explore goth culture is to explore it in dark, hidden ways,” says Shiney, a Mumbai-based goth...
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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. ...
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Ever-growing garbage hills of Delhi
May 20, 2021
Hawks, vultures and other birds hover around the towering Ghazipur landfill on the eastern fringe of Delhi. Stray cows, dogs and rats wander at will over the huge expanse of filth that covers an area of over 70 acres. Ghazipur garbage hill, which was once a landfill, rises by nea...
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Indian-South African musicians’ concerts from home become global hit
May 17, 2021
For Johannesburg-based Indian origin musicians, Chitra Perumal, Pooven Pillay, Lexy Shunmoogam, Kreasan Moodley and a few others, past few months have been extremely busy. They have been rehearsing, performing, organising virtual concerts and connecting to Indian classical music-...
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Bomkai: Draped in traditions of Odisha
May 14, 2021
Like the Sambalpuri weave, the name Bomkai is synonymous with Odisha. This state is famous for its textile heritage and history that goes back to as early as 600 BC. The Bhulia community, associated with weaving, is the one involved in the production of Bomkai sarees and other ne...
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We failed, went by government’s false assurances: Patna High Court
May 13, 2021
Only a day after bloated, decomposing bodies washed up on banks of the Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar, another 100 bodies, all suspected to be Covid-19 positive, were spotted floating in a river in Chausa village, located on Bihar’s border with Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, May 11. On t...
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International Nurses Day: Blurring lines of gender in healthcare
May 12, 2021
India has recorded a spike in demand for male nurses amid the pandemic. The reason being that a lot of women have quit their jobs in fear of infection or of taking it home and passing it on to their family. “I am a frontline worker. I work as a nurse and most probably, I [&hell...
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Thriving Covid-19 black market as desperate families pay heavy price
May 11, 2021
Recently, a professor of the Jamia Milia Islamia University in New Delhi, who had a severe case of Covid-19 infection, was battling for life at Life Line Hospital in Laxmi Nagar in east Delhi. The doctors said that he urgently needed oxygen in order to pull through. As the profes...
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Indian-American doctors help rescue India from Covid-19 second wave
May 11, 2021
Dr Avinash Gupta and Geeta Gupta have just finished a 10-hour shift at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in New Jersey, United States. Now at home, they are gearing up for a different kind of shift. They will dedicate three hours to treating and talking to Covid-19 patients...
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Assam’s tribal communities lose home to mining
May 9, 2021
The foothills of Dehing Patkai on the eastern fringes of Assam are home to the Khamti, Singpho, Sema Nagas, Tangsa, Tai-Phake, Syam, Aitom, Nocte, and other communities who have been impacted by mining and deforestation that displaced them from lands that traditionally belonged t...
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Mushaira: Poetry, tradition & literary legacy
May 8, 2021
“Ghar se masjid hai bahut door, chalo yun kar lein ki ek rote hue bachche ko hasaya jaye,” (Mosque is too far from home to offer prayers, instead, let’s make a crying child smile today), was written by late Uqtida Hasan Nida Fazli, popularly known as just ‘Nida Fazli’, ...
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