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Documentary Films Tackle Child Sexual Abuse in India

Child sexual abuse is rarely discussed openly in India. Lack of proper education among adults, queasiness around explaining sexuality related matters to children and the culture of children being expected to respect adult membe...

by Aparna Ray

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India: Here Comes the Son

As India’s population rapidly increases, the nation’s tendency to prefer that women give birth to a son is likely to have detrimental effects on women and development. ‘Look, I’m going to tell you someth...

by Flo Carson

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Interview: My Escape From Tibet

Tashi, 29, arrived in the UK in November 2012 from Dharamsala, India. He was 18 when he fled Tibet in a three month journey through the borders of Tibet, Nepal and India, until he finally found sanctuary in a UN Refugee registr...

by Jessica Trevis

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Only Indians Can Clean India

I have been following the “Garbage Free India” initiative on Facebook and it has finally given me a incentive to put pen to paper. The initiative aims at sensitising people to keep India garbage free. It talks about “spre...

by Nishant

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World Malaria Day: Famous People Who Died Because Of Malaria And How I Found Them Out

It was April last year and I was preparing for my trip to India. My mum was frantically asking me to change my mind and stay safe in England, rather then go to that land of exotic diseases. Around the same time I started taking...

by Paula Munteanu

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FOOD for Thought for Indian Politics

I am proud to be in Indian especially when the country has such a wonderful Government and compassionate political leadership. Did you just have a frown on your face upon reading this? I’m sure you think I am sadly mistaken....

by Nishant

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Death to the Rapists?!

We gave her the name Nirbhaya – ‘fearless’. We made an icon of a terrified woman, brutalised by six men on the night of 16th December – a date we will not be soon to forget. On Friday afternoon, friends texted friends, ...

by Shambhavi Saxena

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Recalling A Million ‘Deaths’ On National Girl Child Day

India – young girls increasingly ‘disappear’ in this country of great cultural integration and interconnectedness; more than 50 million girls go missing in an atmosphere marked by technological and scientific advancem...

by Arpita Mitra

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Documentary Films Tackle Child Sexual Abuse in India

India: Here Comes the Son

Interview: My Escape From Tibet

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Only Indians Can Clean India

World Malaria Day: Famous People Who Died Because Of Malaria And How I Found Them Out

FOOD for Thought for Indian Politics

Death to the Rapists?!

Recalling A Million ‘Deaths’ On National Girl Child Day

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