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Advocating For Multiculturalism

What is identity? Identity is the internalized reality of an individual or a group which constitutes their most intimate self-perception. In a modern secular democracy, it is imperative that the state takes identities into acco...
by Sohini Chatterjee
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The Baba who wears saffron but talks ‘green’

At a time when the air in India hangs heavy with nauseating stories of corrupt babas (godmen), he comes across as a breath of fresh air. Though he wears a saffron robe, he does not talk religion or spirituality. He, surprisin...
by Nishant
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Give Modi a chance. India has.

The 2014 General Elections in India have found themselves deserving of a bold, underlined and highlighted place in the political history of India. The result has been that the Indian National Congress (INC) did not lose; yet t...
by Nishant
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Drones To Aid Conservation Efforts In India

A successful project at the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh could see Unmanned Aerial Vehicles deployed at a national level for wildlife protection.
by Charukesi Ramadurai
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Gender-Based Violence

India: Heart of Darkness

Alas! We have lost our heart – not to love; but to misogyny, bigotry, and every other form of degraded thinking that an abjectly insecure patriarchal system drills into us day in day out. It is, after all, this very societal ...
by Preetam Sengupta
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Educating Women

The Fight To End Child Marriage Begins At Home

Six years ago, I went to Kathmandu, Nepal, to spend half a year teaching in a hot and dusty classroom. I began each morning with a rudimentary attendance check. Supplemented with dog-eared English textbooks, my troupe of 12 yea...
by Heenali Patel
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Talk Is Cheap: Can UN Climate Change Summit Turn Rhetoric Into Action?

The world holds its breath: protesters rally on the streets of New York ahead of Tuesday’s United Nations’ Climate Change Summit, 2014.
by Kamleshan Pillay
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Stop Complaining About The Government! Instead, India Wants Citizens To Help

There’s a new website in India called “MyGov” that invites citizens to participate actively in the country’s governance and development. MyGov is the work of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s we...
by Alka
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Identity Crisis? – Cricket and Multiculturalism

As England and India clash this summer it is worth considering whether the loyalties of British-born Asians tell us something about the deeper issues of identity and integration in modern, multicultural Britain. Alongside Enoch...
by Kishan Koria
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