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Day September 7, 2016

 Why TOI’s `No honking’ campaign make no sense to Indian motorists

Feeling horny Jug Suraiya Why TOI’s `No honking’ campaign make no sense to Indian motorists Two Indian motorists discussing TOI’s ‘No honking’ initiative.1st motorist:Why has TOI, which as a rule takes up sensible causes, launched this ridiculous ‘No honking’ campaign?… Continue Reading →

India’s silk road offers path to prosperity but not equality for female weavers

Women in West Bengal can earn a significant income by weaving silk in their homes, but the welcome cash has brought them little by way of independence A silk weaver at work near Jangipur in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Photograph: Tuul… Continue Reading →

Comrade Swapan Mukherjee Is No More

Friends, comrades and sympathisers can pay tributes to Comrade Swapan Mukherjee between 11 am – 2 pm on 7 September 2016, at Charu Bhawan, U-90 Shakarpur, Delhi-92 (near Laxminagar Metro Station). The cremation will take place at Nigambodh Ghat at… Continue Reading →

At Agra temple, Hindu teen teaches Quran to children

Anuja Jaiswal Agra: Pooja Kushwaha, a regular Class XII student by day turns teacher at dusk, giving lessons to 35 Muslim children lessons on the Quran.A temple courtyard serves as her open-air classroom every evening in communally sensitive western Uttar… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra – `36% kids below 5 yrs underweight in state’

Priyanka Kakodkar Mumbai: Stunting Down, But Wasting Up, Says NFHS As many as 36% of children below the age of five in Maharashtra are underweight for their age, a key indicator of malnutrition. What’s more alarming, this figure has dropped… Continue Reading →

Fali S Nariman – My unsolicited suggestion

To the highest court: Please do remember that the citadel never falls except from within. Fali S. Nariman | The stated concern of the judge about a lack of transparency was commendable.I have been greatly perturbed over the last few… Continue Reading →

Open letter to Amitabh Bachchan: Stop telling girls what to do

It’s time to move past the teach-your-girls syndrome, and have conversations with our sons. SHAGUNA GAHILOTE Today as I made my way to the office, I browsed through e-newspapers to find a famous grandfather’s letter to his granddaughters. This reminded… Continue Reading →

Don’t care if you sink or die, refund buyers: SC to builders

  AmitAnand Choudhary `Flat Bookers In Supertech Mustn’t Suffer’ The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that people who have invested their hard-earned money for booking flats could not be allowed to suffer because of the bad financial condition of a… Continue Reading →

Preeti Rathi #acidattack case: Accused held guilty of murder #VAW

Charul Shah,  Ankur Panwar threw acid on Preeti Rathi after she reached Bandra terminus on May 2. Rathi succumbed to her injuries on June 1, 2013, at the Bombay Hospital (Hindustan Times) The special women’s court on Tuesday held the accused… Continue Reading →

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