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Followers or phantoms? MAHIM PRATAP SINGH The Hindu Why would someone in Texas, barely active on Twitter and seemingly with no India connection favourite a tweet about Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya and Narendra Modi? A couple of weeks ago, this… Continue Reading →
A lexical sampler — The shape of words to come Mukul Kesavan, The Telegraph < If we were to apply the new bisyllabic rule of political nick-naming (pioneered by NaMo and unpersuasively mimicked by RaGa) to modern Indian history, Twitter… Continue Reading →
By Express News Service – BANGALORE 09th December 2012 Mahatma Gandhi would have embraced Twitter with open arms because of the medium’s brevity in communication, columnist Sudheendra Kulkarni said at a session on ‘Literature in Twitter Era’ at the Bangalore… Continue Reading →
Already in distress due to lockdown, horticulture farmers of Sundarbans suffer saltwater intrusion and loss of trees to Cyclone Amphan, while tiger widows lose livelihoods and homes Gurvinder Singh Jun 01, 2020 South 24 Parganas, West Bengal Abu Kalam Molla… Continue Reading →
utinely suffer sexual harassment at work in villages, the stranglehold of patriarchy and the scepter of social shaming hold them back from voicing their outrage and seeking redress Archana Chandola Rural women seek safety in groups to avoid sexual harassment… Continue Reading →
Although they are often the actual cultivators, the lack of land rights among women farmers in Odisha has resulted in chronic distress because they are unable to get government loans or compensation over crop loss Basudev Mahapatra Nuapada, Odisha Since… Continue Reading →
FacebookTwitterWhatsAppShare640 The hearing in the challenge to Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises adultery is progressing before a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. The matter is being heard by a Bench of Chief Justice of India,… Continue Reading →
Having seen fluctuations in the export of betel leaf to Pakistan over the years, Malappuram betel farmers in northern Kerala remain hopeful of overcoming the present impasse and resuming a profitable trade K. Rajendran Malappuram, Kerala Betel leaf farmer Krishnan… Continue Reading →
Poverty-stricken women in the semi-arid regions of West Bengal and Jharkhand, used to subsisting on meager incomes, have defied huge odds and transformed their lives by rearing goats and poultry Gautam Sarkar,Birbhum, West Bengal Tribal women in Birbhum have found… Continue Reading →
Switching from traditional rain-fed crops such as rice and wheat to growing vegetables through the year, women farmers of Saran district in Bihar have ensured financial and food security without any external assistance Mohd Imran Khan Saran, Bihar Women are… Continue Reading →