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The e-commerce giant distanced itself from a Bollywood star only because she protested the brutal rape of a child. by Sinjini Mukherjee It seems that Amazon’s progressive practices on issues of gender is reserved for women in the US or… Continue Reading →
Official efforts to gloss over scandals spark co-ordinated campaigns in universities Protest posters on Monday night at Peking University were quickly removed by authorities but circulated on social media Emily Feng and Yuan Yang in Beijing APRIL 24,… Continue Reading →
Senior advocate Indira Jaising has been named by Fortune magazine as one of the World’s 50 greatest leaders of 2018. The list was released on Thursday. This is for the first time ever that an Indian Lawyer has featured on this list. The former Solicitor General… Continue Reading →
Ali Zafar, famous for his music and films in Pakistan and India, has been accused of sexual harassment by singer and artist Meesha Shafi. Ali is yet to give a statement on the same. Ali Zafar has been accused of… Continue Reading →
It’s been three months since I started a firestorm of sexual harassment allegations against High Spirits. Here’s what I’ve learned about how toxic spaces keep young women quiet – and coming back. Sheena Dabholkar Satwik Gade It’s Friday night and… Continue Reading →
Dalit protest – Ambedkar gives Maharashtra CM 7 days to arrest Sambhaji Bhide #BhimaKoregaonViolence
By Alka Dhupkar, Mumbai Mirror | HIGHLIGHTS Prakash Ambedkar on Monday issued an ultimatum to the Devendra Fadnavis government The ultimatum says Sambhaji Bhide should be arrested for the c within a week Hundreds of Dalits marched in south Mumbai and thousands… Continue Reading →
Changing the world sometimes is not about the big revolutions or the grand ideas, it begins by the tiny steps you and I can take. NAMITA BHANDARE The big picture can be overwhelming. The data certainly is alarming. And from… Continue Reading →
CHAITANYA KALBAG In the summer of 1982, I travelled to Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh to report on a fascinating archaeological expedition for India Today. An Indo-US team excavating in the Son Valley was sifting through stone artefacts from the Upper… Continue Reading →
Siddharth Chatterjee A UN peacekeeper holds a child as her mother is helped down from a relocation truck in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Credit: UN Photo/Logan Abassi NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 16 2018 (IPS) – Sexual abuse allegations against Oxfam staff, and failings in… Continue Reading →
Mithali Raj & Co were stars after the 2017 World Cup, and yet the women’s game is not viewed as a commercial project Dileep Premachandran On February 6, the 60th anniversary of one of the saddest dusks sport has ever… Continue Reading →