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Women candidates constitute only 8% in first two phases of LS polls

Women constituted only eight percent of the total 1,618 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender bias and that......

'India Is A Meat-Eating Country'

'Our study finds that only about 20% of Indians are vegetarians and the rest of the 80% are non-vegetarians or meat-eaters.' 'Your eating habits have a lot to do with where you live.' Kindly note......

How Women Change The Political Game

More than ever before, women voters can make or mar a political party's electoral fortunes. IMAGE: Women voters queue to cast their votes for the Telangana assembly elections, November 30, 2023.......

Quotas: Band-Aids Not The Solution

Our caste warriors will not even ask these questions, let alone explore better solutions to address the problems of inequality and skewed life outcomes, argues R Jagannathan. Illustration:......

Modiji, Is India Ready For UCC?

Introducing UCC is a challenging task for any government.The complexities are real and difficult to negotiate as it deals with sensitive religious and cultural sentiments.How can it strike an easy......

Women Leaders: A Way To IPO Success?

Indian society may be more advanced than we think it is, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   As soon as I saw the title of the research paper 'How do markets......

Railways to IAS: Where are the Women?

Women's representation in government jobs is less than 15%.Abhishek Waghmare reports. IMAGE: An all-women crew operated the Bhopal-Bilaspur Express on March 8, 2019 to commemorate International......

'No big Indian IT company is headed by a woman'

Physical security for women, the first step towards getting them into factories and offices, is all but absent in most Indian cities, notes Kanika Datta. Image: In India, no ITeS company can......

Jobs for women: Why India does worse than Somalia

Falling rate of women in the workforce include dropping out of education, raising children and family pressure Image: Employees sort lingerie before packing them inside the Intimate Fashions......

India Inc must speak up for gender equality and gay rights

Can India's corporate leaders not summon the courage to shed their amorality and lobby hard to tamp down the fires of gender and communal conflict that so afflict India today?  Gay rights......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......

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