The horrific sexual assault and burning alive of a young veterinary doctor has shocked the nation. A Woman in Today's India reacts to the unspeakable crime that should shame every Indian.
We often say, 'I know that.' Instead, a better thing to say it is, 'Why do you feel so? Can you please explain?'
Sunder Navalkar devoted her whole life to the cause of workers' rights, remembers Sanober Keashwaar.
'The larger number of patients, who are being affected by COVID-19, are essentially people who have a history of heart disease to begin with, and then experience a more severe form of the infection with COVID-19, because of the existing risk factor.'
''He was extremely gentle, humble, soft-spoken, down to earth, giving respect to senior musicians as well as to budding ones.'
Kavitha Kuruganti has been fighting for decades to ensure farmers are respected and get their due from the Indian nation. In order to ensure they don't struggle for a living, she works to ensure sustainable farm livelihoods and farmers' rights.
Mumbai-based Dimple Mehta has been using her Instagram handle to decry fat-shaming.
'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.' 'Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life plays out in a corner unruffled, Tamhane's static frames have a hundred interesting things happening within them,' observes Sreehari Nair.
In this excerpt from the book Here and Beyond, author Rashmi shares the story of a survivor.
'In the last two months, we have only done 16,000 tests and that is nothing.' 'If coronavirus cases in the community picks up and infection spreads, then we will be in big trouble.'
Ask yourself these six questions -- perhaps the answers hold the key to your success.
Most of us have been in that space at some point in our careers when we think we're better than our bosses. So how do you deal with it? Read on!
Lack of intimacy is an obvious reason of concern that everything is not good in your relationship, says Leena Paranjpe.
Veteran Ashish Nehra has mounted a stinging counter-attack on chief selector MSK Prasad for his comments on the seamer's retirement, saying he started playing without the selectors' permission and is leaving it likewise.
We all need an expert whose advice you can trust, who will not start pushing products at you and rather help you understand why your wealth is not growing as it should, says Erik Hon.
Go, live your life in Leh for as long as you want.
'In the next 14 years, 100% of US energy will be clean and solar.'
Do you have the courage to look through failures and unexpected pitfalls?
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
Leadership is a personal need not an inborn trait. Develop your leadership skills and soar to new heights.
As an entrepreneur, one has to evaluate and learn from each customer and continually improve.
Be willing to learn from mistakes.
Nidhi Tiwari speaks about her road trip from Delhi to London.
'We say we are proud to be Indian. Can we be proud of such an India where its people are hungry and on the streets?'
Neha Manglik, the only female CAT topper this year tells us how she did it.
'This is the first time when you see the story of the Azad Hind Fauj through the eyes of the soldiers.'
The electoral bounty reaped by the Congress was nothing more than an ill-gotten gain of a casteist, divisive campaign; nothing to be proud of and certainly not a moral victory, argues Vivek Gumaste.
These six tricks could help you land good jobs.
Tax planning will help you pay less income tax. Something everyone wants. But smart tax planning will help you boost your portfolio.
'The overarching fact of modern social behaviour isn't that we are irresponsible women and men, but that we are never quite sure, when and how to act responsibly.' 'This is the real side of every Twitter outrage, where those who tweet about stories of 'unreported domestic abuse' end up feeling superior to those neighbours who are summoned up as clueless witnesses.' 'This view of the supposed spiritual decay of our times, which is at the core of Gali Guleiyan, is thus more fashionable than perceptive,' says Sreehari Nair.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's theory got firm backing from Sachin Tendulkar.
Don't try to be a super woman. You must listen to your body, says Dr Mahima Bakshi.
If you plan in advance, you could be lucky to get a paid internship.
Colonel Sonam Wangchuk was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest honour for courage, for wresting the first victory of the Kargil War. Leading 40 men, his unit evicted 135 Pakistani troops in a three day battle fought in two feet snow and minus 6 degrees.
'Every one of us can achieve what we set out to do, we just need to work in the right direction, and eventually we will succeed.' Wise words from Theri director Atlee.
His anonymous online platform helps people seek help without disclosing their identity.
At a time when the Kashmir valley has been shut down, it is perhaps appropriate that we remember Lal Ded, Kashmir's best known spiritual and literary figure, someone remembered with divine adoration both by Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir. A fascinating excerpt from Sandhya Mulchandani's For The Love Of God: Women Poet Saints Of The Bhakti Movement.
At the 53rd annual convocation ceremony of the IIT-Bombay, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi shared stories of his struggle and victories.
'This proved that whatever was growing in the mosquito's gut was a parasite -- it was almost certainly the malarial parasite.'
Scientist, humanist, icon, Albert Einstein offered a lot more to the world than E=MC2, which is probably just one of the reasons why he remains one of the most enduring figures in human history. So what lessons can we learn from a life less ordinary? Virender Kapoor tells us just that.
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