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Hamals resent change in ‘their’ law in Maharashtra
A law that protects the rights of casual labour in Maharashtra has been amended, prompting ...
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Poor tech design hampers schemes
Several technological systems to ensure delivery of welfare plans and social security schemes by the ...
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Gurcharan Das on being a liberal in these times
THIRTY years ago, Gurcharan Das decided to give up his life in the corporate sector, ...
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'Let's see if the cheetahs are put in the wild'
TWO years after African cheetahs were airfreighted to India amidst much fanfare, little is known ...
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Go to Lakadong for the best turmeric in the world
FOR those who have grown up on a daily glass of doodh with haldi in it, turmeric’s rockstar international ...
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Unsafe India: Workers make a tally of accidents
SAFE in India (SII)’s sixth annual report, “CRUSHED 2024”, breaks new ground. For the first ...
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Doon’s forest of many memories
A Remembrance Forest or Smriti Van is emerging on a three-acre patch on the outskirts ...
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Joys of the Telugu kitchen
TO feast on Telugu food in a pleasant ambience, look no further. Reputed for its ...
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The route to jobs in Bihar now is sport
Youth in Bihar’s villages is being increasingly drawn to sports, lured by the prospect of ...
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Trinkets from the hills, skincare and no oil snacks
TRINKETS FROM THE HILLS SONAM Dorjee Negi welcomes every visitor to his stall at Dastkar’s ...
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NGOs work hard but get a raw deal in regulation
The voluntary, non-profit sector has contributed to democracy, equity and nation-building during and after Independence. It ...
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Making a tally of cheetahs, dead and alive
Deaths of cheetahs in rapid succession at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh suggest that ...
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Let non-profits function, make FCRA simpler
THERE has been over-regulation of non-profit organizations when what they really need is to be ...
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People and products
Get the lowdown here on brilliant handicrafts, wholesome noodles, ancient rice, donkey milk, inclusive coffee, ...
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ABC not last word, many laws exist
SEVERAL laws at state and Central level protect citizens from being subjected to stray dog ...
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When a smart ‘Young Tinker’ comes to the IIC
WHEN Anil Pradhan earned a degree in civil engineering in Bhopal you could say he ...
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When a family meets: A play on relationships
A family drama simply entertains but The Gathered Leaves is not that kind of play. ...
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Rural marathon says it all for the girl child
Every year, villages in Anupshahr tehsil of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh witness a unique ...
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Dr MARY & Dr RAJKUMAR | KC Patty CF Health ...
RAJKUMAR Ramasamy and his wife, Mary, have spent the past 20 years of their lives ...
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Bridges, rail lines where small rivers once flowed
IN recent years the incidence of floods in states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has ...
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Village weaves and Kaziranga Haat
Rupjyoti Saikia Gogoi lives in the vicinity of the Kaziranga National Park. For a long ...
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Jack the Vietnam way
ABOUT a decade ago Tom C. Kavalackal, a well-to-do Keralite, made a trip to Vietnam. Quite ...
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Kolkata queer month goes beyond Pride
WHEN the Queer Arts Month 2.0 opened in Kolkata recently it marked yet another step ...
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In the cockpit gently, the Ratan Tata mantra
WITH Ratan Tata’s passing, the Tata Group, Indian business and the country have lost a ...
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Time for reset with elbow room for the states
Our national anthem extols the extent of India by naming a few provinces of those ...
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In a Kolkata hospital : ‘I can’t give you a ...
THE resting room in the School of Digestive and Liver Disease at the SSKM Hospital ...
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A wild plant Power list
Modern pharmacology draws on folk knowledge of medical plants. It is an old debt that remains ...
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Artability: 10 emerging artists worth tracking
A year after Civil Society launched Artability, we are back with a new edition showcasing 10 artists ...
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It is important to help the poor access their rights
Are advocacy, yatras, social audit and online services sufficient to enable the rural poor to ...
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Sanitation economy is on the rise with jobs, tech
Has the world ceded to sanitation being costly and difficult, a problem we must solve ...
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Give with heart: Some gems from small producers
There is often a dilemma when it comes to finding an ideal gift for loved ...
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Kannada’s new films, young directors are going places
Nationwide interest in Kannada cinema has never been higher. Thanks to the success of Kantara, ...
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Companies pledge better worker rights
WHEN the sorry plight of industrial workers was in everyone’s face during the Covid-19 pandemic ...
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Bahraich women celebrate a big strawberry boost
THERE is palpable excitement in Gajpatipur village of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh (UP) where ...
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Has AAP lost more than just the elections in Delhi?
DURING the high noon of the India Against Corruption agitation, the Ramlila Ground in Delhi ...
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SEWA shows how followers can become leaders
THE ramshackle settlement of migrant workers along the Trikampura Patiya canal in south Ahmedabad was, ...
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AAP's volunteers figure out what's wrong at govt schools
One of the signal achievements of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the short time ...
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Indraani Singh
In 1995 when Indraani Singh became India’s first female pilot to be Commander of an ...
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Landfills don't work, learn to segregate garbage
The thought of an Indian city most often throws up images of teeming millions, traffic ...
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Engineer-ecologist: Tribute to Dhrubajyoti Ghosh
In the many years that the Leftist parties governed West Bengal, they paid little attention ...
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Farm magazine by farmers works well for them
In more ways than one, Adike Patrike is a unique publication. We tread a new path ...
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Every city can be smart
The selection of the first lot of 20 smart cities by the central government saw ...
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New filmmakers weigh in, but the mega stars rule
INDIAN cinema underwent paradigm shifts in the new millennium. It transited to the digital format, ...
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Fearless pen: not the first attack on Wagle
BE Fearless is a compelling, timeless but difficult call. When you are confronted by a ...
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JNU celebrates street theatre with Sahmat
Protesters became performers on 12 April, National Street Theatre Day, at Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) ...
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‘We went from beekeeping to serving hot meals’
BANKS tend not to go to villages and small towns until they are nudged into ...
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From America to India on a yatra for mango divine
ANIL Sharma’s love affair with the mango began around 10 years ago. Walking around a ...
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Longer hours, lower wages, less security, fewer women
Job creation was on the agenda of the BJP government when it came to power ...
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Burhan Wani and the flashpoint in Kashmir
The protests and violence that have followed the killing of Burhan Muzaffar Wani, 20, have ...
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Elder care in these times
Research indicates that people over 60 are at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19. Those ...
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Engineer saves farmers with dung cart, instant manure
A ChanakaVandi, or Dung Van, roaming around Ernakulam, has so many customers it is finding ...
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The right to know
This story appeared in Civil Society's September 2003 edition. Till two years ago, what Sundernagari knew ...
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Flowers and plants
Screw tree Helicteresisora L. or the East Indian Screw Tree is a handy shrub ...
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Father says son killed for just owning a horse
Since his childhood, 21-year-old Pradip Rathod, a Dalit from Timbi village in Bhavnagar district, always ...
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'UCC is right on polygamy, wrong on moral policing'
SOCIAL reforms have for long eluded Indian Muslims because of an obdurate clergy. Among the ...
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Awareness campaign: Blue Umbrella a buddy for boys
TALK about sexual abuse of children tends to focus on girls, but what do boys ...
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A good cause needs lights, camera, action...
Social entrepreneurs take up complex missions but to reach out their messaging has to be ...
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Worry lines deepen in the media after NewsClick
WHEN the shutters were recently downed on NewsClick in early morning raids by the Delhi ...
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Ready for CSR 2.0? Five ideas for shifting gear
CORPORATIONS have an impact and touch lives in different ways when they use corporate social ...
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