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Nipun Malhotra
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Poonam Pandey’s antics may have spread awareness but are a disservice to cancer patients
Aside from her creating misinformation that cervical cancer causes instant death, causing others to doubt someone’s affliction is the real damage.
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How India’s disabled community fought to halt a legislative change amid the lockdown – and won
A government plan to dilute the Disabilities Act to enable ease of doing business was blocked even though the usual tools of protest were unavailable.
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India wants to dilute its Disabilities Act – to enable ease of doing business
An amendment seeks to decriminalise minor offences and have some cases settled outside court.
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Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Coronavirus: For Persons with Disabilities, avoiding Covid-19 poses special challenges
For a person like me, social distancing is impossible due to the dependence on others to fulfill physiological requirements.
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In CAA-NRC debate, the impact on the 2.2% of Indians with disabilities is being ignored
Social stigma ensures that Persons with Disabilities are locked up at home and not officially recorded in India’s population records.
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First person: Why I don’t want to be called ‘differently abled’
It’s time we normalise disability by referring to the disabled as ‘disabled’.
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Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Persistence: The one lesson the disability rights movement in India can offer to the LGBT movement
The battle has just begun. But cause by cause, case by case, change will happen.
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First person: Why disabled people like me are disappointed about the ban on plastic straws
The global disabled community has come to appreciate plastic straws for their strength, flexibility and safety that no alternative comes close to matching.
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How Delhi High Court empowered the disabled by staying government plan to buy high-floor buses
In its June 1 ruling, the court also accused the state of ‘treating the disabled as non-existent or as not having any rights’.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Valson Thampu’s memoir of running St Stephen’s College is as stormy as his days as principal there
This is one side of the story of how he pursued change while negotiating constant opposition
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Should the disabled go to separate schools or should all schools have education about disabilities?
Two court observations on education show how society could either include or isolate the disabled.
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There are more films with disabled characters, and that can only be a good thing
Whatever their merits, the movies represent growing mainstream acceptance of the various aspects of coping with disability.
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The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May