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Shilpa Phadke
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What are the ways in which women’s participation in the Indian workforce can be increased?
An excerpt from ‘Women’s Participation in Future Growth’, by Uma Ganesh and Shilpa Phadke, from ‘India’s Pathway to Success: Winning in the Next Decade’.
Uma Ganesh & Shilpa Phadke
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Mere populism? Kejriwal plan to make transport free for Delhi women could actually transform city
The move holds the possibility of making the Capital friendlier, approachable and more accessible for women.
Shilpa Phadke
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‘A service, not an enterprise’: Privatising Mumbai’s BEST buses means unraveling a system that works
Protests against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s privatisation plans are growing.
Shilpa Phadke
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Constitution does not allow preferential treatment for religious majority: SC judge BV Nagarathna
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‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ review: Duck-and-dive comedy is a hit-and-miss affair
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Interview: India’s exaggerated value and the danger of S Jaishankar’s ‘new world order’ posturing
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Who was the photographer who took these dehumanising images of the Madras famine?
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Political leaders in Nepal object to ‘Akhand Bharat’ mural in new Parliament
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What Kirron Kher could learn from women who actually use public transport
The BJP MP said a young woman gang raped in Chandigarh last month should not have boarded an autorickshaw with three men already inside.
Shilpa Phadke
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#MeToo: There is power in speaking and being heard, and every enraged voice counts
The hashtag protest against sexual harassment confronts a problem that is global in scale, and mounts a powerful digital feminist challenge.
Shilpa Phadke
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The condom-counting MLA has earned a laugh, but his antics betray a deeply entrenched sexism
The anxiety over thousands of condoms being used on the JNU campus reflects the long-held fear about the education of women.
Shilpa Phadke
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Watch: Joe Biden trips and falls at the US Air Force Academy graduation, jokes he ‘got sandbagged’
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Watch: How DRI, Coast Guard officers recovered over 32 kg gold from under the sea in Tamil Nadu
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Watch: Rare all-white panda caught on camera at nature reserve in Sichuan, China
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Watch: Actor Parineeti Chopra sings the song ‘Tu Jhoom’ while in a dubbing studio
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Watch: French carpenter makes fully functional wooden car modelled after a Citroën
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Kiss and tell: Why we started a campaign calling for Park Mein PDA
Public spaces are being snatched away by the moral police. There's a need to reclaim them.
Shilpa Phadke
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To halt moral policing, we must support our grown-up kids' right to share rooms with their partners
Despite assurances by Mumbai Commissioner Rakesh Maria, the authorities continue to violate the right to privacy and free choice.
Shilpa Phadke