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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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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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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: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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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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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury