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Nipun Malhotra
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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.
Nipun Malhotra
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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.
Nipun Malhotra
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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.
Nipun Malhotra
Trending
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Mauritian Bhojpuri is being dressed in Hindu nationalist robes – and I’m in mourning
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Young professionals are fleeing crisis-hit Pakistan in hope of a better future
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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: ‘3 Idiots’ stars Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R Madhavan comically reunite to promote new film
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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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’.
Nipun Malhotra
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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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Video
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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: TV host Ellen DeGeneres surprised with marriage vow renewal ceremony by wife Portia de Rossi
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Watch: This dog was taking a ride on the roof of a car in Bengaluru
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Eco India: Why are sparrows continuing to disappear from Indian cities?
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Watch: Adele moved to tears as fan shows up with picture of his late wife to her Las Vegas show
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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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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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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: Horses and a quietly thumping heart in ‘The Rider’
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’ review: A heavily spiced account of an audacious jailbreak
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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ review: A throbbing musical about forbidden passion
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‘Faraaz’ review: A shallow exploration of 2016 Dhaka terror attack
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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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India's disability law is a step forward for rights of disabled when it could have been a giant leap
The Rights to Persons with Disabilities Bill, passed by both houses of Parliament last week, leaves much to be desired.
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The Field
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Fitness watch: Do you get shin splints after running? Here's how to avoid them
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Political overreach, government control, low scrutiny: The challenge of reforming Indian sports
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Fantasy football: Stressful or fun – is it the enjoyable hobby it was meant to be?
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Chamari Athapaththu column: Sri Lanka have never been as confident as we are ahead of this World Cup
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Premier League: Jurgen Klopp on Liverpool’s poor run of form – ‘I have no words for it’