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Five ways to lower your chances of developing cancer – according to an oncologist
In Bangladesh, a concert shows how creative freedom could transform the beleaguered nation
An 83-year-old short story by Jorge Luis Borges portends a bleak future for the internet
Who was Santram, the forgotten Shudra radical who critiqued caste and advocated reform?
‘Baby John’ review: What a way to end the year
How petha became a part of Indian Christmas
What a meeting with a woman entrepreneur in Kolkata taught a German diplomat about women in India
‘Our shadows drag us back’: Poems by 2024 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar winner Ramesh Karthik Nayak
A Hindu festival called Christmas: Encounters between a non-practising Hindu and Roman Catholicism
A Jharkhand Christmas: Sadri carols to the beat of the mandar, sugar-dusted arsa, family picnics
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Crushing cycle of poverty, trafficking, domestic violence: Underbelly of Assam’s verdant tea gardens
Maitreyee Boruah, IndiaSpend.com
· Nov 16, 2024 · 07:30 pm
A new book asks whether India is up to the challenge of lifting participation in the workforce
Pratap Padode
· Nov 15, 2024 · 08:30 am
Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Bazar Ke Beech, Bazar Ke Khilaph’, by Prabha Khaitan
Prabha Khaitan
· Nov 05, 2024 · 06:30 pm
‘A stick and a khukri’: Low pay, little equipment for frontline staff patrolling tiger reserves
Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, IndiaSpend.com Jyotirmoy Saharia, IndiaSpend.com
· Oct 23, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Readers’ comments: On Gaza, why should Indians show solidarity when no one supported us?
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· Oct 23, 2024 · 03:30 pm
‘Only hope is to go home’: Israeli assault on Lebanon maroons large population of migrant workers
Mariejo Ramos, Thomson Reuters Foundation Bukola Adebayo, Thomson Reuters Foundation Md Tahmid Zami, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Oct 22, 2024 · 10:00 pm
What the ‘India hype’ hides: Economic malaise, dysfunctional politics and a broken country
Ashoka Mody
· Oct 08, 2024 · 09:00 am
Samsung India factory workers on strike seeking pay hike, better working conditions and days off
Greeshma Kuthar, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Oct 03, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Canada: Open work permit a temporary fix that does not prevent abuse, exploitation of migrants
Kate Swanson, The Conversation Alyssa Weeks, The Conversation Elizabeth Fitting, The Conversation
· Sep 25, 2024 · 10:00 pm
The myth of overworking: Reducing workload and hours actually improves productivity, research shows
Abhilasha Chattopadhyay
· Sep 25, 2024 · 09:00 am
The ‘missing’ women of the wealthy Gulf states
Amr Saber Algarhi, The Conversation Konstantinos Lagos, The Conversation
· Sep 24, 2024 · 10:00 pm
Why women driving trains in India want other jobs
Nolina Minj
· Sep 24, 2024 · 09:00 am
10 hours on the road with diabetes and no insurance: Gig work is taking a toll on the elderly
Zuha Siddiqui, Rest of World
· Sep 22, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Three years on, e-Shram portal falters due to digital and technical hurdles
Shalaka Chauhan
· Sep 04, 2024 · 09:00 am
Gig worker crisis following reduced earnings and flexibility points to need for legal protection
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
· Sep 01, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Low salaries, courses cut short, few jobs: The dashed hopes of Skill India programme graduates
Akanksha Kumar, IndiaSpend.com
· Aug 31, 2024 · 07:30 pm
‘Tipping is a scam in New York’: Indian influencer’s post sparks debate on an American norm
Vidhi Bhutra
· Aug 23, 2024 · 03:35 pm
Why few Indian women get maternity benefits
TS Kavita Rajeshwari, IndiaSpend.com Avanindra Nath Thakur, IndiaSpend.com Manini Ojha, IndiaSpend.com
· Aug 19, 2024 · 07:30 pm
Rape, murder of Kolkata doctor highlight failure of workplace safety provisions for women
Geetisha Dasgupta
· Aug 17, 2024 · 07:30 am
Asylum seekers aren’t ‘taking’ British jobs – but giving them the right to work makes things better
Katrin Marchand, The Conversation
· Aug 12, 2024 · 10:00 pm
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