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WHO’s first chief scientist talks about her journey, interest in TB and her father MS Swaminathan
Soumya Swaminathan and her colleagues were among the first to scale up the use of molecular diagnostics for TB surveillance.
Papiya Bhattacharya
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Mattel’s Rosa Parks Barbie doll peddles a simplistic version of history
Mattel’s description of Parks’s life after 1955 reflects a widespread habit of presenting the Civil Rights Movement as having a successful mid-1960s endpoint.
David Ballantyne, The Conversation
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With their bravery at Peterloo massacre, British women changed English politics forever
In 1819, a peaceful rally for political reform in Manchester turned violent after police attacked protestors, especially women, with truncheons and sabres.
Robert Poole, The Conversation
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Bharat Jodo Yatra is ending. What do voters think about it?
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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Fiction: A courtesan renounces pleasure and embraces Buddhism after she is betrayed by the world
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Yes, India’s Constitution has been hijacked – but not by the Supreme Court
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The woman who defied market traditions and men’s opposition to create Barbie
In the 60th anniversary year of the world’s most famous doll, a look back at the journey of its creator, Ruth Handler.
Bertrand Venard, The Conversation
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Queens, poets, academics, mystics: A calendar celebrates 12 inspirational women of Kashmir
The Kashmiri Women’s Design Collective pays tribute to the women who have impacted their lives.
Onaiza Drabu
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Shamed and sidelined for too long, plus-size women in Pakistan are now speaking up
Fashion bloggers and celebrities in Pakistan are embracing their curves and putting haters to shame.
Annam Lodhi
Video
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Caught on camera: Thieves remove entire ATM in Ajmer, Rajasthan
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Watch: How a Great Dane dog and an orphaned kitten formed an unlikely bond
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Watch: From France to Australia, fans embrace the ‘Pathaan’ craze by singing and dancing in theatres
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Watch: From upside down to inside out, models walk the ramp wearing gowns in strange ways
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Watch: Comedian Jamie Lever’s hilarious take on how Bollywood actors put their children to bed
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Uproar over Malala’s jeans: For Pakistan, women’s autonomy is a threat to national integrity
Pakistanis use women as easy targets to vent cultural anxiety, be it Mahira Khan smoking or Malala wearing Western clothes.
Zoya Rehman
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Maryam Mirzakhani’s success showed us the challenges women in maths still face
It took 80 years for a woman to be awarded the highest prize in mathematics, the Fields Medal.
Vicky Neale, The Conversation
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Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win Fields Medal in mathematics, dies of cancer
The Iranian had breast cancer.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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The first woman to run the Boston Marathon does it again 50 years later
Kathrine Switzer, 70, completed the run just a few minutes slower than she did in 1967.
Scroll Staff
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The 19th-century women doctors of India whose pioneering work has been forgotten by history
Charlotte Ellaby and her peers changed the rules, when women were only considered fit to be nurses or midwives.
Anu Kumar
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Why even a great writer like Adichie should not be an expert on everything
Why do we expect a writer to have a position on everything under the sun?
Hani Yousuf
The Field
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FA Cup: Nathan Ake’s goal helps Manchester City beat Arsenal in marker for Premier League title race
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India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I: All-round show from Mitchell Santner and Co ensures 21-run victory
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Hockey World Cup: Germany complete another epic comeback to stun Australia, set up final vs Belgium
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: India, England set up exciting final clash in inaugural edition
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Watch, IND v NZ: Washington Sundar’s stunning diving return catch to dismiss Mark Chapman in Ranchi