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  • ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
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    ‘We owe nothing to the state’: Why this live-in couple is taking on Uttarakhand’s Uniform Civil Code
  • Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
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    Lessons from India’s sex worker activists on surviving USAID freeze
  • A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
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    A new book recommends ways to create the best possible environment for emotional healing
  • How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
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    How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
  • Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
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    Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
  • ‘Election stunt’: Anger, confusion among Maharashtra women as Ladki Bahin payments falter
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    ‘Election stunt’: Anger, confusion among Maharashtra women as Ladki Bahin payments falter
  • Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
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    Does Arambai Tenggol’s decision to surrender arms reflect a changed reality in Manipur?
  • Fund our special project: India’s Great Education Betrayal
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    Fund our special project: India’s Great Education Betrayal
  • Rush Hour: Dhananjay Munde resigns, Samajwadi Party MLA booked for remarks about Aurangzeb and more
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    Rush Hour: Dhananjay Munde resigns, Samajwadi Party MLA booked for remarks about Aurangzeb and more
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    ‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan
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Watch: Self-defence sandals, purses and earrings designed for women to scare off attackers

Shyam Chaurasia from Varanasi district of UP haas created a safety kit.

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Sep 06, 2022 · 12:12 pm
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To help women feel safer, this Indian man created a purse and sandals that can fire blanks to scare off attackers pic.twitter.com/kEA9YqZnVm

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