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    ‘I write novels of ideas, but the ideas have to be lived by characters’: Author Sanjena Sathian

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    From the memoir: Industrialist Subroto Bagchi examines India’s attitude towards blue-collar jobs

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    A new book tells beginners how to invest directly in stocks (instead of mutual fund schemes)

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    What a 1944 tally of foreigners revealed about wartime India

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    Bengali migrant worker forced into Bangladesh at gunpoint, alleges family

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    Why US court rejected Hindu group’s claims that caste discrimination cases violate religious freedom

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    India’s bulldozer demolitions are being fuelled by political silence

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    ‘Mandala Murders’ review: Gruesome shocks and a decent police procedural

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    ‘Saiyaara’ is a surprise blockbuster only for those who weren’t watching closely

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Watch: This petrol pump in Chennai is operated entirely by female inmates of Puzhal prison

Thirty women still serving their terms in the Puzhal jail have been selected to run the outlet under the state prisons department’s rehabilitation programme.

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Aug 11, 2023 · 01:11 pm
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Freedom Filling Station - India’s first petrol retail outlet fully managed by women convicts inaugurated in #Chennai #TamilNadu 30 women inmates of #Puzhal prison employed, will get Rs 6000 each as monthly salary. Initiative of TN Prison Dept pic.twitter.com/CxDwGiz9z0

— Vijay Kumar S (@vijaythehindu) August 10, 2023

India's first petrol bunk which is being operated by women convicts commenced its services near Central Prison, Puzhal in Chennai. @THChennai pic.twitter.com/QInasaD88h

— R SIVARAMAN (@SIVARAMAN74) August 10, 2023

Thread (2/2)#MinisterReghupathy #FreedomFillingStation #inaguration #womenconvicts #womenprisoners #puzhaljail #Chennai pic.twitter.com/5S2S9d3EPb

— DT Next (@dt_next) August 10, 2023
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