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Emma Watson Spotlights Efforts To End Child Marriage In Malawi

Thanks to growing implementation of a law passed last year, child marriage may soon be a relic of Malawi’s past, and on the eve of the International Day of the Girl Chil...

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What We Learned About The Global Burden Of Disease?

Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, observed that knowledge is power and information is liberating. Indeed, the collection, analysis and disseminat...

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TBI Blogs: One Woman Single-Handedly Brought An Entire District Back On Its Feet After The Manipur Floods

Even thinking about the lashing rains, followed by massive landslides, road cave-ins, a bridge collapse, and hundreds of crumbling homes, brings chilling fear back to her bone...

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Why Women’s Empowerment Must Start With Land Rights

Property and citizenship are in many ways what define us, and they interact in fascinating ways.To understand how property ownership strengthens people’s ability to enjo...

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Seeing Earth From Space Is The Key To Saving Our Species From Itself

When Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth in April 1961, he carried centuries of hopes and dreams into space with him. Visionaries had long struggled to pict...

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Elon Musk Hits Back At Coal Baron Who Called Him A 'Fraud' Over Green Subsidies

Tesla founder Elon Musk has hit back against the CEO of a coal power company who accused him of fraud.Robert Murray, an outspoken Donald Trump supporter and the CEO of the Mur...

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Love Wins At Seattle South Asian Film Festival

The 11th annual Seattle South Asian Film Festival begins Friday, Oct. 14, with a special focus on Bangladeshi cinema.The 10-day festival — whose theme is “love win...

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Fighting Gender Violence: Acid Attack Survivors Get A Graphic Novel

In a society where rape and acid attack survivors are often alienated, it’s pivotal to create awareness and understanding among people. The graphic novel, Priya’s ...

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Mira Nair To Donate 'Queen Of Katwe' Money To Mumbai Street Children

When Mira Nair's 'Salaam¬ Bombay' released in 1988, the proceeds from the film was used to establish a trust to cater to the needs of street children. With Nair's 'Queen o...

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Meet The 23-Year-Old Who Has Trained More Than 300 Rural Children In Using The Personal Computer

Kainat Ansari first learnt to operate a PC when she was in Class 6. Now, in less than two years, she has introduced the PC to more than 300 children in rural India, enabling t...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: LEGACY, VISION, ART, AND NATION

This article by filmmaker Sharad Raj celebrates Jawahar Lal Nehru’s 126th birth an...

November 14 2025

RETROSCOPE: CELEBRATING THE LEGEND DARA SINGH

On his upcoming 97th birth anniversary, 19th November 2025, Monojit Lahiri revisits the ...

November 13 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: GHATAK, JUNG, BRECHT & PARTITION

In this profound essay, writer and filmmaker Sharad Raj explores how Ritwik Ghatak merge...

November 12 2025