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A Pervert Flashed These Influencers During a Live Chat, Here’s Their Fight...
Opening your Instagram DMs (direct messages) every morning might not consist of an unsolicited ‘dick pic’, but that is the case for many. Even more unnerving is the unabashed and irreverent behaviour...
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I Begged on Trains & Bought My First Camera: Transgender Photojournalist...
Her connection to Mumbai local trains is so innate, one that has seen her through the vicissitudes of life. She started her journey as a beggar, mostly in the ladies compartment, circumventing the...
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Once Forced Out Of Schools, He Helped India Get A Pathbreaking Act For The...
Arman Ali was advised to start going to the gym to maintain his health in 2011. He chose a centre in Guwahati under the impression that he could access it independently in a wheelchair without...
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“I Was in Awe of Mom’s Reaction”: Sushant Divgikar Shares Moving Story of...
‘Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body,’ wrote Elizabeth Stone. As a parent to two boys, there are several...
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Bengal’s ‘Jhansi Rani’: Indian Railways Broke Tradition To Honour this...
It’s interesting how almost every city and town in India and many abroad, have a road named after Mahatma Gandhi. There are more than 60 roads named after him in India alone. The practise of naming a...
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‘My Mother Said She Wished I Was Dead’: 50-YO Author’s Coming Out Story...
For Raga Olga D’Silva, ‘50’ is a special number. “I’ve decided to be 50 for the rest of my life,” she laughs. “It’s a very significant age. This is when I decided that enough was enough.” In 2019, Raga...
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Apartment’s Maintenance Fees Unfairly High or Being Misused? 7 Rules You...
At the time of buying an apartment one ascertains the cost of the house and details regarding the registration amount and process. However, do we also check the maintenance amount? The maintenance...
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Abused & Close to Suicide, Dance Saved Padma Shri Awardee Manjamma Jogati’s Life
As Manjamma Jogati was presented with the Padma Shri Award on 9 November by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, she thanked him with a unique and elegant gesture. When her name was...
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Overcoming Grief & Abuse, Burn Victim Helps 100s Others With Free Plastic...
Everyone thought Neehaari Mandali’s life was over when she attempted suicide by setting herself on fire. Not many around her acknowledged the abuse the then 20-year-old had faced from her husband’s...
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She Quit Her Thriving Career In Aviation To Help Hundreds Of Rape Victims Get...
In the 14 years since she has taken up social work and activism, Yogita Bhayana, a well-known name in the field of women rights, has seen many incidents that have left her appalled at the state of...
View ArticleOnce a Ragpicker and a Drug Addict, He Now Educates and Feeds Over 800 Slum Kids
When Dev Pratap ran away from his home at the age of 11, he was clueless about what would happen next. But after an eventful life on the streets of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, he knew he was destined to...
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‘Wasn’t A Phase’: Trans Body Builder On Battling Depression To Opening A...
Aryan Pasha (29) was only six years old when he first insisted he wouldn’t wear a girl’s uniform anymore, so much so that his father had him transferred to another school. The new management didn’t...
View Article1st Indian to Win Miss Trans Global Title, Sruthy Sithara was Once Ridiculed...
Sruthy Sithara has made India proud by winning the title of Ms Trans Global Universe 2021. The 25-year-old Kerala native is the first Indian to hold this title, held during an online event. “Miss Trans...
View ArticleA Life Of ‘Double Stigma’: Trans Woman Fights HIV, Violence To Empower Her...
From being ridiculed in her childhood for wearing her mother’s saris, to being forced into sex work and abused by a family member, Amruta Alpesh Soni’s (38) journey has been replete of hardships. Yet,...
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1st Girl To Go To College From Village, 25-YO Beats Odds To Help Every Girl...
This article has been published in partnership with Breakthrough India. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence is an annual international campaign held from 25 November till 10...
View ArticleeDaakhil: How To File Consumer Complaints From Home, Get Relief Within 100 Days
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) on 7 September last year launched the facility of electronic filing of consumer complaints and their digital payments, through its online...
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Undaunted by Rape & Abuse, Trans Woman Spends 26 Years Helping Others
Trigger warning: Mentions of rape, abuse, homophobia Growing up, Abhina Aher was a great admirer of her mother’s dance skills. Her expressions, movements, and the grace with which she performed would...
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65000 Sex Workers Advocate For Rights Like Never Before, Thanks To One Heroic...
For many years, as all of West Bengal erupted in the annual celebration of Durga Puja, one community was notably left out — sex workers, even though pujo is incomplete without collecting a mound of...
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Did You Know About Odisha’s Trans Person Policy & Its Efforts for an...
Odisha was one of the first states in India to implement social welfare measures like food security, free housing, etc. for the transgender community. Following the same spirit, it is now seeking to...
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‘We Did It Our Way’: Telangana’s First Gay Married Couple Speak on Love, Life...
Quintessential big fat Indian weddings entail all the usual — one year of planning, gruelling long discussions over flowers, cake and venues, and searching in vain for a consensus on the perfect date....
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‘Go Ahead & Love’: Why a Lawyer Dedicated 20 Years to Unite 200 Inter-Caste...
In 2003, when Se Gunasekar was working as an auditor, the news of a gruesome honour killing was sweeping the nation. In a village in Virudhachalam, a town in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district, a young...
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Abandoned by Parents, Transwoman Sold Jewellery to Make a Home for Orphans &...
“I belong to a reputed family. My father works in the police department. But when I disclosed my sexual identity to my parents, I was thrown out of my house,” says Nakshatra, who identifies as a trans...
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‘Carrying on My Father’s Dream’: The Man Behind A Quaint Café Run by Trans...
In an overcrowded metropolis like Mumbai, to think that a mere 500-sq-ft space is trying to ‘change your outdated perception’ is quite a stretch. But as you pass through several bylanes to find the...
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‘From Hating My Mom to Learning How She Saved my Life’: Rescued Sex Worker’s...
Trigger Warning: Mentions of rape, sexual and physical abuse. *All identities in the story have been kept anonymous. It was a regular morning in October 2014. I was getting ready to go to school with...
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‘At 5, I Saw My Mom Being Pressured to Abort’: 23-YO on Fighting Female...
“Our relatives thought having two girls in the house would mean that my father would need to turn into a bodyguard.” While this is the thought that most Indian homes have about the birth of a girl...
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‘I’d Never Seen Anyone Like Him Before’: Drag Artist’s Spouse Shares Their...
The first thing that Raji noticed about Patruni was the way he danced. “I was truly mesmerised,” the 25-year-old, a resident of Hyderabad, recalls in a conversation with The Better India. “It began...
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‘I Am Demisexual; Here’s What It Means’: Non-Binary Person on Navigating...
Kerala-based Reshma Anil Kumar first began reckoning with their identity during their undergraduate degree, when they developed feelings for their best friend. “I was confused and started doubting...
View ArticleR Madhavan’s Rocketry: The Real Story of ISRO Engineer Nambi Narayanan
Actor R Madhavan’s directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is all set for release on 1 July 2022. Madhavan plays the title character, based on the life of an aerospace engineer at the Indian Space...
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Becoming ‘Beyonce’: Inside the Secret Life of a Drag Queen Leading a Dual Life
“Like Kamal Hassan in the movie Chachi 420 — or Avvai Shanmugi — I feel like I’m living a dual life as well,” says Beyonce, a drag queen living in Bengaluru. Needless to say, Beyonce is not her real...
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I Recreated Ravi Varma’s Paintings With Trans Models to Disrupt Beauty Standards
For some, art is mere entertainment. For Kollam-born photographer Sharun S, it is a way of demolishing age-old stereotypes and beauty standards. His most recent photoshoot is a testament to that. He...
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Transferred Money Into a Wrong Bank Account? Here’s How to Get It Back
Digital payments have undoubtedly made shopping easier. One is able to transfer and receive money at the click of a button. However, with this ease comes a fear of making a wrong payment. Have you ever...
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A Feminist Icon Who Spent Decades Educating Thousands of Girls in Mumbai’s Slums
In September 1980, in the aftermath of the Mathura Rape Case, four law professors penned an open letter to the Supreme Court to protest how it viewed consent. The court had acquitted two policemen who...
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‘Biryani Breaks Barriers’: 68-YO Wedding Caterer & Grandma to an Army of...
The aroma of the delicious mutton biryani enticed the guests who had gathered for Joseph’s daughter’s wedding in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. One of them enquired which catering service was managing the...
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How Three Friends Prevented 7.5 Lakh Plastic Milk Packets From Entering...
A viral social media post inspired three women — Kunti Oza, Hansu Pardiwala, and Chitra Hiremath — to save 7.5 lakh plastic milk packets from going into landfills and polluting the planet. The post...
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This Kerala Doctor Refused to Submit ‘Fake’ Reports Covering Up Custodial...
In 2018, Dr K Prathibha was working in the Kannur district hospital when a set of policemen arrived for the medical screening test of a convict. During the test, the officers wanted her to cover up a...
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Seeing My Cousins Suffer as Child Brides Pushed me to Help 6,500 Women Escape...
Trigger warning: This story contains mentions of abuse, domestic violence At the age of 17, Sultana was married off to Mohammed Sayeeduddin, who was almost 15 years older than her. From the time she...
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Noida’s Twin Towers: How A Group of Senior Citizens Led to India’s Biggest...
The 32-storey Supertech twin towers in Noida came crashing down on Sunday. The razing down of these two towers – Apex and Ceyanne, were due to the dogged pursuit of justice by a group of majorly...
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Abandoned by Parents, Kerala Hero Opens His Heart & Home to the Elderly,...
Unlike the kids who wished for toys and more play time growing up, all young Rajesh Thiruvalla desired was a peaceful home and a loving family. His father had abandoned him and his mother at an age he...
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With 1 Simple Step Every Sunday, 87-YO Has Saved 20 Million Litres of Water...
A newspaper report in 2007 shook Aabid Surti to take action. The report stated that for every drop of water that fell per second from a leaking tap, 1000 litres went down the drain per month. That’s...
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The Couple Behind ‘Trial by Fire’ & Their Long Battle for Justice After...
Justice delayed is justice denied. This famous legal maxim encapsulates the story of Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, who spent over two decades seeking justice after they lost their children...
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How To Be an Ally to the Queer Community? Hear What They Have To Say
This article has been sponsored by Absolut Glassware. It has been around five years since same-sex relationships were decriminalised in India, but has that meant true acceptance and inclusion of the...
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“We Are Fighting To Get Same-Sex Marriage Legalised in India”: A Couple’s...
The year was 2008. It was a hectic semester, and the last thing Utkarsh Saxena (34) expected was to meet the love of his life. Utkarsh was then a third-year undergraduate student at Hansraj College in...
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How a ‘Twitter Warrior’ Uses Social Media to Help Villagers Get Pension,...
Upendra Mahanand begins his day by setting out on his motorcycle to cover at least 4-5 villages in the Rengali block limit. On his way, he notes down grievances of residents, checks their...
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Jailed at 13 by British, a Gandhian Transformed Rural MP & Helped 654 Dacoits...
On 9 August 1942, Indians across the nation embarked on the Quit India movement led by Mahatma Gandhi. In Bangalore (Bengaluru), a 13-year-old Salem Nanjundaiah (SN) Subba Rao and his classmates at a...
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‘They Had No Idea How Gay People Exist’: Queer Comedian Breaks Barriers in...
Navin Noronha, a 31-year-old stand-up comic and podcaster from Mumbai, was 14 when he knew he was queer (gay). But he was also raised as a staunch Catholic. “I tried to first do away with that...
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‘We Are Changing How Indian Villages See Queer Folks Like Us’
Growing up queer in a small town in India is no piece of cake, as Shashank (36), a queer trans person from Himachal Pradesh, discovered early on in life. The vibrancy of the pride parades, the...
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India’s Inspiring Fight Against Drought in 330 Villages That Once Needed...
It was in the aftermath of the drought in the state of Maharashtra during 2013-2016, the worst to hit in 40 years, that a fundamental shift took place in the mind of Nutan Upendra Desai aka Nutanben,...
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‘I’m Gay & I Don’t Want a Fake Life’: The Man Making Manipur Safer for LGBTQ...
For Sadam Hanjabam, the founder of Ya_All — an Imphal-based non-profit organisation and the first-of-its-kind queer-youth-led and focused registered network based in the Northeast — the process of...
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In Assam, This Transwoman’s Free Libraries Are Changing How Villages See...
When many of us reminisce about our childhoods, especially our teenage years, we often recall fond memories filled with friends and family. However, as life progresses, the challenge of recreating...
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‘Beyond Pride Month’: An 18-YO is On a Mission to Help Trans Persons Revive...
For many residents living near VIP Road, Zirakpur, Punjab, a usual way to celebrate the end of the work day is a fiesta at a food truck run by Dhananjay Chauhan (she/her). But, this isn’t the first...
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