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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...
View ArticleAbused & 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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28-YO Turned 30,000 Kg Waste Cloth Into Usable Products & Helped 40 Women Earn
In 2012, when Sanju Soman started an NGO named SARSAS (Save A Rupee Spread a Smile) in Thiruvananthapuram, which aimed at encouraging charity and social work in youngsters, he never thought that it...
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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...
View ArticleDid 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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