No Begging for Merit
May 25: When Nagarathna, a beggar girl from Mysore, was preparing for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Class X) …
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A school for budding politicians
August 1: The ‘Netagiri Vidyalaya’ (Leadership School) in Ranchi gives the impression of being one of those …
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Places That Care
How many of us have ever given even a fleeting thought to the inconvenience faced by disabled people in the public spaces in our …
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It's Hi Harry, Bye Hardy Boys
August 1: On July 31, as an army of children and adults got ready to “celebrate” Harry Potter’s birthday, there …
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Starving in the Midst of Plenty
May 19: People in the rural areas of six states of India – Orissa, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhatisgarh and …
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Advertisement for Dogs
Advertisement for Dogs [Illustration by Shiju George] If you are selling a dog’s product, who should you ask to buy it – …
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Precious Boats
July 27: Grooms in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district are singing a different tune these days. They are no more asking for …
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Young girl's earth-shaking courage
There is a ray of hope for quake hit-Gujarat. All it needs to do is listen to a 12-year-old girl, Prutha Desai. She might be small …
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Testing Times for Indian Sports
August 6: It was the sort of news that makes everyone sit up and take notice. No wonder the Indian newspapers have been full of …
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A Battle Well Fought
June 2: In the war against AIDS, they don’t come any tougher than Xolani Nkosi, better known as Nkosi Johnson since his …
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The 'English Pinch' in Bangladesh
What would you say if you saw a restaurant billboard saying “You be in our guest and please like any menu from arrangement …
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Tattoos that Talk
Where: St. Petersbug, RUssia May 19, 2001: For more than 50 years Danzig Baldayev had been studying a unique mode of communication …
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