[ad_1] The distribution of polluted air across the country is so uneven it surpasses even our world famous economic and social inequalities. Illustration by Sreejith R. Kumar India is a world champion in air pollution. Every year, in the Winter Olympics, Indian cities, led by our national capital, win gold medals in multiple pollutant categories. […]
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[ad_1] A young woman named Haneefa lived in Phuphee’s village. She was a gentle mannered girl who excelled at everything she did. After she started working as a teacher in the local school, a marriage was organised. The groom, too, was a teacher and lived in the same village. Her marriage took place on a […]
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[ad_1] A woman named Masarat lived in Phuphee’s village. She wasn’t originally from there, but had married the local school master. I must have been around nine or 10 when she came to the village as a young bride. I remember she gave me a handful of nuts when I went to see her with […]
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[ad_1] Sometimes in life, you witness events that you are not physically a part of, but they change you in ways that you are no longer who you were before | Photo Credit: Illustration: Zainab Tambawalla In a conflict torn place called Kashmir, a village rests quietly amidst the mountains, the dense forests and the […]
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[ad_1] It is a warm July morning. We have a few days off school, and I have been sent to Phuphee’s house. When I stay with her, she always lets me sleep next to her because she knows I am terrified of sleeping on my own. Phuphee’s room has two sets of windows, both on […]
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[ad_1] Clockwise from top: Jonah Lehrer, Virat Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, J.K. Rowling, the Dalai Lama, and Jon Ronson’s book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed A couple of weeks ago, the internet burst into frenzied outrage because of a video clip that had gone viral. It showed the Dalai Lama, seated in front of a large […]
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[ad_1] For as long as I had known Phuphee, nothing got under her skin as much as the fact that she had been unable to continue her education after sixth grade — but when her grandfather died there was simply no money. This explained why she came down on me like a ton of bricks […]
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[ad_1] Problems needn’t always be tackled with force; a little common sense can go a long way [ad_2] Source link
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[ad_1] “Sometimes it is harder to grieve for those whom we have not loved because, for some strange reason, we feel that having loved deeply equals to being allowed to grieve deeply.” | Photo Credit: Illustration by Priya Sebastian Aunty Nusrat wasn’t someone I spent a lot of time with. I met her, or rather […]
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