Delhi’s stepwells are just shadows of their former selves, neglected and forlorn, lacking maintenance Centuries ago, when the country was witnessing the building and breaking down of empires and kingdoms, the soon-to-be capital city was home to another type of construction that to this day, is still intact. Stepwells, or baolis were part of temples […]

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Revealing all about one’s sexual escapades is not necessarily a step forward in emancipation, as this new confessional account shows “My purity cannot be decided on the standards of society. My purity is to my own self, my own parameters.” Red Lipstick: The Men in my Life is Laxmi Narayan Tripathy’s second book. Her first […]

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Indian schools still shy away from introducing sex education in their curriculum but the need for it has always been stressed by the education authorities India has been at the forefront in terms of teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. With 16 million teenagers getting pregnant between the ages of 15 and 19 years, and […]

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In India, where sex and sexuality are such hush-hush subjects that parents hardly ever discuss it with their children, many teenagers tend to develop a skewed understanding of it. Here is a look into how most Indian teens learn about sexual intercourse It is no secret that the list of things we cannot talk about […]

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This is a name that has been spotted at some of the most star-studded events in India, most recently at Isha Ambani’s wedding. Kuremal Mohanlal Kulfiwale have catered for big Bollywood names like Amitabh Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor. The business of Kuremal’s has been handed down through generations in the family. Even though the brand […]

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Meet the teenage prodigy whose most recent invention is a device that will enable hearing impaired individuals to communicate with others without sign language A 17-year-old boy with a nearly non-existent social media presence. Find that hard to believe? Well, Madhav Lavakare, a teenaged inventor with a keen interest in music, will smash all the […]

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A report titled ‘Missing Children in Delhi’, stated that 26,761 children have gone missing in Delhi in the last five years. Of these, only 9,727 could be traced. Here, narrating their ordeal, are parents who have still not found their children “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.” […]

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The three-day Comic Con event last week was a big hit among Delhiites. A special guest was Vladimir Furdik, who plays Night King on Game of Thrones The very entrance to the large gates read “SUPERHEROES ENTER HERE” and “SUPERVILLAINS ENTER HERE” and the walkway was adorned with a large blow-up figure of a minion. […]

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