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For Jamaluddin, perpetuating his father’s kite flying legacy is a passion, but he has his own dream — to popularise it as a sport that would lure the younger generation into wide open spaces When he was a child, he used to watch intently while his father flew kites. For Syed Mohiuddin alias Bhai Mian, […]
[…]Extract from ‘The Red Flower’s Blue Petal’, a story in The Other anthology Ramola reached home buzzed by the amount of coffee she had drunk that evening. She shared a flat with Sanjay, a childhood friend from Jaunpur, her hometown, and to all and sundry he was her ‘brother’. He was really like a brother […]
[…]Winning medals is a joint effort between the player and the coach, who develop a very close relationship. success hinges on a perfect partnership where the goal is the only obsession for months before a competition The Commonwealth Games 2018 has been the most successful tournament in terms of medals for the Indian contingent. With […]
[…]The 2017 Chameli Devi Jain award-winner speaks about her journalistic experiences, changes in newsrooms and more On March 4, Uma Sudhir, NDTV’s executive editor, was declared the winner of the prestigious Chameli Devi Jain award for 2017. Sudhir was recognised for a body of work spanning nearly three decades and covering topics ranging from politics, children, […]
[…]The articulation of male and female emotions about their father, in the backdrop of a patriarchal society, has been well captured in poetry by some English poets I remember reading two poems for my English Literature paper in my high school years; “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas and “Breaking […]
[…]An interview with Sridhar Rangayan, founder-director of Mumbai’s Kashish International Queer Film Festival, who is giving the LGBTQ community space on the screen Not everyone possesses the courage to stand up for what is right. Sridhar Rangayan is one of those rare souls who was brave enough to break free. National Award winning filmmaker, activist, […]
[…]Students at three National Law Universities have reported cases of sexual harassment. How the administration deals with these cases will teach them an early lesson about the effectiveness of laws Students of more than three National Law Universities (NLUs) have complained about sexual harassment either by the staff or fellow students in the past 18 […]
[…]The central government is trying to prevent the potential misuse of stem cell therapy by amending the Drugs and Cosmetics Act Since Dolly the sheep was cloned from an adult somatic cell in 1996, experiments using stem cell therapies and products to treat diseases have grown exponentially. But with great hope comes an equally great […]
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