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Female-friendly travel
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 27/01/2020
» Ask blogger Chittra M about the kinds of difficulties she faces while travelling alone around India and she will tell you about an experience she had in Nagpur in 2018.
Indian states sweeten offers to cure rural doctor shortage
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/03/2019
» Dr Kapil Annaldewar walked away from his government job last October, 18 months before the end of his mandatory five-year term.
Hindu women pursue equality in matters of death
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 01/10/2018
» When Namita Bhattacharya Kaul, the foster daughter of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lit his funeral pyre in Delhi in August, she sent a message to Indians at large and Hindu society in particular.
Women on the march
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 18/12/2017
» Priyanka Jagwan believes she is on the verge of realising a major dream early next year, to become one of the first women to enter the Indian army as a combat soldier.
Never too old to learn
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 13/03/2017
» Jnabai, 85, loves doing what her youngest grandchild was doing around a decade ago -- learning the alphabet of her Marathi language by repeating the letters as the teacher reads them out.
Grappling with success
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/03/2017
» Two wildly popular Hindi films have given a huge lift to wrestling, particularly women’s wrestling, with families from across India sending prospective young stars to train in Haryana and Delhi, considered hotbeds of the sport.
Cash for coupling
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/07/2016
» Marriages are made in heaven and there is someone special for everyone. So they say.
India cracks down on abuse of matchmaking websites
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/06/2016
» A young man meets a young woman on a matrimonial website. He wins her confidence online and, after promising marriage, asks her to deposit money in his bank account to meet an unspecified "emergency". Another man meets a woman through a matchmaking site, invites her to his home and rapes her.
Making the switch
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 16/11/2015
» When Rosy Mica Kellet, born Michael Kellet, wrote to clinics in New Delhi and Bangkok three months ago, she was not sure which one to pick for the surgery that would transform her into a complete woman.