About 100 workers die every year while entering the confined space at high temperatures, with slippery walls and floor, and toxic gases.
...Full StoryThe debate needs to shift to women abandoned by husbands, without a legal divorce, among all religious communities.
...Full StoryThe footage shows the hotel's security manager pulling the woman employee's sari.
...Full StoryThe case has stirred a positive discussion, mainly galvanised by her strong stand.
...Full StoryAs a society we are becoming too conscious about who we share our public spaces with.
...Full StoryBut of course Mr Devendra Fadnavis, all the rest can wait for they are not priorities.
...Full StoryTo profile the attacking mob on the basis of age, religion, political affiliation shifts the focus from the bigger problem.
...Full StoryIt is an insult to the average Hindustani who can go to office everyday and still be unproductive.
...Full StoryAs education and financial security increase, and religion continues to be a point of conflict, more citizens may take pride in mentioning 'no religion' as their religion.
...Full StoryThe available crime data shows all kinds of trends.
...Full StoryThe fact that air pollution has reached this point despite repeated alarms by activists points to the lack of political will.
...Full StoryIn the absence of an aggressive prevention strategy, we will probably be staring at the same situation next year.
...Full StoryThe Pleasure Principle explores the emotional landscape, with physicality a part of it.
...Full StoryThis could be the beginning of rewriting various rules that deny half the population their right to fair treatment.
...Full StoryFight at your own risk.
...Full StoryBe it the National Herald case, or Vadra's land deals, Congress could have handled it gracefully by fighting it out legally.
...Full StoryCommuting to work in a private vehicle is also about the assurance of being safe.
...Full StoryThe audience needs to see the new dimension to their relationship.
...Full StoryIn Bihar, the BJP was at least in the race to the throne, but Uttar Pradesh may not be so merciful.
...Full StoryA PM who tweets about smallest of the things should know about the importance of the right timing.
...Full StoryHow can a two-day-old rumour make people turn their back on the family which was one of them for years?
...Full StoryThe idealist hero doesn't evoke emotions any more.
...Full StoryIf it weren't for the three-year-old Syrian boy Alyan Kurdi, the world wouldn't have woken up to the plight of refugees.
...Full StoryThe murder, irrespective of whether the details in the press are correct or not, calls for a thorough investigation.
...Full StoryEven if we were to assume that there won't be any decline further, it will take more than two and half centuries for Muslims to outnumber Hindus.
...Full StoryThe fact that it can even be categorised as work - as recently done by a government job portal - should offend any civilised society.
...Full StoryWouldn't it be more logical to talk about their performance-linked increment over a fixed amount and facilities?
...Full StoryPreparing a marriage pitch for a daughter who is not fair, not 'homely', doesn't cook food is an uphill task.
...Full StoryNot much information is available on concrete efforts taken towards cleaning the holy river in the last one year of the BJP government.
...Full StoryHindu radicals use religion-related population projections to claim that Muslims are on a mission to take over India. Here is what they are hiding from us.
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