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Blame it on illiteracy or more correctly on poverty. The twelve year old rag picker in Jaipur whose only concern must have been to earn enough to satisfy her hunger on day to day basis has one additional problem, her one day old...
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Sri Lankan fast bowler, Chaminda Vaas, has two grievances. And both his grievances have to do with the selectors.
Vaas was left out of the first Test...
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While former England captain, Kevin Pietersen, is going all abut town claiming England can win the Ashes on reverse swing, Brett Lee has found an unlikely supporter in...
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Much has been said about Brett Lee’s divorce, his lack of form and his injury woes. Many have already ruled out his chances on the current England tour and Ashes....
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After the nightmare of losing in humiliating fashion in the second ODI at Sabina Park, Jamaica, India climbed back with a win despite the frequent rain interruptions...
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Very few like me have a gut feeling that BJP will come back. It was a painful experience to witness rise and fall of a substitute to family-run congress. Congress which...
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The acquisition of farmland from the world’s poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size...
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By Pallab Ghosh
The 15th rail budget brought relief to general passenger with no proposed hike in passenger fares and freight rates. Many new schemes and packages were...
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Gender Arsenal is all about the uncalled for Gender War which has been initiated and is being fuelled by reasons outside the purview of this article. Gender Arsenal...
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The days are advancing in such a pace that one is bewildered with its queer and enigmatic news arriving from different ends. Human beings go astray in such a fashion...
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The Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, was disappointed that John Buchanan, Australia’s coach during the Ashes of 2005, took up a consultant role with England and the...
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The new Bangalore international airport surely looks swanky and new age however the Airport has got mixed reviews from passengers.. The biggest issue being the time it...
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Sunil Gavaskar made some poignant remarks before media persons in Mumbai. However, it sounds a little ironic given that Gavaskar has accepted an important role in the...
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Pakistan may have won the ICC World Twenty20 and restored their respect as a Test playing nation amongst the public. But they have not been able to convince other...
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The worst sides of the Indian team showed up in the first two ODIs in Jamaica. Now it is the turn of St. Lucia and team India will be hoping they fare better.
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A descendant of India’s last Mughal emperor has been rescued from a life of penury in Calcutta by getting a job with the state-run Coal India.
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She must be in her early twenties,but she has suffered tremendously in her young age.Manisha,was gang-raped by six ,those who were her teachers,and what is more...
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The Madras High Court Judge R Reghupati revelation has sent ripples in the Indian political scenario.He has accused a Union minister of threatening him.The whole...
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Well, guys males have all rights to puff anywhere they want but females are not allowed for same. Don’t get shocked reading this, its strange but true, this incident...
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In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gays and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized...
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At least in Bengal the ray classic shatranj ke khiladi is being enacted in real life at the cost of public at large. Ms Mamta Banerjee is taking her role as opposition...
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Why would a 30-plus year-old man be interested in an 8-year-old girl? What could he possibly find in common with a child of that age, a pre-pubescent who has yet to...
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It happens only in India. Two minor girls aged 7 were married to two frogs from the village pond during the Harvest Festival - Pongal in a remote village in Tamil...
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As per the Bureau report, The Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al-Shiekh, the most powerful and senior cleric of Saudi Arabia said, the marriage of 10 year old girls is justified...
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This is the story of Nujood Mohammad Ali, a Yemini child bride who was married against her wish, through arranged marriage to a man three times her age has been honored...
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Across the Middle East, marriage is seen as a rite of passage to adulthood, and, for women particularly, is still viewed as the gateway to independence, financial...
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Since most of us enjoy a city life and come from sound educated backgrounds, we rarely get to visualize the advantages of such backings as compared to a villager or...
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The average marrying age of Yemeni females is 12 to 13. They are pulled out of school, end up illiterate, forced to have children before their bodies are ready, and...
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A 13-year-old girl is revolting against a hoary tradition that has crushed many a childhood in Rajasthan - child marriage.
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A Yemeni judge dissolved the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man nearly four times her age, and the girl’s lawyer said Wednesday that the court also ordered...
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Northern highlands of Ethiopia are still drenched into the age-old custom of child marriage. Despite international agreements and national laws, marriage of young girls...
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Child marriage is banned in India but the story is different on the implementation level. Now, the government of India has taken strong step to tighten laws against...
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India is a home to 19 percent of world’s children. The country is a story of stark contrasts and striking disparities as illustrated in a study of 43 focal...
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Child marriage is not a new trend and is prevalent in Afghanistan since long. Not only this, child marriages here are even warranted in some versions of Islamic texts...
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Despite a host of legal provisions, child marriage is still in vogue in many parts of South Asia.
This illegal practice results in heath problems, early pregnancy,...
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Bangladesh is facing many problems while trying to counter the growing health hazards such as HIV. Other social issues like child marriage, women empowerment and the...
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Marriage below the age of 18 for girls and 21 for boys is illegal in India under the Child Marriage Prevention Act of 1929.
Oops, but this thought is still embedded in...
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Meenati Gagrai, a 14 year old tribal girl from Orissa who fought a lone battle against child marriage will be receiving the National Bravery Award on Republic...
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A research conducted by the US Department of State has revealed that though Afghan women are excelling in every field after the fall of the Taliban, yet child marriages...
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Child marriage in the village Daquf,located in Egypt,is a part of cultural practise. Young girls in this village are forced to marry at a tender age, as early a seven....
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