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The first time Tadu Gelana’s mother suggested she get married, Tadu thought she was kidding. Only 14 years old, Tadu had not yet finished school or had her first menstruation cycle. Tadu laughed at the suggestion. The second time her mother mentioned...
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The waning of popularity of the Left Front during the recent concluded bypolls amongst the masses of West Bengal is truly a matter of national debate. Their electoral...
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India on Tuesday (November 10, 2009) snapped back at China for mocking at India by repeatedly saying that India had not learnt its lesson from the 1962 war. India’s...
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Bollywood’s famous actress Dimple Kapadia’s younger sister Simple Kapadia has died at age 50. Simple died in a hospital in Mumbai as she lost her three-year long...
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Don’t laugh — this is serious money!
Who denies that city guys are smart? Who says that the term city slickers is not correct? In recent years two stories of...
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Himalayan Glaciers are not melting as been said by the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and VK Raina who is the India’s senior most glaciologist, states that the...
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Remember the warning issued by the MNS chief Raj Thakeray about using only Marathi language for interaction and especially for taking oath and the unsavoury episode...
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Even though we have celebrated over 60 independence days as a democratic nation it has become imperative to address some of the key elements of ‘Democracy’...
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The poor little rich boy, who had everything, so much so that he never had to hear the word “no”. any demand made by him whether good or bad was fulfilled...
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Kidnap of 2 CRPF sweepers has given another twist to the hide and seeks game state and ultras are playing. Right now ultras are having the upper hand. Having rescued...
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What’s missing in India?
There is a factory in Jharkand that is coming up with Chinese collaboration. What is sad about this project is that thousands of semi and...
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I am myself a great fan of traveling. I enjoy visiting beautiful places and collecting those cherished memories in my heart. Given a chance I would love to travel every...
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Teachers are next to parents, they give us the best gift of knowledge which lasts lifelong. We look at them as our role models. I am sure everyone of us has some memory...
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The message Maoists have given by ambushing jawans in the market place just outside their camp shows that they are not going to give up the violence.
I think we have...
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What happened yesterday is a shameful deed in politics. It was such a big drama that dramatically done by MNC leaders at the political stage of Maharashtra assembly....
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I confess I have never set my foot on Kashmir or have travelled north to Delhi. But I wonder why it has become the most dangerous place in this part of the world....
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We Indians are having the weakest memory and forgetting the most painful moments very fast, otherwise why the same R.R.Patil, the then Home Minister of Maharashtra...
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A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 39 people, an official said Tuesday.
The landslide...
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An act more defaming than this can hardly be imagined. The Maharashtra Assembly seems to have become a hub for goons to reign. It’s not everyday that you get to...
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It has become mandatory for all profit making Public Sector Firms (PSU) to make at least 10% of their equities public and relevant rules have been duly amended by the...
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In India, more than 95% of the schools are not teaching properly. It is very difficult to get good education without tuition and parents teaching. Teachers are just...
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Over the years, the government of Yemen has embarked on an awareness campaign to end the practice of young marriages, which has been deeply rooted in the rural cultures...
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Girl child Fawziya Abdullah Yuossuf was married to a 24 year old farmer working in Saudi Arabia when she was just 11. Ruled by tribal traditions child marriages are...
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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...
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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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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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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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