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In India, Pregnant Women Opt For Surgery to Stay In Line With the Stars
Nov 2 2009, Sukhbahar

It’s the night before the Hindu festival Dussehra and Dr. Rishma Dhillon Pai is preparing for a long day come morning. One patient has already scheduled a cesarean section for the auspicious occasion, and another just checked in for the same, even...

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Yemen's curved dagger sheathed by time
Henry, San'a
“It will soon be the end of the jambia,” bemoans Khaled al-Saikal, an antiques dealer in the souk of the Old City in Sanaa whose windows are brimming with...
Yemen, jambia, antiques
made popular Nov 18 2009
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Ideal Gift Ideas for Girls on This Christmas!
Sonali Chauhan, New Delhi
Celebrating Christmas is really fun. The one aspect that I enjoy the most is spending time with loved ones. Of course, there is excitement filled with the aspect of...
Gift, gift ideas, Christmas, fun
made popular Nov 16 2009
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Exhuming the dead to get cure
Rose Ng'ang'a, Nairobi
I find this rather disturbing though I would not be quick to make any tangible comment and this to me is the stuff nightmares are made of. I read this story in one of...
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made popular Nov 10 2009
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Latino Americans Getting Protective of their Names
Karim Khan, Peshawar
In multi-ethnic populations, issues keep rising over cultural rights, sometimes making interesting news and debate on popular media. One such issue arose recently in...
Rick Sanchez, Latinos in America, ethnic issues
made popular Nov 3 2009
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Dads living in a façade!
Myth K, Bangalore
Being counsellors in an NGO like SIFF, we come across so many different types of men facing harassment in the hands of either their wives, in-laws, police, judiciary or...
Men's rights, Domestic violence, abuses against men
made popular Nov 2 2009
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World's largest cruise ship sets sail from Finland
Kimmo, Helsinki
The world’s largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts and...
world's largest cruise liner, Florida, 16-deck Oasis
made popular Oct 31 2009
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Women prisoners keen to wed Rahul Mahajan
Vikas, solan
Rahul Mahajan, son of the late BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan has a new fan following - women inmates of the Central Jail here - with nine of them wanting to participate in...
Women prisoners, wed, Lifestyle
made popular Oct 29 2009
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Shanghai Nightmare! China Opens Its First Haunted House
Ying, Beijing
This Halloween, prepare to be scared in China. The country’s first Halloween haunted house attraction is spooking the crowds in Shanghai, with its creators...
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made popular Oct 28 2009
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Frustrated house wives in India
Shiv, india
I am sorry for going back on my word to not write on sex for some time. But why not? Sex is not a 4 letter word, Sexy is. I am not a psychoanalyst or urologist – no...
sex, marriage, Indian Women
made popular Oct 27 2009
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Proud Sarkozy!
Dasdf Asdf, putian
The French President said the question implied the journalist had “a very infelicitous experience” of what being married meant. He criticized some...
Sarkozy, french president, Carla Bruni
made popular Oct 24 2009
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Shallow Perceptions
Syed, Hyderabad
Recently while watching a beauty pageant, a colleague of mine in all seriousness remarked, “what a disgrace such contests are on women kind”. My curiosity to probe...
modeling, women, feminist
made popular Oct 23 2009
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Let 'her' be the wife she was meant to be
Rose Ng'ang'a, Nairobi
Serious debates are ongoing on the recent reunion of two Kenyan men in the UK over the weekend. Like any other Kenyan who came across the story as hot as it was when...
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made popular Oct 20 2009
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Virginity, what is that?
Shiv, india
I am sure baba is going to buy mea one way ticket to the hell if not issuing a fatwa on my life. My good friend will do a mini tandav (dance of death) but as I am...
virginity, taboo, Virginity myth
made popular Oct 19 2009
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Egypt's Christians averse to crying children, Tattoos Children as mark of pride, protection
Karim, Cairo
A baby’s wail echoed across the plaza. His mother’s face was etched with joy as she struggled to subdue her writhing infant. The children who had gathered around...
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made popular Oct 15 2009
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Harsh Law To Curb Homosexuality And Lesbianism Tabled Before Ugandan Parliament
John, Kampala
The bill presented in parliament seeks to prohibit sexual relations between people of same sex. It is also to prevent any competition with a the traditional...
homosexuality, lesbianism, gay
made popular Oct 15 2009
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‘Curvy women should stay off the catwalk’: Do you agree?
View Point, Shimla
A new controversy has risen in the fashion world after the popular German magazine, Brigitte, said that it’ll remove thin models from its pages in favor of...
Karl Lagerfeld, Brigitte magazine, real women
made popular Oct 14 2009
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Karl Lagerfeld: curvy women should stay off the catwalk
Mladen, Berlin
Responding to news that a popular German magazine was banning thin models from its pages in favour of “real women”, Largerfeld said that those who...
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made popular Oct 13 2009
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Love happens!!
Ravia, Chandigarh
So do you know which generation you belong to, whether Gen X or Y or are you still in a fix?? This thought passed my mind while watching “Love Aaj Kal”. I always...
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made popular Oct 10 2009
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Blogging Blossoms....
Shujaat, Hyderabad
There’s a lot of stuff trapped inside this head of mine, not to mention the subdued feelings in my heart. And when both of these mingle, out comes a blog. A...
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made popular Oct 10 2009
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Agadir to host tolerance music concert
Mohammed Taha, BS
The Moroccan southern city of Agadir will host the Concert for Tolerance during this month for the third consecutive year. The Concert for Tolerance is a cultural...
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made popular Oct 8 2009
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Frustrated house wives in India
Shiv, india
I am sorry for going back on my word to not write on sex for some time. But why not? Sex is not a 4 letter word, Sexy is. I am not a psychoanalyst or urologist – no...
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made popular Oct 27 2009
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In India, More Women Demand Toilets Before Marriage
Gibson, Gwalior
An ideal groom in this dusty farming village is a vegetarian, does not drink, has good prospects for a stable job and promises his bride-to-be an amenity in high...
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made popular Oct 12 2009
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Dowry in Ancient Times And The Role Of Women In Indian Society
ARVIND K.PANDEY, PRAYAG
There is lot of confusion regarding the practice of dowry in Indian society.Though it’s now legally banned,it would not be out of place to understand its role in...
Indian Women, Indian Society, Dowry
made popular Jul 20 2009
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Women of India – India of Women
Sohail Parwaz, Lahore
Women, role models of Indian society, can be counted on the fingers. Most of them are Muslims such as Razia Sultana and Sania Mirza. Not that women having Hindu beliefs...
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made popular Feb 11 2009
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Women’s Health in Uttarakhand a cause of concern!
Neha Finney, Dehradun
With over 75% of Uttrakhand’s population living in villages with scarce medical facilities the Infant Mortality rate for the state is reported to be 42 per thousand...
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made popular Jan 21 2009
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Echoes From A Grateful Heart
Shiv, india
Echoes from a Grateful heart. I never had the fortune to share a bond with my mother but I can feel the warmth of her love when I was enjoying the hospitality of her...
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made popular Oct 24 2008
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Indian women write their story of selfreliance and empowerment
Yash, Bhopal
The barely literate homemaker struggled everyday to feed her husband and two children with only a small patch of land in the drought-hit belt of India’s Maharashtra...
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made popular Jul 26 2008
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WESTOXICATION
Tanuja Ranjan, Hyderabad
“Good parents give their children roots and wings. Roots to know where home is wings to fly away and exercise what has been taught to them.” Various...
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made popular Jul 15 2008
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India, a gender-biased country: WEF Report
Pratyush, New Delhi
Is India a gender-biased country? What kind of welfare work the successive governments have done for the women in the country till the date? If we believe on the report...
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made popular Nov 12 2007
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Govt to table Bill on sexual harassment, will it change the situation?
Pratyush, New Delhi
India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru once had said that one could tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women. This was...
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Domestic violence law comes under criticism from male folk, Renuka Chaudhary receives abusive mails
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In a country where every three minutes, a woman faces harassment, legislation in the form of Domestic violence bill to protect the suffering women is unacceptable to...
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made popular Aug 18 2007
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The conditions are ideal for a HIV breakout, but Indians are wiser
Pratyush, New Delhi
Indian women generally do not look for sex partners other than their husbands. According to the government sources, only two percent of Indian women have had sex with...
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made popular May 26 2006
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