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The rule banning women from dressing like men – namely by wearing trousers - was first introduced in 1800 by Paris’ police chief and has survived repeated attempts to repeal it.
The 1800 rule stipulated than any Parisienne wishing to dress like a...
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Conspicuous by its absence was India. Was India not on his radar? Or was it such a close ally that he skipped naming it at a public function? It left New Delhi...
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For millions of children in India, childhood is an elusive dream, as a UN report has revealed that 5,000 children below five die every day.
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Shunted out after his leadership came under fire in the fight against the 26/11 attackers, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor has broken his silence only to...
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Is India shining? Give me a break!
This piece of article is an un-well thought of thoughts that keep flashing in my mind. I am deeply concerned about a country that I...
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Thackeray stance” over the last few weeks. Armed with clubs and hockey sticks, the Sena men assaulted the channel’s editorial team,including its head,...
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Perhaps it’s a case of life imitating bad art. In this year’s mirthless Hollywood comedy Couples Retreat: Return to Eden, eight Americans attempt to...
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Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible...
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SOCIETIES the world over, whatever be their stage of development, from primitive times to modern days, have never been static. Either progressive or retrogressive...
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Courtesy Fropki
A member of Fropki sent this to me...titled...Indian History by a School Boy...I lapped it up including all that non-sense!Read...
Indian History by a...
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The horrors of the Mumbai terror attack are back to haunt us as we remember that night next week after one year. After one year, very less seems to have changed. The...
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Being a celebrity is not a cakewalk, especially not in present scenario. I used to envy them for their fame, name and of course money, lots and lots of it so that they...
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10th World Congress of World association of Psycho social rehabilitation(WAPR)
The 10th World congress of World Association for Psycho social rehabilitation was held...
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The UNFPA report shows that literacy ratio in Pakistan’s male population of age group above 15 years stands at 32% as against India’s 23% while for the female...
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Incredible India: A land of Broken Laws, Religion hypocrisy, Gutter politics and Bigger contradiction. Our beaurocracy is one of the worst in world so no wonder when we...
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Today is the 282th Birhday of Jaipur. Forts, palaces, architectural marvels and tales of valour, all in their own way, bear testimony to the glory that Jaipur is and...
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It was indeed shameful to see someone like Sachin Tendulkar being verbally attacked by Bal Thackeray. What Sachin said in his statement is something that any rational...
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Now a new verdict is given to the women on their way of working .On 17th November, a top Indian Air Force Official said women may become fighter pilots provided they do...
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I am absolutely delighted at the statement of Rahul. So I believe that many Indians would feel as I do. He is very modest and when he says that any one can become Prime...
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..........sugar cane growers of U.P. are in for trouble again this year. They have started agitation in Delhi with the help of a few politicians. I think nothing would...
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This happened in a Government Hospital in Karnataka. Mothers are crying with the dead body of their 1-4 days old babies. Leakage in central oxygen system in this...
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n Iran, women have made remarkable strides in education in the last decades — 65 percent of college undergraduates are female and 70 percent of graduate students...
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Is it really necessary to make a virtue out of a natural role?
Last week, I had been to meet my old friend. I was aghast at what she made to herself. When I had last...
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The world celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday - 8th March. A question may arise - How far has the status of women changed in modern and post-modern...
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There is no equality for women in Islamic states, as much as people want to proclaim there is; particularly under the penal code. A woman is worth half that of a man....
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The growing incidents of rape, molestation and domestic violence have made the women victim of insecurity phobia. Their perennial encounters with lechers and perverts...
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There is an unspoken irony to the religious fundamentalist war against toleration today. All religious fundamentalists hate the drug-using, gay and women liberating,...
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When a question comes on us asking, how India treats its women? The answer falls back. A woman is known in India for her culture. And our culture is considered rich,...
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