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Stories about India
17 July 2017
An Indian Woman's Eco-Friendly Venture Creates Paper Gifts That Grow Into Plants
"Just think about it, the packets that end up on a street corner or in a dump grow into a plant."
11 July 2017
Air India Stops Serving Meat on Domestic Flights. Is It a Cost-Saving Measure or a Political Move?
"Present government has discontinued non-veg food in Air India economy class....no justification given...another act of moral policing..."
10 July 2017
How Are Boys and Girls Supposed to Sit, Walk, and Dance? An Experiment in India's Gujarat
Pink versus blue, pretty versus brave: the childhood landscape is mined with pernicious gender stereotypes that dictate how we behave as adults.
9 July 2017
The More India's Ruling Party Pushes the Hindi Language, the More Indians Oppose It
"We are not saying no to Hindi...[the] question should be why 'only' Hindi."
28 June 2017
Mumbai Locals Transform the Versova Shore With Their ‘World's Largest Beach Clean-Up’
"Couldn't believe this is exactly the same beach which I visited last year and my friend was like, man, its so dirty."
22 June 2017
People Around the World Celebrate International Day of Yoga, an Ancient Indian Tradition
"Many countries which do not know our language, tradition, or culture, are now connecting to India through Yoga. Yoga connects body, mind, and soul."
21 June 2017
Where Did Indians’ Ancient Ancestors Come From? The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate Rages Once More
"The linguistic evidence for the #AryanMigration theory is very strong. [Now there is something] for those that need hard science."
17 June 2017
Years After Marriage, Indian Women Dare to Say Their Husbands’ Names for the First Time
Community correspondent Rohini Pawar shares how women in Walhe village in Pune district, Maharashtra, are breaking away from patriarchal cultural practices.
10 June 2017
The Alleged Spy at the Center of India and Pakistan’s Latest Row
It's a matter of life and death for ex-Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav.
8 June 2017
Indian Journalists Demand Press Freedom Protections After State Agents Raid Broadcaster Offices
“We have one message to those who are trying to destroy the institutions of India and everything it stands for: we will fight for our country and overcome these forces."
There Are 23 Indian-Language Wikipedias. The Oldest Just Turned 15.
It has yet to be included in Google Translate, but Odia was the first Indian language to make an appearance on Wikipedia, 15 years ago.
6 June 2017
A New Festival in Madhya Pradesh Revives a Lost Indigenous Culture
Thousands of people have gathered in Verwada village in Barwani district to celebrate the newest festival in Madhya Pradesh – the festival of Rani Kajal Mata, an ancient, indigenous deity.
1 June 2017
‘Bodies Die, Countries Don't': Are You Listening? Podcast
In this episode, we take you to Venezuela, Indian-administered Kashmir, Thailand, Nigeria, and Brazil.
Dalit Students in India Say Government's Disappearing Scholarships Amounts to Discrimination
"Each one of us Dalit’s progress in education is determined by these fellowship grants. When we are denied these, we undergo mental harassment and our societal death."
31 May 2017
Online Trolls Attack Critics of India's Aadhaar State ID System
Critics of the Aadhaar biometric ID system are being criticized by state agencies and trolled by anonymous handles on Twitter.
26 May 2017
In India, Medical Treatment and Justice Remain Elusive for One Survivor of Domestic Violence
“Her in-laws demanded 50,000 rupees. I couldn’t afford it. So her husband attacked her,” Rajvati's father said. Rajvati herself cannot speak because her larynx was left severed.
25 May 2017
Netizen Report: In India and Jamaica, Women Face Threats for Resisting Misogyny Online
In Malaysia and Azerbaijan, officials go after media for political coverage. Meanwhile, with major social media sites banned, Kashmiris have turned to local platform KashBook.
22 May 2017
Mumbai Technologists Are Using TV Spectrum to Bring More Internet Access to India
Poor Internet infrastructure leaves the vast majority of Indians limited to mobile Internet only, making it difficult to engage deeply with Internet technology.
18 May 2017
‘Cyber Warrior’ Group Threatens to Extort Indian Women on Facebook
Threats of character assassination and extortion can carry severe real-life consequences, especially for women.
2 May 2017
The World’s Largest Biometric Database is Leaking Indian Citizens’ Data — But Keeps On Growing
Over the last few months, the Indian twittersphere has been awash with citizens concerned about government websites leaking millions of individual digital ID numbers. On May 1, the Centre for Internet and...
