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She Also Made History

Chithralekha, a Dalit woman autorickshaw driver in Kerala, has become an unwitting symbol of resistance against caste hegemony in her state

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22 June 13 | BY Shahina KK
Peta’s Sexiest Man Alive

The story of how an arthritic village boy who was laughed at became a celebrity wrestler with a cause

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15 June 13 | BY Mihir Srivastava
How I found my daughters

Adopting kids in India isn’t easy to begin with; adopting twin girls has legal complications. Anuradha Nagaraj recounts her struggle to bring her daughters home

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8 June 13 | BY Anuradha Nagaraj
‘Put the CBI Under the Judiciary’

Trinath Mishra on his refusal to give in to political meddling, which led to his decision to bow out of the agency after just 14 months

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1 June 13 | BY Arindam Mukherjee
Just Another Massacre

Sinam Ongbi Chandrajini lost children in a massacre in Malom in 2000. It was the horror of this incident that led Irom Sharmila to begin her fast against AFSPA

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25 May 13 | BY Chinki Sinha
How I survived 42 hours in a lift

The account of a Missing Persons Bureau inspector who went missing trapped in an elevator

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18 May 13
Birth of a Tycoon

How Rama Prasad Goenka got baptised by fire in the acquisitions game to emerge as India’s ‘takeover specialist’

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11 May 13 | BY Gita Piramal
Calcutta’s Pen Hospital

Mohammed Riaz never bothers to open his vintage fountain pen outlet before 2 pm, but the 90-year-old business still draws loyal customers from across the country

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4 May 13 | BY Divya Guha
Waiting for Deliverance

What families in Haryana will do to have a son. A witness’ account

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27 April 13 | BY Ruhani Kaur
The Hills Go Red

Memories of an agitation unsettling the calm of Kalimpong and of a human head on a lamppost

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20 April 13 | BY Lhendup G Bhutia