In Delhi-NCR, there are nearly 2,500 lady bouncers—many of whom are now building support systems. One of their most active WhatsApp groups, called 'Nari Shaktii,' has 208 members.
Modern irrigation infrastructure and digital technologies are important, but they must be accompanied by policies that actively promote women’s participation in water governance.
India is gradually moving toward a model where development is not simply delivered to women, but is rather designed and driven by them. Indian women are innovators and community leaders.
What is often forgotten is that resistance to this control began immediately. The fight against theocratic rule started the moment mandatory veiling was imposed.
At the book launch, Githa Hariharan, Revati Laul and Kalpana Karunakaran used one woman’s story as a springboard to dive into questions of love, longing, and resistance.
WEF's Global Gender Gap Report 2025 shows Iceland remains global leader in gender equality for 16th consecutive yr at 92.6%. India among lowest-ranked countries in South Asia.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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