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Soleckshaw
A solar powered rickshaw, called Soleckshaw, aims to reduce the physical burdens of India’s 8 million rickshaw drivers....
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153 Parliamentary Crooks
Civic activists claim that over a quarter of newly elected parliamentarians in India’s national elections have criminal cases...
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Indian Mata Hari?
An Indian American former consular official at the U.S. consulate in Milan is suing the U.S. government for...
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Diamonds in the Rough
The global recession has taken the sparkle off India’s diamond polishing industry, which cuts and polishes 70% of...
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Me Slumdog, You Millionaire
Mumbai municipal authorities have razed the shantytown homes of Slumdog Millionaire child star Azharuddin Ismail, 9 and Rubina...
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Karate Kid
At age 5, Varsha Vinod has become the world’s youngest karate black belt. Vinod who has been...
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$400,000 Rare Lincoln Stamp
A rare 90 cent Abraham Lincoln stamp used to ship a letter from Boston to an Ice House...
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No Place For Crap
A campaign by the sanitation organization Sulabh International has found an unlikely ally in rural Haryana among eligible...
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Flying Shoe Flies High
All five politicians pelted with shoes by disaffected voters during India’s recent parliamentary elections have triumphed at the...
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Bulletproof Turbans?
British Sikh police officers are lobbying for the development of bullet-proof turbans to enable Sikhs to serve in...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
The Rise Of The NRI, The Influential Non-voter
In 1936, Radhakamal Mukerjee, a famous Lucknow-based social scientist, wrote a book titled Migrant Asia that contained an...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
Love And Marriage: Rebels Against An Indian Tradition That Endures In The U.S.
For years, my mom, Indira Pillay, told her American friends and colleagues that she and my dad had...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 27, 2019
Integration Of Indian And African Flavors Accelerates
In the 2006 comedy movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” Mr. Bobby (played by Will Ferrell)...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
Oscars 2019: The Indian Sanitary Pad Makers’ Story Wins Award
Sneh was 15 when she started menstruating. The first time she bled, she had no idea what was...
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Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
India’s Rich Fancy These Foreign Destinations
In India, there is no dearth of wealth and the proof of this is the growing number of...
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