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‘Untouchable’ Bollywood poster provokes outrage over caste stereotypes
Upper-caste actor playing Dalit politician Mayawati shown dishevelled and holding broom in publicity for new f…
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Caste-based area names to be changed across Indian state to ‘increase unity’
Millions of people in Maharashtra to have neighbourhoods renamed but critics say plan means little without beh…
- Adoption, Children, Global development, India, Poverty, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, Transgender, World news
‘I want to give what I never had’: the trans mum taking in abandoned children in India
Manisha was shunned as a child by her family and ended up on the streets – now she dreams of opening an orphan…
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Delhi Covid crisis worsened by soaring pollution levels
Indian capital records highest single day rise in cases as monitor says pollution is at 14 times WHO safe leve…
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‘I feel free here’: how a miracle girls’ school was built in India’s ‘golden city’
A strikingly-designed centre reminiscent of Rajasthan’s famous forts will soon be opening its doors in conserv…
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Wild hing makes India’s heart sing as favourite spice is home-grown at last
Asafoetida is a mainstay of the country’s cuisine, but only now are the first saplings being planted on Indian…
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Delhi to transform 25 luxury hotels into Covid-19 care centres
Fearful hotel workers asked to take on role of hospital support staff as cases in Delhi riseCoronavirus – late…
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Shock in India at hospital footage of bodies lying next to Covid-19 patients
Dean of Mumbai’s Sion hospital demoted after video emerges of bodies wrapped in plastic lying next to patients…
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Destitute migrant workers in India forced to pay train fares home
Labourers’ plight contrasts with affluent Indians flown home from abroad in coronavirus crisisCoronavirus – la…
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Hindu god Shiva given seat on Kashi-Mahakal Express
Authorities say move was to ‘seek blessings’ for train taking people to pilgrimage sitesIndian rail authoritie…
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Rajasthan’s women encouraged to remove veil in state campaign
Chief minister argues initiative will empower women, but move sparks controversy in conservative Indian stateW…
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India campus attack: police fail to make arrests but charge injured student
Student leader beaten with iron bar during attack charged with two offences for prior incidentPolice in Delhi …
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India: 10 men sentenced to life for killing of dalit Christian
Kevin P Joseph was killed after he applied to register his marriage to Neenu Chacko from a higher casteA court…
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Modi talks of his ‘positivity’ on Bear Grylls’ Man vs Wild
Indian prime minister also spoke of growing up poor and developing a love of natureThe Indian prime minister, …
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Jaipur protest demands end to use of elephants to carry tourists
About 100 animals transport visitors along kilometre-long cobbled path to the city’s iconic Amber FortAnimal r…