Move away from reel-life Sherlock Holmes, and meet Rajani Pandit, India’s first female detective who along with 20 members, has been running Rajani Pandit Detective Services for the last 25 years. Till date, she has solved almost 75,000 cases. But her journey was never easy. She was in college when investigation interested her for the first time. “I realised that if you look around carefully, you will find many problems and mysteries in many houses. Problems that people can’t solve themselves and need external help with. But they don’t have…
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“No outrage, No hashtags/trends? No ‘framing’? Who will give these (Muslim) men back their 10 years?”
A Maharashtra court on Monday discharged all 9 Muslims, who were accused in Malegaon blasts, that killed 37 people in 2006. For 10 years they had to live with the stigma of terrorism, with one having died in an accident during the trial period. Salman Farsi, Dr Farogh Magdumi, Noorulhuda Samshodduha and Raees Ansari after the verdict by the special MCOCA court. The four were among the eight who were discharged in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case. Express Photos. The nine men are Noorul Huda, Shabbir Ahmed, Raees Ahmed,…
Read More5000 Books Were Lost After A Kerala Library Was Burnt, How It Got Restored By People
When politics burnt down a library 5,000 thousand books were lost in a massive fire that broke out in the AKG Memorial Library in Thalookara village, Kerala. The library fell as a victim of political tussle between two rival parties and was torched in the wee hours of March 23. More than 5,000 books, several rare manuscripts and numerous musical instruments got burnt down. The cost of the damages were estimated to be around Rs. 40 lakh. What followed the arson and destruction of the library is a heart-warming…
Read MoreFrom CAT topper to a teacher for underprivileged children: Ajinkya Deshmukh’s incredible story
Image: Facebook Ajinkya Deshmukh, from Ambarnath, Maharashtra, is not only a computer science graduate from IIT Madras, he is also a 100 percentile scorer in CAT 2011. The IIM Bangalore alumnus now runs a non-profit organization called D4A Education Foundation, which aims to provide quality education to underprivileged children in Bangalore. The maiden social initiative of D4A is a programme called Pratiyogita, which equips students in government schools to succeed in competitive exams and, in turn, enables these children from low-income backgrounds to achieve greater heights in their career. Last year,…
Read MoreHER STORY: Love that goes beyond all boundaries
“I got polio when I was 3 years old and because I was so young, I got this hump as I grew up. My entire family was really taken aback but they made sure that my life was as normal as possible. I used to go to school, study hard and keep myself busy all the time. In the 9th standard, I became friends with a boy who I could be myself with and who respected me inspite of my condition…and over time our friendship turned into something more…
Read MoreWhen Will Our Society Start Accepting Same-Sex Love For What It Is, Love
In India, relationships that do not have the sanction of matrimony are not widely accepted and often invite foul stares. No matter how big and wide this nation is with diversity in ethnicity, race, caste and creed, everything is plagued with social stigmas that manifest its presence through a well-established system of moral policing. We do not approve of live-in relationships because apparently they ruin our “culture”. In such an India, imagine what would need to happen for people to accept same-sex relationships! For most, accepting such relationships is a matter…
Read MoreMy Story: Today, I’m a Teacher But When my father passed away, life became hell
“When my father passed away, life became hell for my mother and 3 sisters. My mothers’ as well as fathers’ family began looking down upon as a burden– and in order to make ends meet, my mother became a sex worker. My mama would often pay a part of our rent and as result began thinking that he had a control over us – we would be beaten, if we were seen outside the house without a burkha. My father was Muslim too, but he was never against our…
Read MoreMy Story: I Know That This Experience Would Lead Me To Understand What True Love Is
In the summer of May 2004 I was a 16 year old girl with big dreams and hope for my future. I didn’t even know then that the demon that would destroy my life would be my next door neighbour, a man nine years older than me. It began with casual catcalling every now and then, which I tried my best to ignore. That summer when the catcalling took a new turn in the form him of him hurling obscenities at me, I finally mustered up the courage to…
Read MoreThis Bride From MP Wants In-Laws To Plant 10,000 Saplings As A Wedding Gift
As far as wedding traditions are concerned, the Gwalior-Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh have a ritual of asking the bride for ornaments and clothes as a choice of gift on the occasion of her wedding. But 22-year-old Priyanka Bhadoriya, a science graduate and resident of Kisipura village in Bhind district, chose to look beyond the dazzling pieces of jewelry and her response left everyone in awe of her spirit. She demanded of her in-laws to plant 10,000 saplings, which comes from the realisation of her father’s constant battle as a farmer amidst droughts. hindustantimes “I…
Read MoreMeet The Woman Sarpanch Who Created Rajasthan’s First Alcohol-Free Village
In the Kachabali village, about 330 km away from Jaipur, a woman sarpanch created history by culminating majority votes in her favour for the anti-liquor campaign that she initiated this year in January. The polling was conducted by the excise department of the state on Tuesday and 94% of the voters said that they want a complete ban on the sale of alcohol in the village, per a report in The Indian Express. The campaign was launched on Republic Day this year when women from the village raised the demand to ban alcohol…
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