Stringing passion and profession! Dr Jyotsna, a medical doctor, is not just an expert in pathology but is also a skilled player of the violin. She recounts her musical journey to Geetha Srinivasan.
Trading flesh, selling souls A growing demand for young girls as a result of misconceptions that sex with a virgin can cure HIV/AIDS is resulting in India becoming one of the top women trafficking destinations in the world. Several young girls are being brought to the country every day for prostitution, discovers Nitin Jugran Bahuguna.
Today's hidden slave trade Today's sex traffickers, the heirs to the slave trading tradition, try to keep their activities hidden but it is a ruthless trade nonetheless.
The Centre's proposal to introduce one year compulsory rural service for doctors has drawn the ire of medical students. Are the doctors justified in their stand? What should the government do to make rural posting attractive?
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