Violation of human spirit Women are embarrassed about it and men won't talk about it. A neglected crime, 'eve teasing' is hardly taken seriously as many consider it to be 'too
trivial'. Worse, some believe that women who dress in a certain way 'deserve it'. But things are slowly changing, thanks to organisations like Blank Noise,
says Shonali Misra.
No odds are great If the mind is willing, anything is possible.
Anuradha Mohit, the first visually-impaired woman director of the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped is a living example, writes Shishir Prashant.
A teacher par excellence Every year on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's Birth Anniversary (which falls on 12th of January), Ruckmani feeds nearly 1,500 to 2,000 orphans. As per Swami Vivekananda, she sees 'God in serving the poor'.
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Warner Brothers' president of production, Jeff Robinov, has reportedly decreed that "we are no longer doing movies with women in the lead" after "The Brave One" (starring Jodie Foster) flopped.
Listen, Im in menopause! These days, among people of a certain age, references to menopause are just as likely to come up at a dinner table as comments about the bouquet of the merlot.
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