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WTF ?

Two stories on further education. 
One is about a 12th standard topper who quits formal education.
…Urvi Pithadia, 17, has been forced to discontinue her studies just a week after joining junior college. Nobody there volunteered to help the wheelchair-bound girl in and out of classrooms and elevators.
Urvi is suffering from muscular dystrophia, a genetic disorder which [...]

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Domestic Violence

"All men who love their wives hit them" said Mrs. R to me – a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. As I tried to pick up my jaw that had hit the floor, I argued that my father had never hit my mother …. Mrs.R sagely told me… "then he must [...]

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Endangered Species

if this had happened to a ethnic group, a religious group, or a caste or indeed a tribe – there would be pandemonium. But, it happens just to women – and therefore it is excused under a variety of heads from culture to religion to lack of education.
Ten million girls have been killed by their [...]

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The Other Priyanka

(warning: this post contains pictures that may offend the 'dignity', 'decency', and sensibility of some readers). Not Priyanka Vadera Gandhi, Not even Priyanka Chopra. But, Priyanka Bhotmange. Just a simple, ordinary girl called Priyanka who lived in a small little village called Khairlanji in the back of beyond in the state of Maharashtra. She studied [...]

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