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Fate of women in history: How their lives were shaped and dictated by constraints on time and space.
Like widespread literacy, gender roles too were relatively stable historically until a few hundred years ago. Changes in gender roles...


Skilling can bridge gender gaps in science: women, science and Chandrayaan 3
The success of Chandrayaan 3 has done many things for India, but one of them— captured by the viral image of ISRO’s women scientists —...


Children of the Chinar Season 4: Our lady of the museums
Nighat Shafi Pandit is the founder of HELP (Human Effort for Love & Peace) Foundation, a Jammu and Kashmir based non governmental...


The inaugural C.B. Muthamma lecture, 2023.
The text of the inaugural C. B. Muthamma lecture delivered by Ambassador Nirupama Rao Menon on January 24, 2023. I am absolutely...


How the woke are impacting politics and foreign policy
The woke ideology seeks a new kind of revolution, but already it has triggered a counter revolution. And countries like India might be...


Children of the Chinar, Season 3, Special series on young achievers in Kashmir, Taekwando Talent
With the changing tide of aspiration and hope in Kashmir, a new range of sports heroes have emerged in the valley. Afreen Hyder is one...
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