Category: Features

Hyderabad trust shows zakat’s potential to bring change through education

By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Jan 21 (IANS) One of the five pillars of Islam, "zakat" is mandatory charity for every…

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Jaipur is perfect for the world’s most egalitarian book festival: William Dalrymple

ATTN EDITORS: This article, by William Dalrymple, is the second of two exclusively written for IANS ahead of the Jaipur…

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Westerners in a knot over pronouns

By Nury Vittachi A woman about to have a hospital procedure involving her "naughty bits" (to use the official medical…

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Veganism is the hottest food trend in Israel

By Prashant Sood Haifa/Tel Aviv, Jan 17 (IANS) Amira, a housewife belonging to the Druze community, is busy chopping vegetables…

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Feeding the hungry: Cancer doesn’t detract him from his life’s mission

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) He is 83 years old and has been serving free food to the…

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Google’s first India Cloud Platform set to empower enterprises, SMBs

By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Several Indian enterprises have chosen Google Cloud to grow their businesses in…

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The worst excuses ever given

By Nury Vittachi When police arrested a man for drug possession, he claimed that the illegal substances were not his.…

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Multiple sessions on journalistic, reportage writing at JLF 2018

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) From the award-winning investigative stories blowing the cover on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church…

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Bend it like the Alakhpura girls: Football empowers in a Haryana village

By Mudita Girotra Alakhpura (Haryana), Jan 7 (IANS) On a cold and wet winter afternoon, some 30 km from the…

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Himachal district moves to end age-old menstruation taboo

By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Jan 7 (IANS) It's a taboo no one really talks about in remote villages of Himachal…

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Flights which arrive before they take off

By Nury Vittachi A few years ago, my brother from New York phoned me on the morning of January the…

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Himalayan littering leading to brown-bear habit changes

By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Large-scale littering in the Himalayas by trekkers and campers have led to…

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The growing charm of online shopping fests

By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Jan 1 (IANS) Late last year, business reporters from across the world were invited to Shanghai…

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These Muslim kids love reciting Gita verses in Sanskrit

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Dec 31 (IANS) Sixteen-year-old Nadeem Khan, who recently earned laurels for being the winner in the…

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Inspiring change: When a once-arid village becomes a national model

By Bhavana Akella ProtoVillage (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 31 (IANS) John F. Kennedy said "One person can make a difference, and…

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Indian American counselling psychologist brings innovative mind-body approach to PTSD battle

By Mayank Chhaya Desert Hot Springs (California), Dec 27 As America battles a variety of ailments related to post-traumatic stress…

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Sand crisis hits construction industry in Bihar

By Imran Khan Patna, Dec 27 (IANS) A man-made sand crisis in Bihar over the past five months has angered…

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‘Rasta’ shows poor Muslim girls the path to education

By Nikhil M. Babu Khoda (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 24 (IANS) Ten years ago, when three women walked into Shabnam's one-roomed…

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89 volumes of handwritten diaries, 44 of recipes — this museum has it all

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Dec 23 (IANS) A Thakur of an estate and a member of erstwhile Rajput nobility wrote…

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Putting education over marriage: Hope-filled story from Bihar

By Imran Khan Bumuar (Bihar), Dec 22 (IANS) Sixteen-year-old Anjali Kumaris determination to study and fulfil her dream of becoming…

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