In a significant development, Indian authorities have detained 104 striking workers from a Samsung Electronics factory in southern India. This action comes as the workers were planning an unauthorized protest this week. The factory, located near Chennai in the Tamil Nadu state, has been embroiled in a labor dispute over low wages. The detentions mark […]
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Shayara Bano is breathing a sigh of relief following the recent enactment of a law banning polygamy in her small state in India. This milestone represents the culmination of years of effort, including her own landmark lawsuit against the practice, which she brought before the Supreme Court of India. Bano, a Muslim woman whose husband […]
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Mysterious Fever Outbreak in India: 14 Dead, Including 6 Children A recent outbreak of a mysterious fever in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, has led to the deaths of 14 people, including six children. The situation has prompted an urgent response from local and state authorities to contain and address the crisis. On September […]
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Indian Women Transitioning to New Careers: From Nurse to Electrician, from Housekeeper to Driver
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Indian Women Transitioning to New Careers: From Nurse to Electrician, from Housekeeper to Driver Manjulata Patel, 40, has experienced a significant change in her life by transitioning from a nurse to an electrician in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Previously, Patel worked at a small hospital earning $47 a month, barely enough to rent a dilapidated apartment […]
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Listen to my radio story, India’s Bias for Boys, on PRI’s The World. Click on the mp3 below or on the “play” button here. Read the accompanying text on PRI’ The World site.
MUMBAI, India — Maqbool Beg has been driving a rickshaw for 42 years. Now, at the age of 62, his children have grown, his beard has turned white, his teeth are red from years of chewing betel nut. And he suffers from high blood pressure. But he keeps on driving. He needs the money. Thanks […]
Nearly a billion people worldwide live in slums. Hanna Ingber Win visits Dharavi in Mumbai, one of the world’s largest slums – and a functioning economy that exports goods all over the world Published in The Times of London July 25, 2011 From a distance, a slum’s haphazard collection of huts piled on top of […]
Here is a story I wrote with Andrew Buncombe on this month’s blasts in Mumbai. It was published in the Independent of London. The spectre of terror and violence returned to India’s financial capital yesterday as three explosions were set off within a matter of minutes, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 140. […]
MUMBAI, India — A beautiful blonde South African cheerleader came to India, dazzled cricket fans with her glamorous looks and fancy moves, and partied with the players after games. But then, and here was her fatal flaw, she blogged about it. The Indian Premier League (IPL) reportedly fired the young woman, Gabriella Pasqualotto, and sent […]
MUMBAI, India — Over the past few years, Somali pirates have posed a bigger and bigger challenge to India, disrupting its trade, capturing its merchants, attacking closer to its shores and — like a game of Calvinball — changing the unwritten rules as they go. But India will not give up. Faced with a growing […]
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