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Aishwarya Kumar

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Bride, Groom, Spy: India's Wedding Detectives

From an anonymous office in a New Delhi mall, matrimonial detective Bhavna Paliwal runs the rule over prospective husbands and wives -- a booming...

21.12.2024 10

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Aishwarya Kumar

Trafficked: The Girls Sold For Sex In India

Sold by her family as a teenager, Zarin was beaten, drugged and repeatedly gang-raped -- just one of many thousands of young women trafficked in...

06.11.2024 10

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Sacred Filth Offers India's Sex Workers Brief Respect

Every year in India's megacity Kolkata, the world's oldest trade gets fleeting respect from an ancient custom -- when soil outside brothels is...

01.10.2024 4

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Long Wait For Justice In India's Backlogged Courts

Sonia waited 32 years to see her rapists convicted, a glacially slow legal process all too common in India where half a million cases have been...

23.09.2024 6

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India's 'Mollywood' Cinema Rocked By MeToo Abuse Claims

Terrified for her safety, Indian actress Sreelekha Mitra remembers pushing chairs and a sofa against her hotel door after she said an award-winning...

03.09.2024 10

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'Abuse Every Day': Indian Female Medics Speak Out After Brutal Murder

Saving lives was the childhood dream for 28-year-old Indian doctor Radhika, but after the brutal rape and murder of a colleague her own safety has...

21.08.2024 9

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Ouster Of Bangladesh Ally A Diplomatic Dilemma For India

The ouster of Bangladesh's autocratic premier sparked celebrations in Dhaka this week but alarm in neighbouring India, which backed Sheikh Hasina to...

10.08.2024 8

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93 Killed After Landslides Strike India Tea Estates

Landslides in India triggered by pounding monsoon rains struck tea plantations and killed at least 93 people Tuesday, with at least 250 others rescued...

31.07.2024 6

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India's 'Visa Temple' Bestows Tickets To The American Dream

Some gods grant riches and others good luck, but one deity in India offers a much less nebulous fortune to his devotees: tickets to a new life in the...

30.07.2024 4

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The Indian Women Campaigning To Criminalise Marital Rape

Raped by her husband on her wedding night aged 17, Divya described her repeated suffering -- an all-too-common account in India, permitted by a...

02.07.2024 10

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The Indian Villagers Who Lost Their Homes To The Sea

The gentle roar of the ocean lulled Indian mother-of-two Banita Behra to sleep each night, until one day the encroaching tide reached her doorstep....

26.04.2024 20

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Modi Woos South In Bid For Pan-India Ride To Power

Few doubt Narendra Modi will win re-election in India's marathon polls starting this month -- the question is how far the prime minister will succeed...

11.04.2024 5

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Christians In India Fearful As Election Looms

Church walls crumble in India's Kandhamal district, where brutal attacks on Christians 16 years ago means many survivors still worry about their...

26.03.2024 4

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India's Heritage Hit By Delhi 'Development' Demolitions

For nine centuries, Indians prayed at the forest shrine of Baba Haji Rozbih, a revered Sufi saint whose grave is one of the capital Delhi's oldest...

19.02.2024 5

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India's 'Lake Man' Cleans Up Critical Water Supplies

Ancient lake systems once provided Bengaluru with critical water supplies, but the Indian tech hub's breakneck expansion left many waterways covered...

06.02.2024 20

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Fear And Triumph As Indian Holy City Mosque Dispute Heats Up

As Hindus began prayers at a mosque in one of India's holiest cities, the building's elderly custodian Syed Mohammad Yaseen wondered how much longer...

03.02.2024 9

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