69Huge congratulations to Kamala Devi Harris who has become the 49th and current vice president of the United States on 20 January 2021. She is the United States’ first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, the first African American vice president, and the first Asian American vice president. She was
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What do Sonali Bandre Bahl, Lisa Ray and Manisha Koirala all have in common? The answer might surprise you, it’s CANCER. Apart from being award-winning actresses and influencers, all three women are cancer survivors with inspiring stories. They are an
inspiration for people not only in reel but also in real life.
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277A mother had come to the Out-Patient Department with her home-delivered, two days old baby for birth vaccination. On examination, the child looked irritable and dehydrated. The child had not been breastfed, only goatmilk had been given, as per the community practices. This was a common practice followed by the mother’s whole community, and she
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179“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult” – Melinda Gates The value of the labour of women has historically been underappreciated in India-be it in the domestic sphere or otherwise. Perhaps this underappreciation is why women’s participation in the Indian
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176Dr. Shakuntla Kumar in conversation with Siddhi Joshi & Jaya Narayan for HER-WORLD “I make money as a doctor, but that is not the purpose of my living. The purpose of my living is to serve mankind, in the noblest way possible,” says Dr Shakuntla Kumar, head and founder of NuLife Hospital and Maternity Center,
137Amanpreet Kaur Passy, in conversation with Siddhi Joshi & Jaya Narayan for HER-WORLD “The recipients threw away food supplies in the ration bags because they believed them to be “contaminated” by the sanitary pads”, IRS Officer Kaur recalls an incident where pads were included in the ration bags along with food grains. Every menstruating woman
121Namrata Wakhloo is a Kashmiri travel blogger. She writes about travelling to the mountains alone as a woman, during the COVID-19 pandemic in this piece. They say some things happen only when “bulava aata hai”. I think my time had come too, finally, for my long-awaited trip to Kedarnath. For years together, I had been
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498‘ I grew up in a semi slum area in Gavipuram, Guttahalli. I haven’t had any formal education. Through the grace of God, I am gifted in Mathematics and English language‘. – Dr.Shakuntala Devi. Having one of the humblest beginning, Shakuntala Devi had her insane ability to tackle intricate mental arithmetic from a very young
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80Along with the disruption of the healthcare ecosystem of India completely, the COVID -19 pandemic has exacerbated the deeply entrenched socio-economic problems of the country. The biomedical pandemic has undoubtedly turned into an endemic- of extreme unemployment, food insecurity and the unending plight of the frontline workers. Talking of frontline healthcare workers, the approx. 10
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28Women farmers show the way to healthy agricultural practicesBy Nitin Jugran Bahuguna CHHINDWARA DISTRICT (MADHYA PRADESH): When it comes to agriculture, Parmila Ivnati,30, has diligently followed the practices handed down by generations of farmers in her family, trusting tothe old and tried ways of cultivation. When a new concept of growing cotton organically was introducedin
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