Saurabh Tankha Have you ever wondered why the maximum number of wrestlers come from the state of Haryana? If wrestler and world peace activist Labhanshu Sharma is to be believed, it happens not only because the denizens of northern state are stronger genetically. Also, they own cattle that gets them easy access to quality milk-ghee-curd […]Read More
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We bring an exclusive extract from Night of Shame, one of the nine cases that the former Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar has penned in his second book, Khaki Files – Inside Stories of Police Investigations (Blue Salt, an imprint of Penguin Random House; Rs 399) in which he writes about the Nirbhaya gangrape-murder that […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha At a time when the country did not have laws against sexual harassment and child sexual abuse, this capacity building organisation worked to create these laws. Recently, as a step towards a solution to #StopChildSexualAbuse, the Directorate of NSS, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports directed Sakshi (Regd. NGO 1992) to launch The Rakshin Project aimed at […]Read More
She doesn’t just come from an illustrious filmi family with a producer father, an actor uncle, actor-director aunt and actor cousins. To her credit is being one among four Indians selected for the British Council’s Future Leaders Connect programme, a global leadership network for emerging young leaders (18-35 years) from around the world who the […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Be it the denial of jobs or discrimination in society, she has highlighted issues and concerns of Transgenders. Her aim is to create a Trans-phobia free India and sensitise kids, youth and parents on gender sensitisation. She wishes to make Trans women self-sufficient and self-reliant. The founder-chairperson of Deepa Ardnareshwar Empowerment Foundation, an […]Read More
Miss Trans Queen India 2019 winner NITHU RS talks to SAURABH TANKHA about her orthodox family, troubled childhood and overcoming challenges to become country’s first trans tattoo artist It was a fortnight back that Nithu RS was crowned Miss Trans Queen India 2019 in New Delhi. Hailing from Bengaluru in Karnataka, Nithu’s says her childhood […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Alice Patten in Rang de Basanti, Amy Jackson in Singh Is Bliing, Barbara Mori in Kites, Bruna Abdullah in Jai Ho and Grand Masti, Elli Avram in Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon, Evelyn Sharma in Yaariyan and Nautanki Saala, Giselle Monterio in Love Aaj Kal, Jacqueline Fernandez in Race 2, Kick and Housefull […]Read More
Team L&M It was on September 12, 1897 that the Battle of Saragarhi took place in the North West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) between the British Indian Empire and the Afghan tribesmen. Sikh soldiers fought on behalf of the British Indian Empire. The Battle of Saragarhi was fought before the Tirah Campaign of […]Read More
Team L&M Dear children If you really want to score good marks, do your learning by writing. Don’t verbally learn or take notes on laptops or tablets, just write these. A study done by Pam A Mueller of Princeton University and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of the University of California has shown the students who took […]Read More
Lack of legal support to survivors and prolonged trails give impunity to traffickers, a major reason behind increasing cases of human trafficking in India Only three out of 429 people named as “traffickers” in police and legal documents related to over hundred cases of human trafficking have been convicted in the past 10 years, finds […]Read More