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The writer is a development and communications consultant and the author of Kabul Blogs: My Days in the Life of Afghanistan

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Anita Anand | Will Op Sindoor Contain Terror? Time To Shun Hate,...

The choice of the name “Operation Sindoor” is unfortunate in some ways. In Hinduism, red vermilion symbolises fertility,...

18 May 2025 12:37 AM IST

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Anita Anand | As Women’s Anger Boils Over, Read The Signs Before It...

A local man discovered the half-burnt corpse and called the emergency helpline, and the police were alerted. The CCTV...

4 May 2025 7:34 PM IST

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Anita Anand | Has social media ‘normalised’ hate, abuse, aggression in...

As the Internet and the social media have become an integral part of our lives, the aggression and abrasiveness in our...

2 April 2025 12:06 AM IST

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Anita Anand | Things to consider if you’re planning to go to Goa: It’s...

Are you planning a holiday in Goa, considering investing in a property or business, or relocating to the state? Goa...

18 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Anita Anand | UP panel’s bid to keep women ‘safe’ appears to be...

There has recently been a brouhaha over a proposal tabled by the Uttar Pradesh State Women’s Commission to ensure the ...

27 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Anita Anand | No ‘outsourcing’ of policy: Don’t target NGOs, try to...

Recently, an opinion piece by three members of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council suggested that foreign...

4 Nov 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Anita Anand | The cease-work by Kolkata’s doctors: Are strikes...

On September 20, the doctors at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, who had been on strike for well over a...

23 Sept 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Anita Anand | Can a ‘bottom-up’ approach help in tackling crimes...

The gruesome rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata...

25 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Anita Anand | As Yunus takes charge in Dhaka, can he deliver on a ‘2nd...

On August 8, Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, globally known as the “banker to the poor”...

11 Aug 2024 12:10 AM IST

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Anita Anand | Can election of a reformist leader lead to winds of...

In Iran’s just-concluded presidential election runoff, the two final candidates were the moderate Masoud Pezeshkian...

10 July 2024 12:01 AM IST

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Anita Anand | Some lessons from Thailand’s same-sex marriage law:...

On June 18, Thailand made history as the first country in Southeast Asia to pass a marriage equality law, recognising...

26 Jun 2024 3:33 AM IST

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Anita Anand | Why I will vote for diversity: Freedom of faith and...

On May 25, I will be voting in the second-last phase of India’s ongoing general election. It is with some trepidation,...

20 May 2024 12:07 AM IST