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“Why should there be a difference between worker and worker,” Ela Bhatt asked in an interview with The New York Times in 2009, “whether they are working in a factory, or at home or on the footpath?” nytimes.com/2022/11/06/world…
Ela Bhatt, Advocate for Women Workers in India, Dies at 89 (Published 2022)

Ela Bhatt, Advocate for Women Workers in India, Dies at 89 (Published 2022)

The cooperative she founded has helped millions of women who had never before had a safety net. “They were,” she said, “the poorest among the poor.”

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Public attention has focused on the pollution in Delhi this week, one Indian environmental activist said, but hundreds of millions of people in northern India are also suffering from some of the worst air pollution they have seen in years. nytimes.com/2022/11/04/world…
Air Quality in India’s Capital Is Dreadfully Bad. Again. (Published 2022)

Air Quality in India’s Capital Is Dreadfully Bad. Again. (Published 2022)

Toxic air in New Delhi and large parts of northern India this week has prompted school closures, traffic restrictions and political infighting.

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When shoppers in places like America bring their reusable bag into a store, they aren’t just saving the planet. They are reviving a storied industry thousands of miles away in India. nytimes.com/2022/10/10/busin…
That Reusable Trader Joe’s Bag? It’s Rescuing an Indian Industry. (Published 2022)

That Reusable Trader Joe’s Bag? It’s Rescuing an Indian Industry. (Published 2022)

India’s deep-rooted jute industry has struggled for decades, undercut by cheaper synthetics. Now its bags are a sought-after biodegradable alternative.

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Jute, a coarse fiber that is woven into fabrics like burlap, has been cultivated for centuries in the warm and humid climate of the Ganges Delta. Some of India’s jute factories have been in operation for more than a century, and today the country is the world’s largest producer.
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"Every culture wants to memorialize its dead. Every family needs the missing to be identified to reach closure. Perhaps that is why a wartime mass grave offends something so deep in the human conscience." nytimes.com/2022/09/18/world…
The Singular Offense of the Mass Grave (Published 2022)

The Singular Offense of the Mass Grave (Published 2022)

Violent loss is even more devastating when the dead are disposed of without identification. When Russians pull out in Ukraine, they leave a trail of anonymous death.

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Cyrus Mistry, an Indian-born Irish businessman who once led India’s biggest conglomerate but was unceremoniously removed from the job, died in a car accident in India on Sunday. He was 54. nyti.ms/3RUcfg7
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Tulsi Gowind Gowda has devoted her life to transforming vast swaths of barren land in her native state of Karnataka, in southern India, into dense forests. nytimes.com/2022/09/02/world…
‘Magic in Her Hands.’ The Woman Bringing India’s Forests Back to Life (Published 2022)

‘Magic in Her Hands.’ The Woman Bringing India’s Forests Back to Life (Published 2022)

Tulsi Gowind Gowda has spent most of her more than 80 years planting and nurturing trees in southern India. “I like them more than anything else in my life,” she said.

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She has walked for miles, deep into tropical rainforests, carefully cutting healthy branches from hundreds of trees & replanting & grafting them. Her eyes light up when she talks about rare seeds or a sapling. And when she dies, she would like to be reborn as a big tree.
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Ms. Gowda said that as she has turned frail recently, she often thinks about death and dying. “The best death would be under the shade of a big tree with huge branches,” she said. “I like them more than anything else in my life.”
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75 Years Later, the Fading Ghosts of India’s Bloody Partition (Published 2022)

75 Years Later, the Fading Ghosts of India’s Bloody Partition (Published 2022)

With the passing decades, nationalist fervor and mutual suspicion have largely replaced memories of mass death and displacement during the chaotic cleaving of Pakistan from India.

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“Plastic bags can only be eliminated if the customer decides it, not the seller,” said a vegetable hawker in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. “Getting rid of it is a slow process; it can’t happen overnight.” nytimes.com/2022/07/31/world…?
As India Takes On Throwaway Plastic, This State Shows How It’s Done (Published 2022)

As India Takes On Throwaway Plastic, This State Shows How It’s Done (Published 2022)

Tamil Nadu’s ban on single-use plastic has gotten results, thanks to relentless policing. Now, India says it will tackle the problem nationwide.

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“Sometimes, during nights, I really get scared: What if I am not able to get anything?” an Indian job seeker, said. “All of my friends are suffering because of unemployment.” Our story. nytimes.com/2022/06/13/busin…
India’s Economy Is Growing Quickly. Why Can’t It Produce Enough Jobs? (Published 2022)

India’s Economy Is Growing Quickly. Why Can’t It Produce Enough Jobs? (Published 2022)

The disconnect is a result of India’s uneven growth, powered and enjoyed by the country’s upper strata.

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While collecting songs from a nomadic traders, the linguist said, they insisted that he honor them by accepting a gift: ear of a roasted goat. "I had to accept it, despite being a vegetarian for decades.” nytimes.com/2022/06/11/world…
Recording India’s Linguistic Riches as Leaders Push Hindi as Nation’s Tongue (Published 2022)

Recording India’s Linguistic Riches as Leaders Push Hindi as Nation’s Tongue (Published 2022)

Ganesh Devy has spent decades documenting India’s hundreds of distinct languages. Up next: a 12,000-year history of India he hopes will help counter the government’s Hindu-first campaign.

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Best known for its mercenaries, the Wagner Group is much more in Sudan where a Russian oligarch known as 'Putin's chef' is mining for gold and undermining the struggle for democracy. His slogan:"From Russia With Love." nytimes.com/2022/06/05/world…
‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan (Published 2022)

‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan (Published 2022)

Backed by the Kremlin, the shadowy network known as the Wagner Group is getting rich in Sudan while helping the military to crush a democracy movement.

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“In old age, you want to play with your grandchild,” one shopkeeper in Haridwar said. Adding residents had been discussing the case with great interest over tea outside his shop. “What is the harm in giving them one?” nytimes.com/2022/05/29/world…
No Grandchild? Six Years After Son’s Wedding, These Parents Are Suing (Published 2022)

No Grandchild? Six Years After Son’s Wedding, These Parents Are Suing (Published 2022)

A couple in India are demanding that their son and daughter-in-law have a child or pay them $650,000 in damages. “This is an Indian parent thing,” their lawyer said.

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India’s Supreme Court Orders Police to Respect Prostitutes’ Rights nytimes.com/2022/05/27/world…
India’s Supreme Court Orders Police to Respect Prostitutes’ Rights (Published 2022)

India’s Supreme Court Orders Police to Respect Prostitutes’ Rights (Published 2022)

Though sex work is legal in the country, those who practice it often endure harassment and abuse. The justices urged the authorities to employ a more nuanced and humane approach.

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Over the past two decades, a government program in India has provided basic health care at the doorsteps of homes across India’s vast territory. nytimes.com/2022/05/17/world…
The Foot Soldiers in India’s Battle to Improve Public Health (Published 2022)

The Foot Soldiers in India’s Battle to Improve Public Health (Published 2022)

Over a million female health workers treat India’s most at-risk women and children, for little pay and sometimes at the cost of their own lives.

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These women are neither doctors nor nurses, but they are given training to bridge the health care gap in places, both rural and urban, where such services were previously nonexistent.
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During the deadly waves of the coronavirus pandemic, these women — known by the acronym ASHA workers — were crucial in saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of coronavirus patients by helping in the early detection of cases & spreading info on prevention.
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