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Girls drawing in class at an Early Childhood Care & Development Centre (ECCD) in Badarpur, on the outskirts of Delhi. Photo: Plan / Davinder Kumar

Recapitulating milestones on way to seven billionth human

By Sun, Oct 30, 2011 4:32AM UTC View Comments Girls drawing in class at an Early Childhood Care & Development Centre (ECCD) in Badarpur, on the outskirts of Delhi. Photo: Plan / Davinder Kumar

Before the Internet arrived, most Indians had a hazy notion of Halloween. Those who knew about this prankster’s evening wouldn’t have been bemused because in the pre-Internet era, Bahuroopis were still conceptually known. I say conceptually, because even if kids had not seen one, they knew Bahuroopis weren’t pranksters but folk artists eking out a...

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Philippines: To propel RH Bill, Gabriela seeks removal of population control provisions

By Tue, May 31, 2011 5:03PM UTC View Comments Gabriela seeks the removal of population control provisions in the RH Bill. (Photo from Bulatlat.)

The debate over the Reproductive Health Bill has been stalled for so long with the ultra-conservative Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and the anti-Catholic flank of pro-RH Bill failing to agree on many points. Enter Gabriela, the Philippines’ leading and largest women’s alliance, suggesting a third way that, if adopted by all parties,...

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