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What’s in a name?
Every week, more than 500 people change their names by registering in a small government office on Mount Road. Divya Kumar has some of their stories

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In black and white
Isn’t it wonderful how old photographs convey a sense of history and mystery?

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SOUND OFF
‘Read them if you can’
Sangeetha Jambunathan on the illegible ‘best before…’ wordings on goods

The bulk of workers’ minimum wages is taken away by recruitment agencies as ‘repayment of debt’, and the workers are left with just enough to survive. The agencies do this for five to seven months and many a time, after this ...

Many go from Fiji to the U.S., Australia or the Pacific Island countries in search of work. But the Fiji government will fight for their rights only if they sign a contract in Fiji. If they do sign, they become migrant workers and need to be ...

Most migrant women work as domestic help in our country. The labour laws do not guarantee these workers minimum wages or a day off. A recent government policy requires the employer to keep track of the calls made by these workers. This invades ...

When their work is not recognised under labour laws of a country, women domestic workers remain invisible and their rights are easily violated. They are forced to work under appalling conditions, are trafficked, have their passports taken away ...

We are currently fighting to get a six-week maternity leave approved for women in unorganised sector. Women don’t get compensated for overtime, are violated at workplace and work under poor conditions. Some factories don’t even ...

The International Labour Organisation’s Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations has repeatedly stressed that the rights of domestic workers such as the right to freedom of association, collective ...

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Scientific research: women vs men
Issue Why are there less women in high-end research? Geeta Padmanabhanfinds out

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