Tag Archives: New Delhi

SAFETY FIRST

February 12, 2013 – 1:23 pm

by Sumaa Tekur The international outrage at the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman on a New Delhi bus in December has swelled into an unprecedented People Power movement for women’s safety. Consumers in India are taking charge of their own security with smartphone apps like Nirbhaya, Fight Back, Circle of 6, Life360 Family Locator, […]

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Northeast festival explores the role of literature in promoting peace

February 17, 2011 – 3:39 pm

by Rohini Haldea WHAT’S HAPPENING Can literature and culture mend rifts to put an end to age-old violence? Organisers of the recently held Culture of Peace: A Festival of the Northeast in New Delhi seem to think it’s possible. The event was organised by Zubaan, a publishing company focusing on writers from the Northeast and other violence-torn […]

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Delhi gets a women-only cab service

November 28, 2010 – 8:54 pm

by Kiran Manral WHAT’S HAPPENING Sakha Wings Consulting has introduced a new cab service in New Delhi that features only female drivers and caters exclusively to women who need a safe mode of transportation within the city. This service is welcomed by women who need to travel on a daily basis within the city for […]

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