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For These Mumbai Students, Cleaning Beaches is The Perfect School Reunion!
For a few former students of the Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly school, a high school reunion goes beyond meeting over coffee and reminiscing about school days. They don’t wish to turn back time to the...
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Why Mumbai Rediscovering Its 11 Historic Milestones Is An Amazing Thing!
Rome was not built in a day, and India definitely not. Our centuries-old culture, languages and heritage sites are intact and relevant even in these contemporary times. From the Mughal architecture to...
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From Feb 27, Mumbai’s Harbour Line Trains To Run Between Goregaon and CSMT!
Starting February 27, it is likely that Harbour line commuters in Mumbai will be able to board trains from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) that will extend until Goregaon! Currently, the...
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Local Heroes: Mumbai Rail Commuters Come Together to Save a 3-Year-Old Girl
Three-year-old Ishwari Harane has always been bubbly, talkative and carefree like most kids her age. But she cannot attend a school like them. Not because it’s a choice, but because she has been...
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Are Slums Dark and Dangerous? This Artist Is Using Paint to Change Your Mind
Mumbai is a city of paradoxes. The city houses the country’s wealthiest and most impoverished, and in many instances, both live a few kilometres from each other. For every towering and glistening...
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Pickpocketed in Andheri? Meet the Man Who Can Help You Get Your Wallet Back
If you travel via a crowded local in Mumbai and get pickpocketed, there is a 90% chance that was the last time you will ever see your wallet. But one Mumbai man is turning the tide. For over ten years,...
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Reach for the Stars: ISRO Is Hiring and Here’s How You Can Join!
ISRO has been recruiting over the recent past. The organisation hired candidates for its Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre in December 2017. The jobs were open to non-engineers as well. Read more about...
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This Awesome Mumbai Couple Sells Wildlife Pics to Help Thirsty Animals Beat...
A Mumbai-based couple has become a shining example for those who wish to do something to save wildlife but don’t have the resources to or are perhaps clueless about where to begin. Dr Sarita...
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Forced to Marry at 17, Tribal Girl Fights Alcoholic Dad to Give Class X Boards!
Vishakha Shirke is all of 17, but her determination to sit for her ten standard board exams despite all odds proves the strength of her will. The resident of the Mumbai Suburb Jogeshwari, was only 14,...
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Abandoned Dogs Are Not an Unusual Sight. This Initiative Is Trying to Change...
Ever since time immemorial, humans have kept dogs as pets. Movies like ‘101 Dalmatians’, ‘Beethoven,’ and commercials featuring these adorable creatures have only led to an increase in their...
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Exclusive: How a Mumbai Actress Stood up to Traffickers and Rescued 2 Minor...
March 4 was a usual Sunday in the life of 27-year-old actor Preeti Sood, a resident of Versova Mumbai until a series of events turned it into perhaps one of the most dramatic days of her life. It all...
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This Woman Left Mumbai to Run Rural Schools: Here’s What She Learned in Return
Nisha Subramaniam leads education and rural community development projects with the ASSEFA Foundation. She previously served as Senior Program Manager for Teach For India’s operations in Chennai. Q:...
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Medical Emergency on the Mumbai Local? Rail Staff to Be Trained in First Aid!
The ‘golden hour’ refers to the one hour right after you suffer a traumatic injury, which is crucial for professional medical attention. Whether someone meets with an accident or suffers from a cardiac...
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Auto Driver’s Honesty With 80,000 in Cash Gets Free Education for His Kids
21st December 2017 was a usual day in the life of 68-year-old Sarla Namboodiri who runs Arunodaya English School for primary and preprimary kids in Chembur, Mumbai. Like everyday she drove to the...
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Moved by Hungry Farmers Marching in Bare Feet, Mumbai Donates Food, Footwear
The plight of close to 34,000 distressed farmers who walked over 180 kms for six days on foot from Nashik to Mumbai moved the residents of Mumbai. Armed with their red flags, they walked in the dark of...
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Should You Have a ‘Living Will’ Made? Here’s All You Need to Know
On Friday last week, in what is being heralded as a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court recognised that a terminally ill patient or a person in a persistent vegetative state has the right to die with...
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It’s Time Cinema Started Conversations About Disabilities, Visible and Invisible
Why are movies only made for those who can see and hear them? Can we not make movies for the visually impaired or the hearing impaired? Also, why do we shy away from acknowledging that people with...
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Once Suicidal, This 27-Year-Old Mumbaikar Now Feeds Hundreds Every Day
He may be all of 27, but Chinu Kwatra’s life is an inspiration for many. After a massive financial crisis hit his family, a young Chinu would run around helping his mother run a dhaba. There were times...
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Donate Scrap & Win Eco-Bag: This Idea is Helping Mumbaikars Say No to Plastic!
As the country continues to reel under the pressure of launching campaigns and passing plastic ban orders in different states, one NGO in Mumbai has found a rather innovative way to help housing...
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This Awesome Initiative Is Giving Kids with Cancer All the Support They Need!
Cancer requires comprehensive care, and more so if you are a child. There are many precautions to be taken before, during, and after treatment. A child attending regular chemotherapy sessions has a...
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