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Can’t Marry Without Toilet in the House, Say Maulvis & Muftis in HP, Punjab...
In a welcome move, which gives a boost to issues concerning sanitation, maulvis and muftis in states like Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have made it mandatory for houses to have toilets for...
View ArticleWhy Still Single? Why Not? Sushmita Sen’s Reply Hits the Nail on the Head
Sushmita Sen is not one to bend by anybody’s rules when it comes to living her life. The actress, who is known for marching to the beat of her own drums, has once again proved why she is loved by...
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Marriage Is Driving Tribal Families Into Debt In MP. These Activists Are...
These activists are working with tribes people of Madhya Pradesh to cap marriage expenditures and prevent families from plunging into debt or having to sell off their lands to pay for their children’s...
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Did Married Women Have to Change Names in Passports Before PM Modi’s Message?...
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, announced that women can retain their maiden names in passports even after marriage, while speaking to the Indian Merchants Chambers’ ladies wing via video...
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This Awesome Rajasthan Bride Challenged Patriarchy in the Coolest Way: By...
Breaking away from a patriarchal tradition, a young bride from Rajasthan’s Alwar has set an example of equality for everyone. The bride, Jiya Sharma, mounted a horse cart & led her own baraat to...
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An Acid Attack Survivor. A CCTV Operator. A Phone Call. This Unlikely Love...
Three months ago, Lalita Bansi dialled the wrong number. Or so she thought… A fortnight after making the call, the Mumbai woman received a call back from the number. On the other end of the phone was...
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This father welcomed a son-in-law with two kidney transplants & even offered...
A quick Google search on chronic illness brings up thousands of results of people on Quora, Yahoo and other forums, seeking reassurances from strangers for their resolve to marry a person suffering...
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How High Can Love Go? Meet the Kerala Couple Who Tied the Knot at Everest...
It’s almost daily that we stumble across endearing loves stories about people going the distance in the name of love. And each day the goals just keep getting higher! A Kerala couple has just...
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Transgender Foster Dad in Mysuru Performs Wedding Rituals of His ‘Adopted’...
Despite the recent strides made by the Kerala Government in ensuring the rights of transgender persons, we still have a long way to go. While initiatives that come from top-down help, a change in the...
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TBI Blogs: How a Young Woman Quit a Dysfunctional Marriage and Carved out Her...
The bustling city of Lucknow buzzes around her, even as she seems calm, centred. Nasreen is feeling quite at home, reflecting the tehzeeb characteristic of the city she lives in, but she has come a...
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Breaking Silence & Stigma, This Courageous Domestic Abuse Victim Turned Her...
I did not know I could be anything apart from a daily wager, just like my parents. 29-year-old Sashwati says (name changed to protect identity) at Ambadi village in rural Bhandara district of...
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Skip The Sub-Registrar’s Office, Get Your Marriage Certificates Online in...
Registering your marriage in the sub-registrar’s office will soon be a practice of the past in Karnataka. Forget the hassles associated with the task because all you will have to do is apply online and...
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How a Transgender Group Is Helping Women from Poor Families Get Married in...
On Thursday, a group of transgender individuals helped five Hindu and five Muslim women from low-income families get married in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. They were married off according to their religious...
View ArticleBlinded by an Acid Attack a Decade Ago, Survivor Finds Love at Her Hospital!
Pramodini Roul was 15 when a 28-year-old paramilitary soldier threw acid on her for rejecting his marriage proposal. Unfortunately, the case was dismissed in 2012 due to a lack of evidence, and the...
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This App Helped Over 25,000 Differently Abled People Find Friendship & Love!
Over 25,000 differently abled persons across India found long-lasting friendships, love and prospective partners, thanks to an innovative initiative called Inclov. Launched in Bengaluru in 2015, the...
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Hadiya Finds Freedom to Study, Now It’s Time That She Lives Life on Her Own...
After all the drama, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered that Hadiya, formerly Akhila Asokan, be released from the confines of her home, and that she goes back to her college in Salem, Tamil Nadu, to...
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Want to Marry as per Your Choice, Irrespective of Religion? What Indian Laws Say
Kerala has the highest literacy rate in India. Yet when a girl decided to convert to another religion and marry by her own choice, it became a matter of debate for the entire nation. In the bizarre...
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Triple Talaq Bill: Onwards Towards Gender Justice, but Is This the Final Step?
India is a homeland of distinctive traditions and cultures in the world. Religious resilience and religious differences have been both built up in the nation by laws and customs. India as a nation has...
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Telangana Encourages Marriage Among the Differently Abled With Rs 1 Lakh...
In 2015, N Chandrababu Naidu, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, expressed that the Government would do everything in its power to increase the Marriage Incentive Award initiated by the state, from Rs...
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Tamil Wedding With A Japanese Heart; This Couple Travelled 6000 Kms To Get...
A recently held wedding in Madurai was just like any other wedding ceremony, except for the fact the bride and the groom travelled 6000 kms just to get hitched there! Chiharu Obata and Yuto Ninaga...
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Can a 14-Year-Old Stop Her Own Forced Marriage? This Brave Girl Did It
It is estimated that 47% of girls in India are married before their 18th birthday. However, a gutsy teenager from Kolkata refused to become yet another statistic and decided to fight against the...
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True Love: 83-Year-Old Marries Wife a Second Time, for a Very Moving Reason
The film 50 first dates narrated the story of Henry Roth, a vet (Adam Sandler) who falls in love with a Hawaiian girl, Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore), only to realise she has anterograde amnesia – her...
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With Help from Sushma Swaraj, This India-Pakistan Couple Overcame All Barriers
We are accustomed to seeing and reading about heart-wrenching stories of skirmishes and escalating tensions between India-Pakistan, in the news. Thankfully, during these troubled times, there are a few...
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Band, Baaja & Prenup: Everything You Need to Know About a Prenup Agreement
In sickness or wealth, a prenup before marriage is the way forward. With a steep rise in divorce rates, prenups are no longer considered unromantic or insulting notions. In Australia alone, 60% of the...
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Muslim Family Get Adopted Hindu Son Married as per His Traditions!
Any day is a good day to celebrate and cherish love. And in that spirit, we bring you this heart-warming story. A Muslim family adopted Rakesh Rastogi when he was 12-years-old. The family that adopted...
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Skip The Gifts, Donate Some Blood Instead! Bengali Couple Sets Example
Newly-wed couples in India are on a trend-setting spree. From the couple who spent their wedding money to educate children of suicide-committing farmers to the couple who broke an age-old taboo by...
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7 Couples Who Changed the Definition of the Big Fat Indian Wedding!
A Uttar Pradesh bridegroom found an unusual way of celebrating one of the happiest moments of his life! Tapan Pandey, from the city of Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, welcomed some special guests to celebrate...
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Defying Stiff opposition, Bengaluru Folks Help Visually-Impaired Couple Tie...
25th March 2018 marked the most memorable day in the lives of visually-impaired couple KM Kiran and Basamma B Udakari. Kiran and Udakrai met for the first time, eight years ago when they both started...
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Rajasthan Police Station Adopts Debt-Ridden Village Girl, Sponsors Her Marriage!
The Datwas Police Station in Rajasthan’s Tonk district could figure in a film for their recent actions. Tonk is a backward district in the state of Rajasthan. The police unit there got a debt-ridden...
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Winds of Change: Kerala Transsexual Couple Gets Married, Create History!
Ihe LGBTQI—Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and Intersex—people in India continue to face legal and social difficulties on a daily basis. Sexual activity between people of the...
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Here’s Why This Shop in a Remote Village is an Emblem for Women’s Rights
“Had I completed my education beyond grade X, my life would have been completely different today,” says 60-year-old Lata Jadhav from Tilwani village in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district. Two decades ago,...
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At This Couple’s Unique Wedding, Guests Became Organ Donors & Plant Parents!
When Aurangabad-based Omkar Deshpande’s sister, Pooja, was to marry Devendra Pathak, the pressure on the traditional family was huge. It was the first wedding in their home and the last few months had...
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Exclusive: Sunil Chhetri on Football Superstardom and the Video That Changed...
Hard-work, consistency, dedication – these are all the regular ingredients that make people successful. One other very important quality is humility, which adds so much character to that success. Sunil...
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Maha Couple Requests Books as Wedding Gifts, Sets Up Library For Needy Kids!
They wanted to make their wedding ceremony stand out, and make it a remarkable day for themselves as well as others who are not as privileged as they are. So they took inspiration from their own past...
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Post Band, Baaja & Baraat, Do This To Be Considered Lawfully-Wedded in India!
Marriage registration implies obtaining a marriage certificate from a Registrar, which makes a couple’s marriage official. In most states, a marriage certificate is issued by a government official only...
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Female Genital Mutilation Violates Fundamental Rights, Says Supreme Court
On Monday, the Supreme Court of India, took yet another firm stand on the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, reports News 18. The Chief Justice of India,...
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Mom of 2, She Chased Her Dreams to Win Boxing Gold After 5-Yr Gap!
Chetna Saini – standing tall. 23-year-old Chetna Saini just did Haryana proud by winning gold in the district-level boxing championship. What’s makes this more interesting is that she is also a mother...
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Mumbai Mom’s Unflinching Support For Her Twins Is a Stunning Lesson in...
If there is one piece of heart-warming content you wish to read today, then let it be this. A newlywed bride was often asked when she would give the family some “good news”. The bride was clear on...
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Married at 14, This Gritty Grandma Overcame All Odds To Finish Her Education
Sailaja Vissamsetti was a 14-year-old, studying in Class 7 when her parents decided that it was time for her to get married. Even though she was at an age when most children are in school and worrying...
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This 16-Year-Old Delhi Girl’s Initiative is Feeding Over 350 People Each Week!
It is amazing to read about young Indians who are working at the grassroots to bring about a change. Meet 16-year-old Taira Bhargava, a student of class 10 at Shri Ram School, Moulsari in Gurugram, who...
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How One Wedding Got 200 Jharkhand Women The Respect & Legal Rights They Deserve
After living-in with Ramlal Munda for almost 30 years, Sahodari Munda finally got the status of his wife. Her son, Jeeteshwar Munda, who also has a five-month-old daughter, got married on the same day...
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Weddings Sans Kanyadaan: Meet the Kolkata Priestess Shattering Gender...
In the midst of a rising cloud of ‘yagna‘ smoke, the ‘Ulu Dhwani‘ reaches its crescendo amidst the chanting of shlokas (verses). This is the typical imagery of a Hindu Bengali wedding. But, we are...
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This Lawyer’s Powerful PIL Helped 132 Orphaned Girls in Uttarakhand Get Free...
The devastating flash floods that hit Uttarakhand in June 2013 are still fresh in our minds. In one of India’s worst natural calamities, more than 5,500 people were presumed dead, with incalculable...
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Daughter of Beedi Rollers Fights Odds to Educate Herself, Now Supports 2,400...
The protagonist of my story was conditioned to believe three things about herself from a rather young age – Poor. Village. Girl. This is a story of Ashweetha Shetty, who not just challenged that...
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27-YO Mumbaikar Woman Helps Beggars Turn Professional Singers, Earn Rs...
My stay in Mumbai was rather brief—of just about five months. One of the things that has stayed with me from that period was the daily local train commute. There was so much happening on the train,...
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Meet the Kerala Boy Whose Post on Mother’s Second Marriage Won The Internet
He was in Class 10 when his mother decided to finally walk out of an abusive marriage. For years, he grew up watching his mother sacrifice and toil in the misery of an unhappy marriage. When she left...
View ArticleE-Pass For Movement in 15 States, 4 UTs In Single Govt Portal. Check How to...
With The Positive Collective, The Better India’s COVID-19 coverage is available to regional language publications for free. Write to editorial@thebetterindia.com for more details. According to the...
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‘I’d Never Seen Anyone Like Him Before’: Drag Artist’s Spouse Shares Their...
The first thing that Raji noticed about Patruni was the way he danced. “I was truly mesmerised,” the 25-year-old, a resident of Hyderabad, recalls in a conversation with The Better India. “It began...
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Juggling A Job, a Toddler & Pregnancy, I Cracked UPSC CSE 3 Years After Marriage
What is incredible about Dr Bushara Bano is that she never let go of her dream. After marriage, she attempted the Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) Civil Service Examination (CSE) four times....
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‘I’m Proof HIV Isn’t a Death Sentence’: How India’s 2nd HIV Patient Gave 400...
In 1963, a 13-year-old Noori Mohammad ran away from home; in 1970, she fell in love and married; in 1986, she became a sex worker, and in 1987, she was diagnosed with HIV. In 2024, she is a guardian,...
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