'Doval in Beijing | Can India Trust China?| Inside the India China Thaw | Barkha Dutt'

'National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi convened the 23rd round of Special Representatives’ talks between India and China in Beijing, focusing on key issues such as maintaining peace along the LAC and the restoration of bilateral ties, which had been frozen for over four years due to the Ladakh standoff. Following the talks, Barkha Dutt engages with experts—Lt Gen Raj Shukla, Ambassador Dilip Sinha, journalist Suhasini Haider, and Dr. C Raja Mohan—to analyze the diplomatic and strategic implications of the ongoing India-China dialogue.' Read more

'A War Reporter, With A Whirlwind Life, Meet Tavleen Singh | People First'

'Tavleen Singh is one of India's first woman journalists. She has covered war, conflict, insurgency and politics. Her interview with Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is still remembered She has also been a woman in love, embarking on an affair that would ruffle many-a-feathers. Singh fell in love with a Pakistani politician Salman Taseer while on assignment and became a single unwed mother of their son Aatish Taseer This association was marred by love, cowardice, and, ultimately, an assassination.' Read more

'Meet Preeti Yadav, A Girl Born Blind, But With Abundant Dreams & Greater Passion To Achieve Them All'

'Preeti Yadav was born blind, but that never stopped her from doing her exactly what she wanted to do – to become a Sociology Professor. Today, Preeti is studying at Delhi University – coming here to study independently away from her home town in Uttar Pradesh. But aside from Preeti’s obvious superpower of self-sufficiency, there’s another one ready in her arsenal: a mellifluous voice – one that she uses happily as she loves to sing!' Read more

'Meet Dehati Madam | An Online English Tutor Who Shun All Stereotypes To Rise Above | People First'

'She studied till Grade 12, and today her YouTube boasts of 2.85 Lakh Subscribers ! Meet Yashoda Lodhi, a tutor like no other. Her moniker – Dehati Madame, gives you an insight of who she is, and how when ambition meets hard work, there is virtually no obstacle that could deter you from your goal! She started YouTube tutorials during COVID to help the family financially, and since then there has been no looking back. This is her extraordinary story!' Read more

'The Woman Who Gave Millions Of Girls In India A Law To Fight For Their Safety | Bhanwari Devi'

'Before the Nirbhaya movement, before the MeToo Campaign, before most of us even had the basic awareness of our rights as women, there was Bhanwari Devi. Bhanwari Devi has spent 30 years seeking a conviction for the men who raped her. For raising her voice, she was pushed to the edge of her village, denied access to water from the village well and socially ostracized. What many of us do not know is Bhanwari never got justice for herself but it is her personal courage that has birthed the sexual harassment guidelines that protect millions of women at the work place.' Read more

'Sukanya Ramgopal | A Woman Ghatam Artiste Whose Fingers March To Their Own Beat | People First'

'It is often said that a woman’s fingers are too delicate, not made for the roughness of the world; Sukanya Ramgopal quashes that stereotype and how. India’s first woman Ghatam artiste, her fingers much like herself march to their own beat. She has received several awards including the very prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Her passion and her power are both exemplary as she says… “If musicians don’t want to see a female player, it's their problem”. Today Sukkanya has her own all- women's ensemble called Stree Thaal Tharang' Read more

'Meet Abdul Gaffar | A Record-Breaking Flag Maker Whose Own Life Is No Less Than Extraordinary'

'Abdul Gaffar Jhandewala started his Tiranga journey during the Emergency. The time he says was tense, and shopkeepers wanted to protest the emergency by putting a tiranga jhanda outside their shops. Abdul Gaffar learnt tailoring when he was a child to help his father out a bit, and today he sports the record of making 1000 flags in a day! But what he fondly remembers still are the 500 rupees he made 60 years ago when he had just started making flags!' Read more

'The Not So Bashful Bride | Meet Shilpa Sreekumar, Who Became Viral For Playing Chenda At Her Wedding'

'In a world of bashful brides, with stereotypes of being demure, Shilpa Sreekumar – an engineer, became an overnight sensation when she donned the role of the new-age drummer girl. Playing the chenda – a traditionally male instrument – to her heart’s desire at her wedding. Sreekumar has been playing the chenda for 12 years, and when it was time for her to play it at her wedding, she didn’t find it unusual at all but says that she didn’t anticipate a small act of joy would spark such an impact for young girls!' Read more

'Meet The Powerlifter Who Shun All Stereotypes'

'Majiziya Bhanu’s story is an inspiration. Having grown up listening to slurs about her religion and identity, she didn’t let the naysayers deter her passion. Instead, she shut all her critics by excelling at powerlifting – a feat no one around her thought she would achieve. Her inspiration though? Her mother – who asked her to go for her dreams, being the wind beneath her wings! From a difficult childhood to being a world champion – this is her extraordinary story.' Read more

'Mona Lisa Vandalised In Paris, Twice In 3 Years'

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