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Mallick Doms, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, SSKM hospital, dead bodies, caste hierarchy, Hindu caste system, Dom caste, corpses, pollution touch, untouchables, affirmative action, caste reservation, positive discrimination, post mortem, forensics, Fort William, Supan Sudarshan Bhakt,

This ‘Untouchable’ Caste is Indispensable to Kolkata Hospitals

Sohini C. 18/12/2018

The members of one clan of Doms, the caste...

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Eight Killed, Over 100 Injured in Hospital Blaze in Mumbai’s Andheri

As many as 108 people, including patients, were trapped...

#MeToo, Bayesian cascade, feminism, gender bias, gendered knowledge, information cascade, Internal Complaints Committee, patriarchy, recommendation letters, research family balance, stereotypes, women in science, women in STEM, astronomy,

A Sexism Less Noticed: In Academic Recommendation Letters

Aswin Sekhar 17/12/2018

Most of academia is highly competitive and near-misses are...

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Tribal Women in Chhattisgarh Win Right to Access Contraception

Anoo Bhuyan 15/12/2018

The lack of legal family planning services to tribal...

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Breastfeeding Is Not Home Chore: A Wake-Up Call That Mindsets Need to Change

Priti Mahara 15/12/2018

To say that the social attitude towards breastfeeding needs...

How An HIV Prevention Pill Is Changing Sexual Behaviour Among Men

Mosaic Science 09/12/2018

PrEP is great at blocking HIV, but as its...

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Who’s Best Equipped to Tackle Men’s Mental Health in #MeToo? Men.

Ruchita Chandrashekar 06/12/2018

To understand the blurred lines of consent and the...