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Traffic, availability of ambulances in the vicinity and a lack of an organised effort to ensure ambulance availability across various locations are significant challenges that need to be overcome.

“Women are not dying because of diseases we cannot treat. They are dying because societies have yet to make the decision that their lives are worth saving.”

DC Rajappa writes poetry based on real-life events to help him deal with the emotions his job brings. He encourages other officers to do the same and has had two books published of their work.

Sudha Menon, journalist and the author of Leading Ladies: Women Who Inspire India, and Legacy, has written about the journeys of many successful women. Today, she writes about her own journey and the incredible women who were there to support her at every step of the way.

Despite a sizeable visually-impaired population, India’s Braille literacy ranks among the lowest in the world. This World Braille Day, a new innovation hopes to change that statistic by using unique features to make learning Braille fun and simple for India’s visually-impaired children.

Indian mythology and folk tales are rich with interesting characters, amazing stories, and valuable lessons. Discover an 11th-century compendium of these incredible narratives that has stood the test of time as one of the world’s finest collection of stories.

The Delhi High Court recently rejected the demand of publishers’ to ban coursepacks on the grounds of violation of copyright. R. Nanjappa shares why he thinks the ruling is unfair.

A Class 7-pass book stall owner from a humble background, Santosh Pandey authored a book based on the Ramayana with the help of his friend Vinod Cherian.

Prajna Desai captures the unique cultural flavours and aromas that come out of the melting pot of Dharavi, Mumbai. Her book, The Indecisive Chicken, has stories about eight women, their food, their culture, and food myths.

This excerpt from Suchitra Sen: The Legend and the Enigma by Shoma A Chatterji looks at Sen as the quintessential working woman, who effortlessly portrayed the dedicated professional woman in many of her films, someone who attempted to create a balance between the demands of love and romance and work.