India

India steps into history with women’s quota bill
Tuesday 9th March, 2010 (IANS)
India’s politics took a decisive step towards change Tuesday with its upper house passing a historic bill giving one-third representation to women in parliament and state legislatures, crossing the biggest hurdle in the road towards political empowerment for women in the world’s largest democracy.
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A bill that would have empowered India’s women politically was blocked on International Women’s Day by ministers of Parliament who call the legislation elitist, according the Indo-Asian News Service.
The bill was first introduced in 1996 and would have reserved one-third of legislative seats for Indian women. A dozen members of India’s upper house who oppose [...]

Great Women
Mother Teresa
As the day is a remembrance to great women for their outstanding achievements that are indefinable, let’s have a feel of their feats. Mother Teresa, the idle women, born for a cause and died for that cause and the cause was ‘serving Humanity’. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, was the birth name assigned to the [...]

Celebrations

International Women’s Day was created to inspire women throughout the world to work towards equality. The day is commemorated at the United Nations and celebrated in nations around the globe.

Women’s Day
Few causes promoted by the United Nations have generated more intense and widespread support than the campaign to promote and protect the equal rights [...]

A celebration of the mystery called ‘woman’
Yes! It’s International Women’s Day (March 8th). A universal day for all women around the world to celebrate. It endows them with a sense of honor, dignity and self respect for being the person that they are. This day marks a celebration of the economic, social, cultural and political [...]

Women are special
Woman is the epitome of love, patience, sacrifice. A mother, sister, or wife she executes her. . .
Woman is the epitome of love, patience, sacrifice. A mother, sister, or wife she executes her duties with dedication love and selflessness. For eons women have been glorified for their achievements in various walks of life. [...]

Dance in India
Dance in India, is rooted in age-old tradition. This vast sub-continent has given birth to varied forms of dancing, each shaped by the influences of a particular period and environment. These pristine forms have been preserved through the centuries, to become a part of our present culture, a living heritage which is both [...]

Abdul Kalam is India’s ‘most trusted’ person
Tue, Mar 2 02:48 PM
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam is India’s ‘most trusted’ person, followed by industrialist Ratan Tata and former police officer Kiran Bedi.
An online survey to identity the 100 most trusted Indians – conducted for Reader’s Digest by market research group The Digital Edge – has thrown [...]

Takeaway for a housewife from budget 2010
Saturday February 27, 2010 01:51 am PST
There is good reason for any salaried person to cheer the Budget 2010. The salary slabs for tax has been increased. Is there something for the housewife too? Let’s see how the monthly budget of a housewife will be affected by Union Budget [...]

RAIL BUDGET – HIGHLIGHTS
No increase in passenger fares
Rs.100 reduction in freight per wagon for fertilisers and kerosene
Free travel for cancer patients in 3rd AC classes
Cost-sharing in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode in some gauge-conversion projects
Further extension of Kolkata Metro on priority basis; stations to be named after Bahadur Shah Zafar, Tagore family
Karmabhoomi trains to be introduced for [...]