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Mamata Banerjee

Metaphorical Slaps

As the world gears up to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, a pertinent question looms ~ how far have we truly come in achieving gender equality? In India, women have risen to positions of power, yet they continue to battle the deeply entrenched patriarchal mindset that seeks to diminish their contributions and limit their aspirations.

KMC starts survey of hawkers in city markets

A day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s meeting at Nabanna on the hawkers, instructing a host of initiatives to streamline hawking and curb encroachment of footpaths in city’s shopping hotspots, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation kicked off its survey today.