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Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Don't miss! Our amazing [#BossWomen series]( [How Bachendri Pal Became the First Indian Woman to Climb Mount Everest!]( Aug 26, 2017 04:25 pm | Jovita Aranha “My heart stood still. It dawned on me that success was within reach. And at 1.07 pm on 23 May 1984, I stood on top of Everest, and I was the first Indian woman to have done so,” writes Bachendri Pal, recollecting her tryst in the book Everest: My Journey to the Top. Born on […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How Bachendri Pal Became the First Indian Woman to Climb Mount Everest! on Facebook]( [How One Woman’s Hope to ‘Give Back’ Created India’s Trans Queen 2017]( Aug 26, 2017 04:14 pm | Vidya Raja The Trans Queen India 2017, a beauty pageant for the transgender community is being held in Gurugram on August 27, 2017. As many as 1,500 participants battled it out to make it to the top 16. At the final event, 16 contestants from Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Karnataka and other states will compete to […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How One Woman’s Hope to ‘Give Back’ Created India’s Trans Queen 2017 on Facebook]( [Does the Landmark Right to Privacy Judgement mean the end of Section 377?]( Aug 26, 2017 04:09 pm | Vishaka George On the 24th of August, 2017, the Supreme Court declared privacy as a fundamental right for every Indian citizen. Privacy in India has been a contentious issue, with naysayers saying – if you have nothing to hide, then why worry about surveillance? And other such drivel like it is an import of western culture. However, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Does the Landmark Right to Privacy Judgement mean the end of Section 377? on Facebook]( [Was Sholay’s Jai Injured While Defecating in the Open? This Poster Says So!]( Aug 26, 2017 03:59 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj Remember that scene in the movie Sholay, where Veeru finds Jai wounded on the ground and asks him how he got injured? Jai explains how, because there was no toilet in his house, he went outside to defecate in the dark and accidentally fell and hurt himself. Remember that? No? Well, at least that’s what the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Was Sholay’s Jai Injured While Defecating in the Open? This Poster Says So! on Facebook]( [Talaq, Privacy and Ram Rahim: Judiciary Gives Us Reason to Hope This Week]( Aug 26, 2017 03:08 pm | LawRato The three historic landmark verdicts passed by Indian Courts one after the other during this week have re-ignited our faith in Indian Judiciary. The Indian Judiciary is rattled with 2,81,25,066 pending cases both in civil and criminal courts. The idea of approaching the court for justice in itself for people is a grim and obscure […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Talaq, Privacy and Ram Rahim: Judiciary Gives Us Reason to Hope This Week on Facebook]( [Going to Work in Thane? Skip the Traffic and Rent a Cycle]( Aug 26, 2017 02:44 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj One of the most populous metros in India, Thane constantly struggles with traffic every day, especially during office hours. Although that’s the case with most metros, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is offering its office-goers a chance to cut down on the ‘rush’ during rush hours. So, commuters of Thane, how would you like travelling […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Going to Work in Thane? Skip the Traffic and Rent a Cycle on Facebook]( [Want India to Have Period-Leave? Here’s How You Can Make It Happen.]( Aug 26, 2017 02:25 pm | Vishaka George Last month, Mumbai-based digital media firm Culture Machine made a historic announcement – paid leave to its women employees for the first day of their period. Virtual firecrackers lit up the internet! Women, far and wide, applauded the move and hoped their workplaces would adopt such a policy too. This effectively means that women at […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Want India to Have Period-Leave? Here’s How You Can Make It Happen. on Facebook]( [From 156 Years Ago, Here’s the Very First FIR Filed by the Delhi Police]( Aug 26, 2017 02:00 pm | Manabi Katoch Delhi Police tweeted the evidence of the crime that happened in the nineteenth century as #ThrowbackThurday. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like From 156 Years Ago, Here’s the Very First FIR Filed by the Delhi Police on Facebook]( [Must Read: This Letter From a Father to the Cop Who Helped His Daughter]( Aug 26, 2017 01:54 pm | Deepika Bhardwaj Last Thursday, the Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) in Bengaluru, R Hithendra, got an anonymous letter from a father, who recounted his daughter’s ordeal on a rainy night in the city. On August 23, she was travelling from Coimbatore to Bengaluru in a bus and was dropped at Madiwala instead of Marathahalli, which was the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Must Read: This Letter From a Father to the Cop Who Helped His Daughter on Facebook]( [Upright, Honest, Dedicated: Meet the Judge Who Convicted Ram Rahim]( Aug 26, 2017 01:53 pm | Vidya Raja Buses are being burnt public offices vandalised, and in many parts of Punjab and Haryana, there are reports of clashes between the police and the supporters of the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim. The man of the moment, however, is Jagdeep Singh, the judge who delivered the judgement convicting the ‘baba’ in […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Upright, Honest, Dedicated: Meet the Judge Who Convicted Ram Rahim on Facebook]( [How 13 Bengaluru Women Farmers Sold Their Indigenous Seeds Online!]( Aug 26, 2017 01:44 pm | Jovita Aranha For the women farmers in Kanakapura village on the outskirts of Bengaluru, becoming entrepreneurs was a distant dream nine years ago. Back then 37-year-old Nagarathna would preserve indigenous millets and paddy seeds at home and eventually sell them. When she realized that 13 other women were doing the same thing in nearby villages, she got […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How 13 Bengaluru Women Farmers Sold Their Indigenous Seeds Online! on Facebook]( [Went to School in Delhi Seven Years Ago? You May Be Owed a Refund!]( Aug 26, 2017 12:49 pm | Jovita Aranha The Justice Anil Dev Singh committee identified 449 private schools in Delhi to have overcharged parents on the grounds of implementing recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. The committee’s report led the Delhi government to issue a show-cause notice to these schools. As per the order, these schools have to roll back the unfair fee […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Went to School in Delhi Seven Years Ago? You May Be Owed a Refund! on Facebook]( [At Just 21, This Gujarat Student Has Cleared CA, CS and CMA Exams!]( Aug 26, 2017 11:24 am | Jovita Aranha Have you ever met an individual with four academic degrees, all at the age of 21? Well, 21-year-old Aditya Jhavar, a resident of Parvat Patiya from the diamond hub of Gujarat, Surat, has successfully proven the naysayers wrong. With over four degrees, of which three are considered to be amid the toughest courses in the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like At Just 21, This Gujarat Student Has Cleared CA, CS and CMA Exams! on Facebook]( [Food for Thought! How Kulchas Found Their Way Onto the Hyderabad Nizams’ Flag!]( Aug 26, 2017 11:19 am | Live History India It’s amazing but the Nizams of Hyderabad actually had the kulcha as their official insignia. Here’s the intriguing story of how this popular Indian bread became the grand emblem on the Nizam’s flag! Like all great stories, this one is also spiced with legends and dark prophecies. The Asaf Jahi dynasty (the official title of […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Food for Thought! 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