A role-model at 10
Amal Antony was only 10 years old when he saved three lives sinking in a 20-feet deep pond at a quarry. Now a class nine student at a school near Ottappalam in Palakkad district of Kerala, Amal was awarded the National Bravery Award in 2010.
"I felt like throwing away the bravery certificate"
Fourteen year old braveheart Uma Shankar may have received the National Bravery Award from the hands of the president and prime minister earlier this year, but he has already learned that his bravery and compassion for others holds little value in the system.
Valiantly generous
Anjali Singh Gautam had lived in the Maoist infested Dantewada area for years but her first live encounter with the extremists came only in 2010 when a group of Maoists entered her house in Nakulnaar village to kill her father Avdesh Singh Gautam.
Two daredevils turn daily wagers
It was the start of a seemingly normal working day on May 10, 2004. Two unknown men entered the campus of a local school in Assam's Kamrup district, fired on a teacher at point blank range and fled.
When poverty breaks pluck
The story of Deepa Kumari is not just an example of amazing courage but of a 12-year-old girl's spontaneous urge to help when disaster struck.
"Why was my life not saved"
Five years after he rescued four children from a flaming house on an April afternoon, Subhash Kumar has just a certificate and a medal to show for his heroism. The dreams he had nurtured then are dying. He says, "I saved four children, why was my life not saved? I have no security for the future.â€
OF FEARLESS GUTS & BROKEN PROMISES
Rukhsana Kauser had never even touched a gun before that night in 2009 when she picked up an AK47 rifle to kill a dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant leader at her residence in the mountainous Rajouri district. Her act of valour won her fame, cash rewards, a police job and many felicitations, including the national bravery award in 2010.
Teen logic: Just do it and move on
Are you a 30-year-old virgin who has never been canoodled, never been kissed, never been asked out or, let's cut to the chase, never been in the thick of real action?
A messy module
Sex education in India has been caught in a tangled web of widespread cultural and social misconceptions because of the negative connotations that usually surround its substance and delivery, writes Chandran Iyer
When erotomania runs amok!
Juvenile crimes that stem from thwarted teenage love are on the rise across the big cities and small towns in india. The violent forms that jealousy takes have left social scientists worried, writes Anil Pandey
Sex: going beyond talk
A survey by a BHU research team provides interesting insights into the sexual behaviour of teens in small town India, reports Gargi Mishra
‘Shed negativity about teen sexuality’
Shubhangi Khasnis, counsellor and psychotherapist at the Disha Counselling Centre in Pune, tells Chandran Iyer why it is imperative for parents to alter their attitudes towards an inevitable fact of life.
"Mindset change still miles away"
Meenu and Shruti, the editors of Close, Too Close: The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica, tell TSI why it is still difficult to access gay resources and groups in India outside of the virtual space on the Internet, which allows anonymity.
Creative or vulgar? The debate rages on
Advertising is a portrait of society. Internet and TV and their 24X7 influence have brought about a huge change over the last few years. And it is this change that is reflected in our society and advertisements today.
Game for Glory
When Vijender took up boxing, he was not aiming for Olympic glory. All he was eyeing was a havildar's job. It is another matter that an Olympic medal came his way and he eventually landed the job of a DSP.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
