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Aahana (name changed), a resident of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district who was trafficked into dancing/ orchestra and sexual exploitation, recalls how the administration and her village failed her after her rescue. She is one among 70 of the 121 survivors who have formed an anti-trafficking body called Utthan

Surya Prakash’s story is a classic case of bondage labour: a family with low income and a man’s promise for a better payment elsewhere. Prakash was trafficked to Nasil in Maharashtra into the textile industry where he slogged 18-long hours without any break. He wasn’t even allowed to contact his father for four years, who thought he was in Madhya Pradesh working in a sweet shop.

Gandhi’s stature was sky-high, as were nationalist passions, when Rabindranath Tagore, the most celebrated poet of his time, wrote a scathing piece in Modern Review, a Calcutta-based magazine of great repute, titled ‘The Cult of the Charkha’. The article criticised not just the Non-Cooperation movement, the Charkha, but the ideas of patriotism and nationalism as well, which Gandhi stood up for.

Kashmir is going through its most violent phase since the beginning of this decade. More than three hundred people have died, hundreds have been blinded and maimed, and some have just disappeared in violence that started last July, with the death of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani, and which still rages on.

In this podcast we tell you the stories behind these stories, and talk about some important aspects of our reportage in the Kashmir Beyond Cliches series.

There cannot be two thoughts on a proposition that marriage is an institution based on trust, love and faith. But how does it feel when your partner breaches your trust and forces himself on you? Is the usual resort to the provision of cruelty by women enough in law or the government needs to walk an extra mile to criminalize marital rape? In this podcast, News18 explains this tussle and much more.

In the Thar desert, music unites the culture on both sides of the India-Pakistan border. Listen to the rustic folk songs of the desert in this exclusive sit down with musician Kamaal Khan.

Reported by Uday Singh Rana for News18.com

The tables have been turned. Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are now seen as not only Delhi’s own but also its favourites. Marya Shakil unravels how BJP retained the three Delhi Municipal Corporations.

"Brothers in arms, who lived together, who ate together, who fought together. And who died together."

Twenty five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel lost their lives in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Monday. News18's Shreya Dhoundial, in this audio recording, captures the sombre mood in Raipur where the bodies of the 25 martyrs were brought and details how the deadly attack happened on the "road to death."