Respite or freedom?

A defiant Nasheed arrives in London after refusing to leave behind guarantor:

Amal Clooney warmly greeted the deposed former president of the Maldives at Heathrow Airport after the politician was granted temporary release from prison to fly to Britain for surgery. Mohamed Nasheed, 48, became the Indian Ocean island’s first democratically elected leader in 2008,

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Chennai floods:

The inclusive disaster

Murugan cleans my car in the mornings, and also that of many others in my apartment complex. I see him only on Saturdays, when he collects the key for cleaning the inside of my car. When the big floods came early December, Murugan did not report to work for many days.

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A tale of two feminisms

Do women opt out or are they pushed out of a global economic agenda?:

Every year the World Economic Forum laments the lack of women in top corporate ranks. The number of women attending has never broken 20%, notwithstanding strenuous efforts to create incentives for participants to add women to their delegations. Many sessions focus on women, work, and family;

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