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Gujarat wonders with the team Aatrupadai

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  The team Aatrupadai is a gang of like-minded youngsters and archaeological enthusiasts whom I met two years ago on a trip to learn about the Jain temples in Pudukottai. I came across them on facebook randomly and just took part in that heritage walk with some blind guts. But it turned out to be an awesome experience. Meanwhile, they have been conducting a lot of local heritage walks, but I couldn’t find time to join them. Suddenly, I found an advertisement regarding the heritage trip towards the Indus valley civilization. That was a sweet shock and I was already ready to join it.  But as far as I know, this is their first trip across the states. So, I had not many expectations but the main attractions were just two spots -Lothal and Dholavira. Ever since I started preparing for UPSC in 2003, I have been yearning to visit these spots. Like the icing on the cake, the other spots in the list were equally attractive. All of them were on my bucket list. I traveled all the way from my nati

Girl, learn some self-defense

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  When she was raped, you came up with various reasons. You said she did not wear proper clothes. You said she was characterless since she was outside in the nighttime. You said she was moving freely with boys without knowing her limits. You said she must be arrogant since she was daring. You said her brought up must be bad since she fell in love. And whatnot?  Now, tell me one reason why a trainee doctor, who worked non-stop for about 36 hours and entered a seminar hall just to study and take a break since there was no resting place in the hospital where she has been pursuing her PG course, was raped and brutally murdered. I was not aware of the issue when it flashed on the news. I was out of town when it became sensational news.  When I returned home and when my mother asked me for the reason, I assumed that she might have had a fight with some boys, and that’s the reason they did this to her. But when I came to know that a civilian who worked there on behalf of the Police department