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In 2015, the Gurgaon administration mooted a women-only cab service — 50 Tata Nanos driven by women, aimed at safer commutes for working women.

February 17, 2015 · 1 min read

In February 2015, Israeli journalist Zvika Klein walked Paris for ten hours wearing a kippah, filming the reactions — weeks after the Hypercacher attack.

February 17, 2015 · 1 min read

Psychologist Arthur Aron's 36 questions — escalating self-disclosure designed to build closeness — went viral after Mandy Len Catron tried them in the NYT.

February 10, 2015 · 3 min read

Chicago-area Hindi theater group Ekjut called for local talent — stand-up, shayari, and one-act plays — for its May 2015 event.

February 10, 2015 · 1 min read

In February 2015, 28 prisoners escaped from the Nova Mutum jail in Brazil after three women in fake police uniforms drugged the guards with spiked whisky.

February 9, 2015 · 1 min read

In the 2015 Delhi elections, a ten-student IIT-Bombay team built a sentiment-analysis tool that helped AAP read voter mood on social media — and win 67 of

February 9, 2015 · 2 min read

After Class XII student Kamalika Das died by suicide in Salt Lake, Kolkata, her father wrote to HRD Minister Smriti Irani alleging teacher harassment.

February 4, 2015 · 1 min read

Suchitra Sharma on the Vatican's 'burqa made of flesh' remark about plastic surgery — and why conforming to society's beauty standards is a failure of

February 3, 2015 · 2 min read

Shubhli on why 'it is none of my business' is a cop-out — told through the old mouse-trap parable: when trouble comes, it comes for everyone.

January 30, 2015 · 3 min read

In January 2015, US Attorney Preet Bharara announced corruption charges against New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — one of Albany's most powerful men.

January 23, 2015 · 1 min read

From the ₹1 shagun to the nimbu-mirchi totka: a tour of the superstitions — kala tika, black cats, knives as gifts — woven into everyday Indian life.

January 20, 2015 · 2 min read

In January 2015, Deepika Padukone spoke openly about her depression and anxiety — one of Bollywood's first major stars to do so.

January 16, 2015 · 1 min read

When her young niece asked to borrow $25 for a dress, Ayn Rand replied with a famously severe lesson in responsibility — a 1949 letter that went viral in 2015.

January 14, 2015 · 2 min read

In 2015, Colorado baker Jack Phillips fought a discrimination ruling over refusing a same-sex wedding cake. The dispute would reach the US Supreme Court in

January 13, 2015 · 1 min read

In January 2015, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal told Maria Bartiromo that oil would 'never' see $100 a barrel again — history had other plans.

January 12, 2015 · 1 min read

No food melts belly fat on its own — but eggs, oats, dals, nuts, and leafy greens make the calorie equation easier. Suchitra Sharma on eating for a flatter

January 12, 2015 · 2 min read

A weekly roundup of reported sexual abuse cases from January 2015 — from a tourist attacked in India to a US lawsuit naming Prince Andrew.

January 5, 2015 · 1 min read

In December 2014, AAP's Yogendra Yadav urged PM Narendra Modi to speak out against 'ghar wapsi' reconversion campaigns as the Rajya Sabha stalled for a

December 23, 2014 · 1 min read

Arup Raha's Bolly Volley column reviews PK and picks the Top 10 Bollywood films of 2014 — from Queen and Haider to Dedh Ishqiya and Filmistaan.

December 20, 2014 · 4 min read

Pamela Druckerman's delightful reflection on the small, hard-won lessons of middle age — from spotting narcissists to the joy of unmedicated sleep.

December 18, 2014 · 1 min read