Your Right to Die with Dignity: Is India Going to Make ‘Living Wills’ a Legal Reality?

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Don't miss! Our amazing [#BossWomen series]( [Your Right to Die with Dignity: Is India Going to Make ‘Living Wills’ a Legal Reality?]( Oct 13, 2017 04:24 pm | Vidya Raja Picture this – A 62-year-old surgeon who has accomplished a lot in his professional career and helped many patients over the years, suffers a stroke one morning. After many tests and several opinions from leading doctors, the future looks bleak for him. On the same day he suffered the stroke, he slipped into a coma, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Your Right to Die with Dignity: Is India Going to Make ‘Living Wills’ a Legal Reality? on Facebook]( [He Was An Engineer, But This Youngster Chose to Transform Villages in Hisar Instead!]( Oct 13, 2017 03:46 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Be the change you wish to see in the world, Mahatma Gandhi had once said. Unfortunately, we live in a world that is severely stratified in terms of privilege and resources, and it takes nothing less than a revolution to bring about even a miniscule change. And in present times, it is more convenient to […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like He Was An Engineer, But This Youngster Chose to Transform Villages in Hisar Instead! on Facebook]( [When an Intruder Broke in, This Vasai Homemaker Singlehandedly Fought Him Off!]( Oct 13, 2017 03:03 pm | Lekshmi Priya S With crimes against women on the rise, the story of a homemaker in Vasai singlehandedly tackling an armed intruder will lay testimony to the fact that sometimes you have to be your own hero. 30-year-old Pooja was at her residence with her son, Kush on Wednesday evening, when the accused, Rasool Khan, turned up at […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like When an Intruder Broke in, This Vasai Homemaker Singlehandedly Fought Him Off! on Facebook]( [Chennai Kicks Off Massive Anti-Dengue Drive, 175 Tons of Waste Cleared in a Day]( Oct 13, 2017 01:32 pm | Vishaka George Dengue deaths continue to sweep across Tamil Nadu. The State has recorded the highest number of cases after Kerala and Karnataka Government hospitals have reported dengue deaths in Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchy, Dindigul and Karur. To tackle the mosquito menace, the Greater Chennai Corporation started a mass cleaning drive, albeit a little too late. The drive […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Chennai Kicks Off Massive Anti-Dengue Drive, 175 Tons of Waste Cleared in a Day on Facebook]( [Using His Own Money, This Bus Conductor Has Planted One Lakh Trees in 28 Years!]( Oct 13, 2017 01:09 pm | Jovita Aranha While most of us have a love-hate relationship with bus conductors on usual days when their piercing eyes judge you for not bringing change aboard, here’s a Coimbatore conductor every passenger on bus number ‘70’ hands down loves and respects because he is driving actual change. Meet 48-year-old M Yoganathan, a bus conductor working with […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Using His Own Money, This Bus Conductor Has Planted One Lakh Trees in 28 Years! on Facebook]( [Train 20: Indian Railways to Unleash World Class Semi-Speed Trains by 2020]( Oct 13, 2017 12:28 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Indian Railways will soon have its own version of T-20! This has nothing to do with International Cricket tournaments though. The national transporter intends to unleash a superior ‘Make in India’ self-propelled and semi-high speed trains to Indian rail tracks with foreign collaborators and has already invited bids to get forward with the ambitious project. […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Train 20: Indian Railways to Unleash World Class Semi-Speed Trains by 2020 on Facebook]( [Nomadic Poets: Meet the Bahurupi Artist Whose Passion Keeps the Art Form Alive]( Oct 12, 2017 07:10 pm | Guest Contributor Meet Sudam Bhau Chavan, 65, from Osmanabad district, who is inspiring a generation of Bahurupi artists with his passion for the art-form. Bahurupis are professional storytellers or mimes, who assume many characters. A 2004 volume titled ‘The People of India: Maharashtra’, edited by B.V. Bhanu, has this to say about the origins of the Bahurupia, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Nomadic Poets: Meet the Bahurupi Artist Whose Passion Keeps the Art Form Alive on Facebook]( [Happily Unmarried: Mutually Calling off a Marriage Is Now Legally Easier & Faster]( Oct 12, 2017 07:04 pm | LawRato With the latest Supreme Court order, it is time to rejoice for couples seeking a divorce through mutual consent. India is not a very divorce-friendly country both culturally and legally. The divorce rate in India is very low – about 13 in 1,000 marriages, against 500 in 1,000 marriages in the UK. Every year 7,500 […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Happily Unmarried: Mutually Calling off a Marriage Is Now Legally Easier & Faster on Facebook]( [This Man Quit His Studies to Revive the 3000-Year-Old Sport of Silambam in Pune!]( Oct 12, 2017 07:03 pm | Jovita Aranha When 30-year-old Kundlik Marotrao Kachale was placed in an agriculture-based private company in his final semester, he refused to join it despite having secured 74 per cent at the Marathwada Agriculture University. Instead, this young man decided to revive a 3000-year-old sport, Silambam, popularly known as a Maradani Khel or ‘masculine sport’ in Maharashtra. A […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Man Quit His Studies to Revive the 3000-Year-Old Sport of Silambam in Pune! on Facebook]( [Nearly 8 Lakh Public University Staff to Benefit From Over 20% Salary Hike!]( Oct 12, 2017 06:35 pm | Vishaka George Diwali is around the corner, and so is an increase in pay! Well, that is if you are a public university employee. Nearly eight lakh public and affiliated university teaching staff will benefit from revised pay scales that will see their salaries rise between 22% and 28%. The hikes are a result of the recommendations […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Nearly 8 Lakh Public University Staff to Benefit From Over 20% Salary Hike! on Facebook]( [Five Reasons Why Karnataka’s Buses Are Ahead of the Curve]( Oct 12, 2017 06:17 pm | Vishaka George The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation is a pioneer for various initiatives like the AC Volvo bus, bio-fuel buses, an intelligent transport system, and buses with chemical toilets and pantries among other achievements. The KSRTC was the first state transport corporation to launch an app too. Here’s look at some instances when the service was […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Five Reasons Why Karnataka’s Buses Are Ahead of the Curve on Facebook]( [Jackfruits and Grapes in a Pot? This Mangalore Man Has Been Doing it For Years!]( Oct 12, 2017 06:16 pm | Sanchari Pal A talented urban farmer with a rapidly increasing social media following, Blany D'souza is bringing about a terrace gardening revolution in Mangalore. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Jackfruits and Grapes in a Pot? This Mangalore Man Has Been Doing it For Years! on Facebook]( [Despite Patriarchy, How Kerala’s Bullet Queen Thundered on for 12000 Km in 42 Days!]( Oct 12, 2017 05:55 pm | Jovita Aranha Known as the ‘Dauntless Bullet Woman of Kerala’, Shyni Rajkumar is a trailblazer for modern day women in ways more than one. A teacher, an ex-policewoman, an athlete and a former state cricket player, this 34-year-old biker is a rider with a passionate cause. She covered over 12,000 km from Kanyakumari to Ladakh in 42 […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Despite Patriarchy, How Kerala’s Bullet Queen Thundered on for 12000 Km in 42 Days! on Facebook]( [Disabled and Broke, How Dharamveer Still Became India’s Greatest Cricket Fan!]( Oct 12, 2017 05:17 pm | Lekshmi Priya S How far will you go in the name of love? Especially if your fixation rests on Cricket? Never miss a single match that is telecasted? Or even better, watch it from the stadium in person? But no matter what, your passion for India’s most loved sport might never amount up to the level that Dharamveer […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Disabled and Broke, How Dharamveer Still Became India’s Greatest Cricket Fan! on Facebook]( [For Just Rs 50 per Head, These UP Women Are Crowd Sourcing Their Own Healthcare!]( Oct 12, 2017 03:39 pm | Village Square Champa’s young daughter was suffering from fever and care received from the local practitioner did not help. There was no option but to visit the nearest hospital in the block even if it meant foregoing the day’s work and wages. Champa incurred expenses for travel, consultation and medicines totalling to Rs 450 to seek necessary […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like For Just Rs 50 per Head, These UP Women Are Crowd Sourcing Their Own Healthcare! on Facebook]( [How Secunderabad Station Got India’s First ‘Green’ Tag]( Oct 12, 2017 02:15 pm | Sanchari Pal Secunderabad Railway Station has just become India's first railway station to bag the coveted 'Green Railway Station' tag given by the Indian Green Building Council – Confederation of Industry (IGBC-CII). [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like How Secunderabad Station Got India’s First ‘Green’ Tag on Facebook]( [Mumbai’s ‘One Rupee Clinic’ Doctor Delivers Passenger’s Baby Aboard a Train!]( Oct 12, 2017 01:01 pm | Jovita Aranha When 26-year-old Salma Shaikh boarded the Mumbai local from Kalyan to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, little did she know, this was going to be the most unusual ride of her life. Salma Shaikh gave birth to a healthy baby girl inside the ladies coach on Monday night stationed at platform number 3 of Dadar station. The […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Mumbai’s ‘One Rupee Clinic’ Doctor Delivers Passenger’s Baby Aboard a Train! on Facebook]( [This House by IIT Bombay Requires No Power Connection, and Even Gives Power Back!]( Oct 12, 2017 12:46 pm | Lekshmi Priya S Imagine a fully functional house that requires net zero electricity and in turn, stores energy for future use. A group of about 70 engineering and architecture students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have designed and erected the unimaginable! ‘Project Solarise’ is the brainchild of team SHUNYA or ‘Sustainable Habitat for an Urbanizing Nation […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This House by IIT Bombay Requires No Power Connection, and Even Gives Power Back! on Facebook]( [Furniture From Recycled Tyres! The Innovative Hyderabad Couple Behind This and More]( Oct 12, 2017 11:17 am | Aparna Menon Anything made from recycled tyres and oil drums are eye-catching, cost-effective and eco-friendly. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Furniture From Recycled Tyres! The Innovative Hyderabad Couple Behind This and More on Facebook]( [Built by Convicts? 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Karnataka’s Vidhana Soudha]( Oct 12, 2017 09:45 am | Vidya Raja Any old-time residents of Bengaluru will point you towards Vidhana Soudha, also known as people’s palace when asked about that one structure in the city that stands out for its sheer majesty. This year, this iconic structure is celebrating its diamond jubilee. As part of the diamond jubilee celebrations, a two-day special session of the […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Built by Convicts? 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Karnataka’s Vidhana Soudha on Facebook]( [Instead of Waiting for the Govt, These Mumbai Kids Clear Garbage By Themselves]( Oct 11, 2017 06:32 pm | Guest Contributor It takes courage to go against the flow, and in this case, against the accumulation of tons of waste in and around Turbhe, Navi Mumbai, which was steadily becoming unlivable. Students of Samta Hindi Vidyalaya, Turbhe initiated a cleanliness drive on October 2nd to make a point. Instead of blaming the authorities and municipal corporations, […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Instead of Waiting for the Govt, These Mumbai Kids Clear Garbage By Themselves on Facebook]( [Seen the Padmavati Trailer? Here’s What History Says About This Saga!]( Oct 11, 2017 06:17 pm | Sanchari Pal The earliest reference to Rani Padmini is an epic poem written by an Awadhi poet, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, in 1540 called 'Padmavat'. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Seen the Padmavati Trailer? Here’s What History Says About This Saga! on Facebook]( [G. Lavanam: Fighting for Independence as a Boy and Uplifting Tribals as a Man!]( Oct 11, 2017 05:21 pm | Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation Mr Lavanam was a dynamic social activist. The son of Mrs Gora, who was an atheist and received Gandhiji’s recognition and respect, he was born to Brahmin parentage but married Hemalata, a Dalit girl, at a time when untouchability was highly prevalent. He did not seek a bread-winning job and accepted voluntary poverty along with his […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like G. Lavanam: Fighting for Independence as a Boy and Uplifting Tribals as a Man! on Facebook]( [While Others Watched On, Malayalam Film Star Saves Accident Victim’s Life]( Oct 11, 2017 04:42 pm | Vishaka George Reel life hero became a real-life saviour when he helped a man hit by a speeding vehicle. Malayalam actor Jayasurya stopped his car en route to Angamaly, where he had a shoot when he saw a large crowd gathered on the road, the English Mathrubhumi reported. The vehicle sped off, without as much as stopping […] [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like While Others Watched On, Malayalam Film Star Saves Accident Victim’s Life on Facebook]( Recent Stories You May Have Missed: [She Does Her Duty and She Wins Marathons! This Lady Cop Is an Inspiration]( [With Less Than 4 Meters to Go, India’s Longest Rohtang Tunnel Is Almost Complete!]( [Remembering Noor Inayat Khan, the Indian Spy Princess Who Died Fighting the Nazis]( [ICICI Bank Supports Armed Forces With Rs. 10 Crore]( [Will A New 5G Network Be The Solution to India’s Data Woes? Telecoms Think So]( FOLLOW US: [FACEBOOK]( | [TWITTER]( | [GOOGLE+]( | [YOUTUBE]( Copyright © 2017 The Better India, All rights reserved. [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences](