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Children understand a lot more than we think they do: Vaishali Shroff on writing for kids, winning AutHer Award 2023, and more

Vaishali Shroff won the AutHer Award 2023 in the Best Children's Literature category for her book 'Batata, Pao and All Things Portuguese'. In an interview with us, she tells us more about her award-winning book, her inspiration to write for children, her writing process, and more. Excerpts:

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Sunidhi Chauhan: I entered the music industry when there was no demand for my kind of voice - #BigInterview

During the 90s, Bollywood made a transition of sorts from soft, melodious voices to powerful and energetic voices that were still capable of melody. Sunidhi Chauhan turned out to be one of those breakthrough voices. Her 1999 song 'Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi from 'Mast' brought her remarkable fame and the…

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'Gande uncle hain', said girl barely 4; Bombay HC upholds 10-year-jail for man who 'preyed'on her

MUMBAI: A little girl aged three and half, not even introduced to her own organs cannot be expected to give an exact description of relevant parts, said Bombay high court upholding a conviction and 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment given by a Mumbai special trial court to a man for a…

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Family court at Mumbai's Bandra gets new lactation room for moms and infants

MUMBAI: Bombay high court Judge, Justice Bharati Dangre on Saturday inaugurated a lactation room at Bandra family court.

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‘She had to hide’: the secret history of the first Asian woman nominated for a best actress Oscar

Merle Oberon, a pick for best actress in 1936, was born in Bombay and spent her career passing for white

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Bombay HC quashes POCSO case against teen after girl's mother consents; complaint lodged due to 'communication gap'

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court recently quashed by consent a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) registered in November 2021 against a 19-year-old student after the minor girl’s mother said the complaint was lodged due to a “communication gap” between her and her daughter.

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ED counsel seeks cancellation of 'perverse' bail granted to Sanjay Raut before HC

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Saturday had a special bench of Justice Nitin Borkar hearing a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for cancellation of bail granted to Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) of Shiv Sena (UBT) Sanjay Raut and his alleged associate Pravin Raut in the…

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Rare coin collection sells for £2million at auction - check if you're sitting on a mint

The coin collection was described as being one of the "finest and most complete" group of coins relating to the East India Company and British India ever assembled

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We are in 21st century, still there are incidences where girls are treated as commodities: Bombay HC

MUMBAI: “We are in the 21st century and still there are incidences where the girls are treated as commodities and they have been used as a medium for financial benefit," said the Bombay high court expressing concern while granting bail to a woman accused last year of buying a one-year-old…

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Bombay HC restrains Western Railway from carrying out demolition of 'encroachments' till March 1

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court last week in interim orders, directed that no further demolitions are to be carried out until March 1 "in contravention of the Supreme Court order anywhere on Western Railway lands in Greater Mumbai."

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In interim order, Bombay HC restrains Maharashtra police from holding mock drills showing 'terrorists' as belonging to particular community

MUMBAI: In an interim order, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has restrained the Maharashtra police from conducting mock drills in which personnel playing the part of terrorists are shown as belonging to a particular community.

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Bombay HC disposes of plea of 7/11 train blast convict who wants to appear for law exam

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday disposed of an application for temporary bail filed by one of the five convicts, who were awarded the death sentence in the 7/11 local trains serial blasts case, to enable him to appear for second year LL.B exams scheduled to be held from…

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Bombay HC seeks state's response to Thane MP Rajan Vichare’s plea for security

MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to respond to a plea by Thane MP and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Rajan Vichare who claiming threat to his life has sought restoration of his security cover.

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Bombay HC directs SEIAA to decide in 8 weeks pending pleas for environmental clearance in real estate projects, on merits

MUMBAI: In a major relief to large number of real estate projects stuck for long as the State authority has been deferring pleas for environmental clearance (EC) citing a September 2022 NGT order, Bombay high court on Friday directed State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to decide such requests expeditiously,…

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Bombay high court exempts graduates, teachers constituency polls from liquor ban

MUMBAI: In a significant decision, the Bombay high court on Wednesday exempted the liquor ban announced by the Election Commission in Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Nashik districts of Maharashtra during the graduates and teachers constituency elections slated at the end of this month.

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Bombay HC grants bail to Anil Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande in corruption case registered by CBI

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to Sanjeev Palande, personal secretary of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, in a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

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Hockey World Cup: When 'PC king' Rajinder Singh saw India fall at Kalinga

BHUBANESWAR: Tucked quietly in the West Stand of the Kalinga Stadium, with no fancy tournament ribbon around his neck, a Sikh gentleman appeared no different than the many others from his hockey-loving turbaned community seated around him on Tuesday. Forty-one years ago, at the Wankhede Stadium in Bombay, now Mumbai,…

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Abuses can't be given in chorus and atrocity not inferred when whistling from one's terrace, says Bombay HC

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court bench at Aurangabad recently granted pre-arrest bail to a trio accused by a woman belonging to a Scheduled Caste community of committing offences of sexual nature under the Atrocities Act by whistling and making sounds and gestures from the terrace of one of the accused…

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Bombay HC rejects former cop Pradeep Sharma's bail plea in bomb scare case

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday rejected a bail application of former encounter specialist of Mumbai Police Pradeep Sharma, who is accused in the bomb scare case near Antilia.

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Mumbai civic ward count reversal to 227 not arbitrary: Govt to Bombay HC

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Tuesday submitted in the Bombay high court that law doesn’t make it mandatory to increase seats for civic polls on increase of general population, defending an Act passed by the chief minister Eknath Shinde-led government last September to nullify the nine-ward increase from 227 to…

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Bombay HC sets aside recruitment process for Thane co-op bank, calls it 'irregular'; aspirants to reapply for posts

MUMBAI: Holding that the recruitment process was "irregular", the Bombay high court has set aside the recruitment process with regard to senior bank assistant and junior bank assistant posts for the Thane District Central Co-operative Bank.

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Rs 1,000 crore escalation for Bullet Train tunneling bid due to long pending land acquisition issue: NHSRCL to Bombay HC

MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Tuesday concluded the hearing in a petition filed by Godrej Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd that challenged as a “nullity’’ an award passed in September 2022 for acquisition of its 10 acre plot at Vikhroli for the ambitious public project, the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train…

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Make bail order for Anil Deshmukh effective from Jan 3, not Dec 22, says CBI to Bombay HC

MUMBAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)on Tuesday sought an extension of the Bombay high court order to defer enforcement of its bail order of December 12 to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.

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Bombay high court grants bail to Sanjeev Palande, PA to Maha ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh in ED case

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday granted bail to Sanjeev Palande, personal secretary to Maharashtra’s ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh, in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

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Bombay HC seeks clarification of stand by govt on its policy for transgenders in MahaTransco

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Principal Secretary of the Social Justice department of the state to place their stand on the policy for reservation for transgender in Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. (MSETCL).

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