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The Dangers Of Door-To-Door Selling
I answered the doorbell. Two young women, probably in their early 20s, smiled brightly at me and said, "Good morning Ma'am! Can we speak to you for a few minutes?" They were decently clothed, each...
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India's Turtles Are Dying, But We Can Help Save Them
Photo Credit: Sandeep Gangadharan via Wikimedia Commons The turtle's story is one that is almost as old as time. For more than 220 million years, these reptiles journeyed across high seas and rode...
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Mamata Can Celebrate But Didi Must Introspect
I am what you call a pravasi Bengali, born and raised in Uttar Pradesh but with strong roots in West Bengal. I have intently pursued election trends in the state ever since campaigning began. Now that...
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Creating A Culture Of Confidentiality
"Sensitive" is a word I hear all the time in the context of the work done by background verification companies. Random people one meets ask about our nature of work and, when told, their immediate...
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How Assam's Tea Gardens Are Rooted In The Abuse And Torture Of Labourers
By Richu Sanil Chemmalakuzhy: "Our ancestors migrated to these lands from the Orissa-Jharkhand region of present India. We would like to go back and see the villages where we came from." These were the...
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Crafts Aren't Just Our Heritage, They Are India's Global Comparative Advantage
M.N Upadhyay in his book Handicrafts of India beautifully described the diversity of Indian crafts and textiles: "To write about Indian handicrafts is almost like writing about the country itself. So...
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Bihar's Health System Is Only Making People Sicker
In one of the most backward blocks of Western Champaran, there's a certain Primary Health Centre (PHC) that highlights all that is wrong with the health sector in Bihar and in many ways, all over...
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Muscle Milk, Egg Whites And A Pack Of Cigarettes
Prior to moving to Mumbai, I was staying at a hotel that had a linked gym next door. The hotel and gym shared an alleyway that served as a café to serve the guests of the hotel as well gymmers. As I...
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Should Indian Companies Keep Supplying Medicines To Non-Paying Venezuela?
Venezuela these days resembles a war zone, where although there is no observable conflict in the characteristic sense, there are casualties everywhere. Every day, newborn babies, men and women are...
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'X-Men: Apocalypse': A Promising Film Marred By Over-Ambition And...
X-Men: Apocalypse, directed by Bryan Singer, is the ninth and the latest film in the X-Men movie franchise. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the X-Men are an eponymous group of mutant...
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Rescuing India From The Ravages Of Non-Communicable Diseases
India's disease burden has undergone a transition over the last decade, from communicable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Of the total deaths in India, 60% are caused by NCDs. Among the remaining...
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Why Is The RBI Giving Wilful Defaulters Such A Long Rope?
Despite the Supreme Court's clear directives issued five months ago, the RBI has, of late, been adopting dilatory tactics on the matter of revealing the data on willful defaulters of bank loans. This...
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The Children Of Crisis
The city of Istanbul in Turkey will witness an important development this week. For the first time ever, the international community will come together here for the World Humanitarian Summit on 23-24...
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'I Don't Want To Be Just A Survivor': Moving On From An Acid Attack
Photo credit: Stop Acid Attacks India's attitude towards acid violence is troubling. A recent attack in Uttar Pradesh hardly received media attention. In another instance, when assailants threw a...
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25 Places To Visit In Mumbai Before Your Kid Turns 12 (Part 1)
By Priya Fonseca If you're a true-blue, born-and-brought-up-in-Mumbaikar, chances are that your folks or school made sure you paid homage to every typical sightseeing spot in the city. Our kids,...
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5 Reasons Why The IPL Is A Game-Changer For India
The Indian Premier League gets a lot of flak. Some say it is not real cricket, others say it's just a big carnival, an insult to the sport. There's just too much cricket these days they say. The...
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Ian McKellan In Mumbai, Shakespeare Across India And A Chance To Win £10,000...
There can't be many better ways to start a job than by meeting Gandalf in Mumbai. But that's one of the many benefits of being the new Director of the British Council in India. This week, the British...
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The Trap Of Ordinariness Is Killing Our Imagination
I often meet young writing enthusiasts who do not write, singers who do not sing, and music and sports lovers who do little about their passion. When I myself started writing seven years ago, I found...
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2 Years On, Modi Govt Has Stalled On Anti-Corruption Laws, Social...
As it completes two years in power on 26 May, 2016, the Modi government has accumulated plenty of criticism and a smattering of praise on its performance from civil society. A report released on Monday...
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Kick Abuse Out Of Your Life
When the world's oldest woman credits her longevity to two raw eggs a day and walking out of a miserable marriage ("I didn't want to be dominated by anyone," she explained), it's time to pause and...
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