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Purvi Patel Is Not A Poster Child For Abortion Rights
On Monday, attorneys for Purvi Patel -- a 33-year-old Indian-American who made history by becoming the first woman in the US to be charged, convicted and sentenced for both foeticide and child neglect...
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Why My Father 'Disowned' Me For Two Years
When I was little, my father made sure that I had everything I wanted, from Naturo candy bars to colourful storybooks. Every night, we would sit for hours and talk about my day at school, his favourite...
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18 Safety Measures Against Terrorism That Everyone Should Know
Terrorism is commonly defined as violent acts intended to create fear with the ultimate aim of meeting religious, political or ideological goals. Civilians are often targeted deliberately in such acts,...
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Giving Would-Be Rapists A Taste Of Primal Fear
There's a very powerful but controversial video about rape doing the rounds on social media. This video accurately portrays a rapist's mindset and highlights the sense of entitlement and legitimacy...
View Article180 Children Go Missing In India Every Day. Most May Never Be Found
The statistics are sombre, heart-breaking. Two out of three missing children in India remain untraced in a period of three years, the wait for them an excruciating see-saw between agony and hope for...
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Once Upon A Time Bina Ramani Was Czarina, And Rohit Khosla Was King...
So, old fogeys blog too. Fogeys like me who started writing lifestyle in newspapers at the time when the word "yuppie" was coined to great acclaim, and when a week in the life of a reporter was dotted...
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The Secret To A 'Smart City': Lessons From Chandigarh And Barcelona
The BBC recently voted Chandigarh as the most perfect city in the world. In the midst of defining what a "smart city" really is and a massive government program to spur private sector investments in...
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PHOTOS: Glimpsing Durga Among India's Abandoned Widows
"Durga" is a photography project spanning more than three years, which is now being put together as a book. A few years ago, I happened to visit Vrindavan, a holy city in Uttar Pradesh. A chance visit...
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How Tech Start-Ups Are Transforming The Treatment Of Chronic Health Issues
Chronic diseases are a huge and growing problem in India -- 20% of the adult population in the country has at least one chronic condition, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and/or hypertension....
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#DearTwitter, Stop Letting Vested Interests Misuse You
Today, when I open Twitter, I am greeted by trends relating to politics and politicians. Trends hundreds of people seem to be tweeting about. Twitter has come a long way since it started. Today, it has...
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Captain America Makes A Solid Point About Government Control
Image Courtesy: Screenrant The recently released movie Captain America: Civil War gives some interesting insights about the real world. (If you haven't yet seen it, proceed with caution. There will be...
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40 Years On, 'The Passenger' Offers Lessons In Distance
In a conversation with Renee Epstein in 1975, Michelangelo Antonioni, the Italian virtuoso brings up dramatist Luigi Pirandello. The playwright was once asked, "Why does that character behave like...
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Calling People With Disabilities 'Divyangjan' Is A Cruel Joke
The term "disability" is accepted universally and has created a culture of awareness which allows various communities and agencies to work towards common goals. Rather than focusing on changing the...
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Dear Arijit Singh, Your Grovelling Apology To Salman Is An Insult To Your Talent
So Mr Arijit Singh, you posted a detailed apology to Mr Salman Khan (the only detail it didn't have was what you were apologizing for!) and then deleted it after it was widely shared and circulated....
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Giving Stars Their Style
Your favourite actor may have that perfect look, but she has her stylist to thank Five years ago, celebrity stylist Ami Patel was shopping for accessories at a store in London's Oxford Street. She...
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Closing The Garbage Gap
Nowadays, when you look at company websites -- especially large, multinational corporations -- you expect to see a section devoted to their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) division. In the late...
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25 Places To Visit In Mumbai Before Your Kid Turns 12 (Part 2)
By Priya Fonseca If you're a true-blue, born-and-brought-up-in-Mumbai person, 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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Everything You Need To Know About Tax Saves Via NPS
Taxpayers are always on the lookout for legitimate ways to save more tax. While section 80C continues to remain a favourite, there are ways to increase your tax saves further. Have you contributed to...
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We May Not Be The Urban Poor But Our Struggles Are Not 'Stupid'
Yes, I get it. It's so easy and, dare I say, fun to call the younger generation "entitled" and "stupid". I think humanity has been doing that since the beginning. I bet the generation that learned how...
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Nominating This Man As India's Next President Could Make Modi The Next Vajpayee
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with N R Narayana Murthy (Photo courtesy: PIB) Recently, Amar Singh, a once-flamboyant politician who is now lying low, dropped a bomb in his usual style, saying, "Prime...
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