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How I Made The Leap From Reviewing To Filmmaking
I have been writing about cinema for years. The beauty about being a commentator is that every now and then you get overcome by a burning desire to actually join the action. The likes of François...
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Modi Govt Has Made Strides In Achieving Balanced Growth, But Challenges Remain
We are fortunate to be at a juncture when India is indeed a bright spot in the global economy. There is today unprecedented confidence and conviction in India's economy. The improvement last year in...
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The Government Is Misusing The Law To Target Lawyers Collective For Political...
When governments misuse the law, a country has much to fear. It is as if the State, which is meant to uphold the rule of law, subverts it instead. Perhaps, a citizen in such a country has no recourse...
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Dear Mr Rajan, No Wonder The Crony Capitalists Are Rooting For You
Dear Mr Rajan, You are a rock-star economist-cum-central banker (Thomas Piketty is merely a rock-star economist!). The entire corporate class of India is pitching for an extension for you as the...
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Putting People At The Heart Of Corporate Strategy
The accelerated recognition among corporates of the importance of HR is a relatively recent phenomenon. A rapid shift has occurred from the mechanistic, scientific management perspective of Frederick...
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That Reserved Seat You 'Lost' May Never Have Been Yours
Recently, a viral Facebook post described how a general category student had written a Quora answer about a reserved category student who worked less, scored even lower, yet could get what the first...
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The Unbearable Burden Of Being A Class 12 Student In India
If you are a parent of a teen who has just appeared for her board exams, you will know exactly what it feels like when the results are about to be declared. It's like waiting for your own results. Only...
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We Need To Have An Answer To ISIS's Chilling India Video
Recently, terror organization ISIS released a video showing Indian fighters appealing to Muslims in India to avenge Babri Masjid as well as the events in Muzaffarnagar, Gujarat and Kashmir. Although it...
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The Indian Government's #1 Job Is More Jobs
Unemployed youth are wasted human resources and fuel for social unrest. The governments of developing as well as developed countries are realizing that the creation of more jobs may be their job #1. A...
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Is The Spelling Bee Success Of Indian-Americans A Legacy Of British Colonialism?
When spellers win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, audiences always want to know their secret. Yet this question seems to be asked far more in recent years in response to an Indian-American winning...
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Sunny Leone's Erotic Short Stories Are Not Just About Sex
by Shreevatsa Nevatia Sunny Leone is the first to confess that she is not a writer. Facts, however, contradict this humility. Juggernaut first released '7E', a short story by Leone, on April 22 this...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Umera Ahmed's 'Till Death Do Us Part'
The following has been excerpted with the publisher's permission from Umera Ahmad's Till Death Do Us Part, a translation of Man-o-Salwa. A popular author and screenplay writer, Ahmad's works have been...
View ArticleMy Father Doesn't Know What Snapchat Is, But His Take On Tanmay Bhat Fiasco...
On the fourth day of being in deep agony, Baba finally decided get it off his chest. "Ei Snapchat abar ki (What is this Snapchat?)?" his voice is on the cusp of a shriek. It takes me a few moments to...
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Rising Heat Is Sapping Productivity In India
Life isn't easy for rickshaw puller Ajoy Mandal. In summers, it becomes intolerable. "Working in the heat has become virtually impossible but I have no choice," says Mandal, who has been ferrying...
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Merit vs. Seniority: Picking The Right Employees To Promote
One of the most confounding decisions that organizations face is whether to promote employees on the basis of merit or seniority. Seniority represents several benefits: these employees have a deep...
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The Unfairness Of Being Dark-Skinned
As an Indian girl growing up in Australia in the 90s and the 2000s, establishing my identity was not an easy task. I felt as though there was a tug of war between my ethnic background and cultural...
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Is Your Child Growing Up To Be Judgmental?
By Prachi Chitre "Come on Mom, don't be so judgmental!" exclaimed my counsellor friend's 14-year-old daughter to her. Oh, the perils of being a counsellor -- we get back with interest what we give our...
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Internet Excavation Exposes How A Comedian Destroyed A Nation
As an internet historian whose job is to dig into the muck of ad-choked websites from the Age of Outrage (circa 2000-2050 Before Sense), I get to read a lot of strange stuff online, and some of it does...
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The Yummiest Things You Can Order From Bangalore's Online Food Delivery Services
Ideal for a lazy weekend or after a tough day at work, at the click of a button you can have a lavish meal or comfort food at your table with lifesaving online food delivery apps. Conjuring up...
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PR V Advertising: Dawn Of Publicity
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was one of the most anticipated movies of 2016, and rightly so. It's not every day that two superheroes feature in the same movie, let alone fight each other. So I...
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