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Time Is Running Out For Key Legislations This Parliament Session
The past year has been characterized by growing confidence and conviction in the India Growth Story. Ever since the Narendra Modi-led government has come to power, every session of the parliament has...
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Why You Should Write Short Stories Before Writing A Novel
Image by Kulpreet Yadav I did it the other way around. The year was 2006 and I was at the Howrah railway station in Kolkata. My train was 8 hours late and I had no idea how to kill time. So I looked...
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Theaters In Bangalore, A Lost Legacy
After an early morning stroll at Cubbon Park with my camera, I drove along KG road which was relatively free. The signal turned red on BVK Iyengar road-KG road junction. I stopped my car and gazed at...
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Sans the superfluous details, here is how the plot has unfolded so far. In 2013, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India seeking a ban on pornographic...
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A Way Forward For India And Pakistan
India-Pakistan relations have always oscillated between the ridiculous and the absurd. Several attempts made by the Indian leaders in establishing normalcy have always met with failure -- despite...
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The Problem Of Plenty: Managing India's Stray Dog Population
Photo Credit: HSI Of late, stray dogs in Kerala have found themselves in the eye of a storm as reports indicate that state officials intend to "cull" them in response to allegations of nearly 40,000...
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One Indian-American Family, Two Child Prodigies
Memo to the fans of the 11-year-old child prodigy Tanishq Abraham who just graduated from college with three degrees: you're right, he is amazing. But here's what you may have missed in the news...
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Child Marriage, Rape And The Loopholes Of The Law
Let her walk through school corridors and she will change lives, Weave her into the knots of child marriage and she will regret this life. Barbaric and inhumane traditions have been honoured in India...
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A Woman's Limitations - Her Home And Her Kids
An HR executive called me the other day and told me about this job where the employer had liked my profile, but (there it is) he was wondering if I still had the 'limitations' I had a year ago. Well, I...
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Is The Web Designer Becoming An Endangered Species?
Every generation's progress comes at the cost of the existing status quo. When motor cars became the norm, horse-drawn buggies had to call it a day. When computers became commonplace, typewriters died...
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5 Tips For Indians To Get Accepted Into Top MBA Programs
Indian applicants to international MBA schools - you are in a difficult position and this article is for you. The odds are against you. Each year, the competition to gain a spot at top business schools...
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Hiroshima's Message: Nuclear Weapons Are A Sinful Use Of Science, Resources
"We (scientists) are speaking on this occasion, not as members of this or that nation, continent, or creed, but as human beings, members of the species Man, whose continued existence is in...
View ArticleFarewell to India's Missile Man
Former Indian President (also known as the "Missile Man"), Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who died of cardiac arrest, was laid to rest last on 30 July in Rameshwaram with full state honours. Dr Kalam was born in...
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Revisiting The Road To The Naga Peace Accord
As the TV news flashed on 3 August with images of Naga Peace Interlocutor, R N Ravi and Thuingaleng Muivah, the leader of the NSCN (IM) inking the Naga Peace Accord, it took me back to my visit in 2007...
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What Skill India Must Do To Succeed In Its Mission
As the government continues to focus on skills and launches hallmark programs like the Skill India initiative, it is imperative to examine the impact of such a program. There are over 20 Central...
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'Islamic Terror' And The Hypocrisy of The BJP
The world has reached at a point where violence, hate and bloodshed have become a common phenomenon, beamed into our TVs every day. The perpetrators may have different names, or have different gods but...
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Orson Welles: A Misunderstood Genius
Over the last hundred years or so the world of cinema has been illuminated by a myriad of visionary artists who revolutionized the medium by reinventing it from time to time: be it Georges Méliès, D....
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How We Can Breathe New Life Into The Clay Dolls Of Krishnanagar
Ghurni is a humble neighbourhood of Krishnanagar West Bengal's Nadia district. What makes it remarkable is that it is a centre of production for stunningly beautiful and lifelike clay dolls (have a...
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How To Be At Home On A Holiday
Travel has always been my indulgence. There is so much to see and explore and so many people to meet that sometimes one lifetime seems short. There used to be a time when I preferred staying in...
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How To Move On Even When Your Divorce Doesn't
As a teenager, our gang of girls used to play the romantic game of "he loves me he loves me not", with, of course, the name of the boy changing every week. Now, when I see the endless waiting period...
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