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India's Growth Story Must Start With Our Schools, Colleges
There's a pithy saying that has for many years been doing the rounds: "India grows at night... when the government sleeps." It certainly holds true enough for the growth of our now-famous Information...
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Why Women Hate Women
There's no question that we all love gossiping. The social exercise built upon a mutual bond of secrecy, common tastes and our insecurities as people. Both men and women are known to indulge in this...
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Book Excerpt: Twinkle Khanna's Mrs Funnybones
Full of wit and delicious observations, Mrs Funnybones captures the life of the modern Indian woman--a woman who organizes dinner each evening but goes to work all day, who runs her own life but has...
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Stories Of Sisterhood: The Phogat Sisters
There's a reason we've chosen August as Sisters' Month. And it's not because we don't like brothers, or men. What we don't like is the narrative that a brother should promise to protect and that a...
View ArticleRadhe Maa And The Religion Of Money
I am not religious. Nor am I a complete atheist. I belong to the category of people who believe or perhaps want to believe in some sort of power out there, maybe because we want to believe that "divine...
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The Daily Mail Expose On Temple Elephants Is Shocking, And Wrong
At the entrance to the temple is Devi. She has been chained to this spot for 35 years. As a female, she is never taken to festivals, so has never, ever moved. Not one inch. Prof Nameer has asked the...
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Why The Supreme Court Should Not Apply Brakes On Aadhaar
The Supreme Court of India has dealt a severe blow to the Government of India's efforts to transfer welfare payments under the Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) scheme to Aadhaar-linked bank accounts....
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How 'Manageable Chaos' Spawned ISIS In The Middle East
'Manageable chaos' is a myopic idea that has torn the Middle-East apart. To understand why, we need to go back a hundred years in the past. In 1916, Britain and France signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement...
View ArticleNo Love Greater Than The Love Of Food: Sampling Bombay's Legendary Parsi Cuisine
When it comes to Parsi food, old Bombay is a gold mine. There are numerous establishments - some well known, others not-so-famous - that offer the various culinary delights of the community to all and...
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A 31-Year-Old's Advice To Her 20-Something Self
Being in the 20s was much like the first time I paddled the full shallow breadth of a swimming pool without assistance. Blurred vision, water in the trachea, anxiety, exhaustion, and then euphoria, not...
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17 Reasons Why A Woman Should Work
"People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me." -- Princess Diana "A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create,...
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An Open Letter To Daily Mail
This letter is in response to this article written by Liz Jones published on Aug 15th 2015. The article is factually and chronologically wrong, misguided and misinformed, and lacking in basic...
View ArticleConnecting The Dots In Marketing Through Internet Of Things
The ubiquity of digital technology offers a level of interaction with consumers that yesterday's marketers could not have imagined, from geo-targeting to 24/7 connectivity to content consumption across...
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The Hidden Gems Of The Andaman & Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are home to some of the world's most exotic, rare and pristine natural wonders -- small slices of paradise, or perhaps visions from a fairytale, but all very much there...
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India In All Her Blazing Glory
India, you will meet her, not in newspapers nor in a movie, not an idea or fantasy, not solely in her texts, nor what the journalist, moviemaker or prejudice says, nor in fables or documentaries. You...
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Stories Of Sisterhood: The Jugalbandi Of Lata And Asha
There's a reason we've chosen August as Sisters' Month. And it's not because we don't like brothers. What we don't like is the narrative that a brother should promise to protect and that a sister needs...
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The Many Fs in Facebook
Yes, there are faces for sure. Selfies, candids, black-and-white, sepia-tinted, mood-lit, rural, urban, metro, filmy, telling friends and strangers everything you want them to know about yourself. And...
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A Cure For The Heartbreak Of Divorce
Dashing, daring, dynamic, devilishly handsome dude dashes the dreams of damsel in distress, or some variation thereof, is the story of almost every divorce. The common thread is heartbreak, dard-e-dil....
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Book Excerpt: All You Need Is Love. The Art of Mindful Parenting
Parenting is not about our children but it's about our growing up and becoming more aware, mindful, sensitive and conscious human beings. In my book I have highlighted the five anchors of parenting....
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Indian For A Week
The Indian Independence Day celebrations for 2015 are officially over, as I write these lines. All remnants from the festivities have now been swept off the streets, tucked away in garbage bins, or...
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