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This Map Shows That Each Indian State Is A Country In Itself
If Maharashtra were an independent country, its $286.50 billion GDP would make it the 38th largest economy in the world. That's slightly higher than Egypt's GDP of $286 billion and much higher than...
View ArticleThe Vyapams In Our Own Homes
For the past many weeks I have been reading up on the Vyapam scam and the public outrage over it. How undeserving candidates will become doctors who will treat our diseases, or engineers who will...
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Why Fear Is The Root Cause Of India's Problems
We just celebrated our 69th Independence Day. Besides hearing the speeches of our political leaders, this day is also an occasion to remember the great sacrifices that lakhs of Indians made in the...
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Take A Bow, Mrs Funnybones
I just finished Mrs Funnybones, Twinkle Khanna's debut book. I must admit, I devoured each and every chapter. Quick-witted and funny, Twinkle Khanna, a former actress, columnist, wife of superstar...
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An Open Letter To Mr Hardik Patel
Dear Hardik Patel, I am a common citizen of Gujarat. I did not know who you were until a few days ago. I have a feeling I will be seeing a lot more of you now. I have read that your organisation,...
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Top 5 Reasons Why Bloggers Fail
With millions of blogs already on the web, and new ones getting in on the act, blogging is an activity that sees a mind-boggling investment of cumulative time and effort. But while all blogs are...
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Grey Wolves, Victoria's Secret And The Bangkok Bombing
As Thai intelligence agencies try to catch the culprits of the Bangkok blast, many people instinctively thought that Thai ISIS recruits or al-Qaeda sleeper cells might be responsible. It seems however,...
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ASHA: Delivering Hope To India's Villages
ASHA stands for Accredited Social Health Activist. It also means hope. My first connect to this woman-driven community health initiative came as a message in my Facebook inbox. I recognised Neha, my...
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Stories of Sisterhood: Kangana And Rangoli Ranaut
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...
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What Chennai Means To Me (Pictures)
Madras (Chennai) means different things to different people. For some it is the charming old lady with a string of jasmine in her hair reading Mylapore Times; for others it is a young buxom woman...
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Naseeruddin Shah On Ismat Chughtai: 'If Only We Can Live Half The Life She...
This article is from Open Magazine. By Naseeruddin Shah as told to Divya Unny The first time I saw Ismat Apa we were in Lucknow shooting for Shyam Benegal's Junoon (1979). I remember I was a bit...
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan: The New Master
This article is from Open Magazine. By V Shoba Sanjay Subrahmanyan is devilishly funny. He is also a cricketing almanac, a board game geek, a seeker of readerly pleasure, a binge- watcher of American...
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Why The News Doesn't Scare Me
If ghost stories don't scare you anymore, your newspaper will. According to them, we are doomed. The rupee is flirting with 66 to a dollar, onions with Rs 80 to a kg and crude oil with $40 to a barrel....
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Fear Is Part of Your Intelligence
When fear comes, what to do? Why should you ask to do anything? When there is fear, be afraid! Why create a duality? When moments of fear come be fearful, tremble with fear, allow fear to take...
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How A Sewing Machine Can Stitch A New Story For Indian Women
By Aniruddh Naik My mother has been using a sewing machine since I was five years old. She learnt it while she was in college and found it enjoyable. But then times changed when I turned six and the...
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Podcast: Our Last Week's Anuvab Pal And Kunaal Roy Kapur Talk About Porn,...
1. Stand-up vs. Acting While in the audience at a stand-up show, Anuvab observes the level of heckling that a comedian faces. Kunaal, on the other hand, has to sit through hours of poking and...
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Book Excerpt: The Gurgaon Diaries!
The little girl comes around every morning to collect my laundry. I always know it's her at the door from the sound the bell makes. A short, quick ring. She can't reach the buzzer till she tip toes....
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A Macro View Of Recent Market Volatility
China's recent devaluation of its currency has raised a lot of questions, and there has been a near-panic response across financial markets. However, we do not believe that the renminbi's depreciation...
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Why I Dropped Out Of School To Learn How To Live
It was the end of tenth grade, I remember it being a Wednesday, that I sat down in front of my parents and told them I was ready to stop going to school. I was playing with my awful, sweaty pinstriped...
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A Tale Of First Dates, Part Two: The Entertainment Journalist
It's a quarter past five, and two weeks of speed-texting and one muffled phone call later, here we are. His eyes are piercing grey, his cheekbones high and hollow, like the insides of a psychopath's...
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