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How We Can Help Kashmiri Artisans Rebuild Their Lives After 2014 Floods
The 2014 floods in Kashmir caused widespread destruction and displacement. Among those still reeling from the after-effects are the artisan weavers of the state. Among them is 65-year-old Bashir Ahmad...
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Losing Face: Brand Image And Public Perception
A couple of weeks ago, we caught up over dinner at an Australian friend's place in Mumbai. Inevitably, the discussion veered to whether Indians were safe in Australia. About five years after the spate...
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Serena May Be The Greatest Women's Tennis Player Ever And Now's Her Chance To...
We avid sports fans create new memories every year, most of which remain with us until the following season. Our team winning a championship or a big game, our favourite player triumphing in the year's...
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What is the difference between the rich and the poor? Some say, it is not so grand. On a daily basis, poor individuals face a set of constraints. Alleviate those constraints, and they will behave--make...
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Breaking The Cycle Of Malnutrition: Why Teens Matter
Adolescence is a critical period of growth and development and offers us an important entry point for delivering essential nutrition services to disrupt the inter-generational cycle of undernutrition....
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Indians Working In Gulf Countries Are 10 Times More Likely To Die Than Those...
More than seven million Indians currently live and work in the oil-rich Gulf nations. The vast majority of them are in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait while the others are spread across Oman, Bahrain, and...
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Solo Female Travel: To Go Or Not To Go?
Glossy magazine photos of distant lands, stories of wanderlust sated, of people living life on their own terms... it's enough to give you a serious itch if you are an adventurous woman who happens to...
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Can A Slow And Steady Jeb Bush Win GOP Presidential Nomination?
Jeb Bush, the former Governor of Florida, Spanish-speaking political scion, formally entered the US Presidential race on 15 June, formally saying "America Deserves Better". The major thrust of the...
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BJP, Gujarat and Patidar Politics: 10 Factors To Piece The Puzzle
Ever since Hardik Patel and the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) began their fierce battle in Gujarat to win OBC status for the affluent Patidar community, political pundits have been peering into...
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What's Really Killing Indian Teens
This article is from The Swaddle. By Liesl Goecker Sometime in the last decade, there was a paradigm shift in what we know to be the biggest threats to our kids. If you're wondering how you missed it,...
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The Big Gap Between Who Customers Say They Are And Who They Actually Are
The difference between who users claim they are and who they actually are is the bane of every researcher and marketer's existence. I like to call it 'the Big Delta'. Attempting to isolate the muddying...
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The Contradictions Of India's Development - A Personal View
Kolkata -- Approaching the local branch of the State Bank of India (SBI), I am struck by the large sign that proudly advertises the bank's "e-corner," which turns out to be an air-conditioned alcove...
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Why Is Being An Indian Not Good Enough?
When I was watching Chak De a long time ago, I couldn't help but nod my head in the segment where Shah Rukh Khan (it's one of the films in which he actually acted well!) talks about how we always seem...
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'Harakiri': Revisiting A Samurai Classic
Harakiri, directed by the late master Japanese filmmaker Masaki Kobayashi and starring the Japanese movie icon Tatsuya Nakadai, won the Special Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. The movie,...
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US Academics Worried About Modi Visit Need To Do Their Homework
Academics are academics, and public intellectuals are public intellectuals, and sometimes the twain shall meet. Yet many who have crossed the divide -- including Keynes and Friedman, Habermas and...
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7 Things I Learned While Setting Up A Business In India
I'm a 29-year-old American woman who moved to India six years ago with a mission. Initially I came to "save kids from terrible teachers" but soon realised that my real raison d'être was to help kids...
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Dear Rahul Yadav, The Only Thing You've Proved Is Your Arrogance
I am sure you must not have heard my name earlier and since we have no connection, even remotely, you must be wondering why I am writing to you. First let me introduce you to readers who might not...
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By 'Celebrating' 1965 War, India Is Just Gloating Over A Draw
This September marks the 50th anniversary of the three-week war fought by India and Pakistan in 1965. In India, the dates of the war have passed by fairly mutely until now when the NDA government has...
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Dear Mr President, Here's What I Think
Dear Mr. Narendra bhai, Like millions of Indians, I too had voted for you and your party in the belief that you will provide good, transparent, accountable and effective governance for the betterment...
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Women Entrepreneurs In India: Cooking Up Change
In August 2015, entrepreneur Sairee Chahal, founder of Sheroes, raised Rs 5 crore funding. Sheroes has been connecting talented women professionals to career opportunities and women entrepreneurs to...
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