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Slow And Steady: Why The Indian Market Is Doing Better Than We Think
India has been well marketed as an investment destination by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past year, especially with the "Make in India" campaign. But for all the euphoria gripping the Indian...
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Bringing Up The Next-Gen Baby
For the economy's sake, mind you! No, I am not about to take a stance on whether or not women can have it all. We can all lean in or bend back or sway like the reeds on the banks of the Limpopo in the...
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Coastal Road Will Cut Through Mumbai's Soul
I'm visiting someone in Breach Candy Hospital, looking out at the ocean and trying to imagine an 8-lane highway instead of the monsoon waves. I find myself doing that obsessively these days -- at...
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Podcast: Are We Heading To A Future In Which We Can Survive On Less Sleep?
For anyone who leads a hectic, urban life, the sheer lack of time is a common complaint. Meeting deadlines at work, everyday commuting and domestic chores often take a toll on our social lives and...
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Here's What We Can Really Do For Our Teachers: A 10-Point Plan For The PM
Dear Mr Prime Minister, I heard your address to students last Friday, sans their teachers. I am also happy that you have reached a settlement on OROP. I agree that we should take care of our war...
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Teachers' Day: Tales From The Trenches
"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else". Lee Iacocca Ask my three year old what she wants to be when she grows...
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A Tale Of First Dates, Part Three: The Performance Artist
A warm March afternoon. We are somewhere in the dregs of 2011 - the world is sepia-hued and hazy, like a fading photograph from a long-forgotten album. It's what great stories with great beginnings...
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Which South Asia Do You Live In?
Which South Asia do you live in? The one which offers world-class metros and malls, super-speciality hospitals, gourmet eateries and designer homes where servants make your meals, drive your car or...
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Sentenced To Rape: Why Our Law And Order System Is As Guilty As The Khap...
It seems like just yesterday when the nation shook with the gut-wrenching news. A young girl was gang-raped in a moving bus in Delhi, later dying of her injuries. The heinous act made us flock to the...
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Has The Daily Show Found A Worthy Successor In Trevor Noah?
If the 90 minute performance on the 5th of September at University of Maryland's Cole Field House is any indication, Trevor Noah isn't going to hesitate in rolling on the tough turf when he takes over...
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Drop The Pretence, Name Nagpur As India's Capital
A miasma of impending gloom envelops the Indian horizons. The extreme right-wing fanatics seem to have embarked with brazen brutality on their quest to liquidate modern intellectuals, and are likely to...
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We Have The Wheels, Mr PM, But We Need A Push To Get Them Rolling
Sir, It has been a while since anyone has had a majority government in our country -- it is something that I think of as an immense power, something we haven't seen for three decades. I was waiting for...
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Breaking The Cycle Of Malnutrition: Healthy Mothers Produce Healthy Babies
Every baby in the womb eats what its mother does, or more accurately derives its essential nutrients from her. Thus, even mild maternal malnutrition can impair fetal development. The consequences are...
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Climate Change And The Syrian Conflict: Why We Need To Pay Attention
While many have been ridiculing the "mad scientists" who cry wolf over global warming, Syria may now be proof of how a severe drought exacerbated by rising temperatures helped trigger a violent civil...
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The Big Investment Opportunity India Is Missing Out On
From food delivery companies to e-commerce platforms, India's startups have been attracting large investments in recent months. Hoping to fund the next Facebook, investors have been flocking to these...
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Why The Nation Needs To Go Hybrid
There is hardly anything that exists as a single entity. Look at what we study in university and you'll know why adding mathematics to even economics makes sense or why reading science gives a student...
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Hindi Nation: Amend The Constitution For Linguistic Equality
It wasn't the typical expression of pride you might find at this time of year. During the Independence Day weekend, Twitteratis logged on to find #StopHindiImposition trending nationally. Scores of...
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In Pursuit Of The Moon
Everyone who knows me knows about my obsession with the moon. There are people who wait for me to post pictures of it, there are friends who share their versions of the moon with me, there are some...
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What A Controversial Sri Narayana Guru Tableaux Tells Us About Kerala Politics
During South Africa's coming-of-age event, the FIFA World Cup in 2010, unveiling of an artwork in a Johannesburg mall whipped up nationwide fury. The artist, Yiull Damaso, parodied a Rembrandt...
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Resolving The Conflict Between Experience And Memory: Perspectives From The Gita
We all live in our experiences and memories. We also try to learn from them. Sometimes they become so overwhelming that we almost get caught in them. Nobel Laureate in Economics and one of the most...
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