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More Than Education: Govt's Focus On Skills, Employability Is A Step Towards...
The latest Union Budget infamously reduced the total allocation to education by around 2%. This was somewhat surprising given that the BJP had promised to allocate 6% towards education as recommended...
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Six Months On, Nepal's Chimling Beshi Is Still In Pieces [Pictures]
The villagers of Chimling Beshi had an incredible escape from death in April. Nearly every house here was severely damaged by the earthquake, but Chimling Beshi, which falls under Sindhupalchowk, the...
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8 Reasons Why Quinoa Should Be Part Of Your Daily Diet
Even as carbs such as rice and wheat are quickly falling out of favour, quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is becoming all the rage, with celebrities ranging from Gwyneth Paltrow to Deepika Padukone tucking...
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Why The Wife In Me Doesn't Care To Question Karva Chauth
The rituals of Karva Chauth are simple enough - a wife goes without food and water for a whole day for the well-being and longevity of her husband. When the moon appears, she looks at it through a...
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Celebrating Love On A Moonlit Night -- My Own Way
Every year around this day, there are hoards of posts on the Internet discussing the insanity of the rituals related to Karva Chauth. A woman fasting for her man, praying for the longevity of his life,...
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Women, How About Eating Some Lunch On That Thali?
Rainy days always make me crave samosas with hot tea. So, I fried some of those frozen potato-filled little zingers and sprawled out on the couch to read and eat, my two most favourite hobbies. I was...
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The Potential and Pitfalls Of 'Smart Manufacturing' In India
The term Industry 4.0 was first introduced at the Hannover Fair in the year 2011. The aim was to use the high innovation capability of Germany to make the industry more competitive. This shall reduce...
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Karva Chauth And A Woman's Right To Choose
It is that time of the year. The crisp air holds the promise of festivities. And if Dassehra is past, can Karva Chauth be far behind? As the evening haze envelops Gurgaon, a strong whiff of Karva...
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Buried Poison: Unilever Has A Lot To Hide In Kodaikanal
On 26 October 2015, Hindustan Unilever manager John George was caught on camera man-handling a News 7 media person R. Ravichandran. Ravichandran was one of many media-persons who were rudely pushed out...
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Cow Politics: Slaughtering Humanity, India -- And Modi's Statesmanship
Can you tell which religion they belong to? (Photo: Satish Chapparike) I am a Jain by birth. I was born in a very traditional, agrarian Digambar Jain family in a remote village called Chapparike in...
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No Anupam Kher, Filmmakers Returning National Awards In Protest Are Not 'Farzi'
As this article was being typed, the last three tweets on actor Anupam Kher's timeline looked a bit like this - a retweet of right wing intellectual Kanchan Gupta's tweet asking if scientists care...
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Karva Chauth: A Womanly Celebration Of Cultural Misogyny
Today millions of Hindu women, and girls, in India and around the world, will proudly perpetuate a festival whose fundamental tenet is misogynistic. This is the festival of Karva Chauth. Women will...
View ArticleAn Evolutionary Analysis Of Self-Drive Cars And Automated Trading Technologies
Mankind has always been evolving, but while physical evolution takes thousands of years to become visible, behavioural evolution manifests much faster. The rapid development of technology in the past...
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Journeys Then And Journeys Now: Why I Miss The Heat, Dust And Highway Breakdowns
One of the most vivid, most abiding memories of my childhood is that of my father and his (not ours) car. He loved it and looked after it like his fourth (sometimes first) baby. We could not litter it...
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Dating In The Gay World: The Part-Time Actor
A stormy July night. The clouds are heavier than a Naipaul novel. It's almost 11 pm. And he's almost here. I am sitting at my favourite coffee shop; only this time, we are living another day, another...
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Five Phrases Worse Than Saying Nothing
This article is from The Swaddle. We've all been there - you're hanging out with someone who has a great career/wonderful husband/adorable child/perfect life, and she (usually she) can't help but offer...
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Here's The Dirt On The Diwali 'Virus' No One Really Talks About
There is a certain virus in the air. It has taken India by storm. No, it is not a consequence of nature's fury in the form of incessant rains or cyclones. It is not due to the smog that starts...
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Decoding Govt's Doublespeak On UGC's Non-NET Research Fellowships
While students in South African universities were protesting against rising fees for higher education, events at home have not been very different. The past week has seen an unprecedented student...
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How India Became The Antibiotics Capital Of The World And Wasted The Wonder Cure
This article is from Open Magazine. By Lhendup G Bhutia "The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops. There is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself...
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Goa's Bay 15: A Cabana Kind Of Love
I'm writing this about 15 feet from the sea in a breezy thatched roof restaurant. Beautiful Indian classical tunes meld with the rise and fall of the surf. If I turn my head, I can see a swathe of...
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