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Why Schools Need To Boost Their Emotional Quotient
Shutterstock image The importance of emotional intelligence (EI) -- the ability to manage one's own emotions as well as those of others -- has been gaining momentum in education for the last 10-15...
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Waiting For The Next San Bernardino
On 2 December, the the carnage unleashed in San Bernardino, California, became America's 352nd mass shooting in 336 days of 2015. Barack Obama was right when, reacting to the latest incident, he told...
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Why The BJP Will Remain Intolerant Of The Idea Of India
As Robert Louis Stevenson said - "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." We need to understand the seed, the idea that has given birth to the Bhartiya Janata...
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A Climate Change Warning From 5 Years Ago: The Ladakh Floods Of 2010
Tamil Nadu is facing its worst rainfall in over a century, causing massive flooding across the state capital Chennai, killing hundreds and forcing thousands to leave their homes. It's not an isolated...
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Children And Freedom: How Much Is Too Much?
For my son AB, from daylight to twilight my presence is imperative; even if I'm not with him I have to be around, somewhere close by. If he does not see me for 15 minutes, he seeks me out like a little...
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Here's What Can Happen If Your Bag Is Not 'Ladylike' Enough
The other day, I went for a movie at the PVR Cinema in Saket, New Delhi, and had the most annoying experience of gender discrimination. The guards at security check stopped me and said I could not go...
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Why India Should Give Up Claim On Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir
Earlier this year, Pakistan raised the issue of India building a wall along the LOC in the UN Security Council. Pakistan said that India has plans to "convert the LoC into a "quasi international...
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My Visit To Bisara: Dadri Lynching Still Haunts Village
On the night of 28 September this year, a Hindu mob in Bisara village of Dadri district in Uttar Pradesh barged into the house of a Muslim family. The reason: they thought he'd stored beef for...
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Speaking Up Is The Only Solution To Intolerance In India
People in India are growing more and more intolerant of each other, and the majority is using its heft to silence those who are not in agreement with the more prevalent view. The exact reason for...
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Stand Up For Things That Really Matter India, Not Just The National Anthem
India is back in the international news, again, for what is being described as "another controversy" that adds to the "debate on growing intolerance" in the country. Last month, a video emerged,...
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4 Lessons I've Learnt From Being 'Too Healthy'
Eating healthy or staying fit is the new mantra everywhere -- go organic, go vegan, go gluten-free, or follow a primitive diet, a cookie diet and so on and on! Being in the wellness field for over a...
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All You Need Is... Science (But With A Difference)
We humans have an intrinsic urge to seek the truth. It goes back a long way. Survival has always depended on knowing what is going on. Whether it is a plant that needs to find out where the sun is, or...
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Early Childhood Education Makes All The Difference - Here's How We Can...
India's learning crisis is not news. For the last 10 years, the Annual State of Education Report (ASER) data has shown us that over half the children in Class III are unable to subtract correctly or...
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Give Parineeti Chopra A Break. She Didn't Choose To Be Your 'Real' Body Image...
Today, Parineeti Chopra surfaced on my Facebook timeline, built THAT way. I would be lying if I said that the little voice in my head - which also demands crumb fried chicken the size of Australia for...
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The Congress Party, for the past few days, has disrupted both houses of Parliament. Its Goebbelsian propaganda is that the party's leadership is a victim of political vendetta. What then are the facts?...
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Rising Intolerance: A Reality Or Smoke And Mirrors?
There's been an impassioned debate about rising "intolerance" in the world's largest democracy recently, with a flurry of tweets, Facebook posts, blogs and editorials on the subject. This debate took...
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Why Parents Should Speak To Their Children In Their Mother Tongue
I grew up in Bahrain, away from my homeland. Fortunately, I had already had the opportunity to learn my mother tongue language very well since I did my schooling until fourth grade in India. Even when...
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In Defence Of Tipping
Danny Meyer, a prominent restaurateur in New York who owns upscale restaurants like Gramercy Tavern and The Modern, recently announced that he would soon be dispensing with the practice of tipping in...
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The Sand Mafia And The Tragedy Of The Commons
The term "tragedy of the commons" was coined originally in 1883 by William Forster Lloyd, a political economist at Oxford University, who was looking at the recurring devastation of common (not...
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How Haryana And The Supreme Court Struck Against The Foundation Of Democratic...
In its judgment upholding the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015, the Indian Supreme Court on Thursday argued that "It is only education which gives a human being the power to discriminate...
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