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4 Winter Session Bills That Could Make All The Difference For India's...
India is poised to emerge as one of the key drivers of global economic growth. The confidence in the Indian economy can be gauged from the recent assertion by the IMF that "India is among the few...
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Humour And Hashtags: The New Tools In Fight Against Menstrual Taboos
This article is from Open Magazine. By Aanchal Bansal Twenty-year old Nikita Dutt had never heard of the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Not until she read about the comments made by the current president...
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Three Drives, Three Stories And One Bleak Reality
I visited Mumbai after almost two years last week. In spite of what others say about the city, I love the energy, the cosmopolitan culture and the wonderful local delicacies such as pav bhaji, misal...
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Why Paris Must Not Repeat Kyoto's Mistakes
World leaders and climate negotiators from 195 countries are in Paris for the 21st Conference of Parties Summit (COP21), with the intention of hammering out a new international climate deal. Over the...
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The Voice Of A Rural Community May Fall Silent - Unless We Step In
Eleven-year-old Deepu (name changed) went missing in Hoskote, 17km from his village of Obalapura, Karnataka. He got lost in a crowd and his parents were unable to locate him. Vijay, who runs a computer...
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Chennai's Flood Fight Makes A Strong Case For Self-Governance
Over the last few days, Chennai witnessed unprecedented rains that brought everyone and everything to their knees, sorry, hips. What was heartening was the fact that the citizens showed their...
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The Legacy And Death Of The Tragic Hero Of Handwashing
On the evening of 13 August 1865, at a mental asylum in Lazarettgasse in Vienna, Dr Ignaz Fülöp Semmelweis was pronounced dead. His body was brought back to his hometown of Pest (now Budapest) in...
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A Message From The Chennai Floods: It's Not Anti-National To Question...
The highest rainfall in a century has brought Chennai to its knees. A proud and vibrant city has been laid low by water for the second time in a decade. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar...
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Make These 12 Lifestyle Changes For A Healthy New Year (And Beyond)
It's almost time to bid farewell to this year and welcome the one that lies ahead. It's time for introspection, time to break old resolutions and make some new ones. It's time for a reality check! Did...
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Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: Why The NCR Is Delhi's Biggest Pollution Problem
Over the last few weeks, there has been a sudden outcry against the critical pollution levels in Delhi. The Delhi government has come up with multiple plans that may have far-ranging impact on the...
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5 Fantastic Experiences That Prove That Haridwar Is More Than A Spiritual...
The mention of Haridwar brings to mind images filled with piety and picturesque pujas and the Ganga aarti by the fast-flowing river at Har ki Pauri, right? But, as we discovered on a recent, visit,...
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Social Media: Friend Or Foe?
Spiderman once famously said, "With great power comes great responsibility", and this holds true, aptly enough, for the web too. The power of the Internet and social media to break news as it unfolds...
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Here's How 1000 Women Mustered The Courage To Fight UP Panchayat Elections
Nageshwari Devi hails from a remote village in Uttar Pradesh. Residing in a house with a thatched roof, she belongs to a Scheduled Caste community. She joined a women's self-help group in 2013, because...
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6 Top Global Recruitment Trends For 2016
How do you make sure that you are recruiting the best person for the job? How do you know that the best people out there even know about open positions at your business? How can you make sure that when...
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Let's Wake Up And Smell The Smog
For someone who lived in the south throughout my life, winter in Delhi used to be pleasant experience whenever I got to travel there for work. But not anymore. Skyrocketing pollution levels in Delhi...
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A Perversely Compelling Love Affair
Our break-up dates back to some time ago: of the precise day, I'm not sure. I save the calendar for happier anniversaries. An amicable parting, no foaming at the mouth or multi-lingual abuses hurled,...
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'I Wanted My Name To Be Travis': A Conversation With The Creator Of Sanjay's...
Sanjay Patel spent his childhood at the Lido Motel, run by his Gujarati family, in San Bernardino back in the 1980s. Like many immigrant children, Patel learnt to have dual identities. He participated...
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No Man's Land: The Future Of Art In South Asia
I was born in a liberated Bangladesh, a brand new country carrying numerous unprocessed emotions, pain and loss covered by a deep sense of nationalism. When we were growing up in the 80s, the true...
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Creating Jobs In A Changing World: Why India Cannot Follow in China's Footsteps
The generation of more jobs has become the concern of governments everywhere, in developing as well as developed countries. The realization of a looming global problem is evident in the World Bank's...
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Here's How An Indian Diet Can Help Cut Your Cancer Risk
Cancer is a disease that results from unchecked growth of cells in humans. Cells develop abnormally when their DNA (the main driver of cells in our body) is damaged or mutated due to inherited or...
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