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12 Loving Ways To A Beautiful Death
I'm writing this because one day you'll call it in. You'll shuffle your mortal coils. You'll die. You won't know when it will happen, or how. You won't know if you'll be young or old when you go,...
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5 Unhealthy Trends That Marred The Winter Session Of Parliament
Co-authored with Raunaq Chandrashekar A stormy Winter Session of Parliament concluded on 23 December. While it saw the passage of several vital legislations, we unfortunately witnessed five trends that...
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5 Healthy Eating Trends To Look Forward To In 2016
Every year brings with it its own trends for healthy eating. While 2015 welcomed the likes of bone broth and matcha everything, 2016 is sure to bring in some healthy deliciousness too. In anticipation...
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The Tao Of 'Retirement'
What an unusual way of celebrating the birth of a child! Hats off to Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, who, in a touching gesture after the birth of their daughter Max, plan to give away most of their...
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Damn You, Autocorrect! Stop Killing My Freedom of Speech!
Even the most primitive versions of Facebook's autocorrect system wouldn't let you spell the social network's name without capitalising its initial "F" and until a few years ago, Android phones would...
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Made-To-Fit Solutions Can Improve Kids' Learning. Here's How It Can Be Done
India's education challenges are many. With roughly 250 million children currently in the school segment and another 100-125 million entering the system every five years, our obligation to provide...
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Why Liberals Shouting 'Intolerance' Owe An Apology To The Nation
It is a despicable and devious modus operandi that defies all canons of morality and fair play; a crafty Machiavellian machination that yields exceptional dividends, albeit ill-gotten ones. This is how...
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An Indian Between Two Worlds: Moving From Munich To Abu Dhabi
I had just barely revelled in the glory of my last article on Munich when my husband came home one day from work and broke the news. We were moving to Abu Dhabi in three months! It feels like since...
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The Wrong Side Of The Tracks: Life At Kolkata's Dhakuria Railway Colony...
When I first started exploring South Kolkata on foot, I soon discovered the Dhakuria Bridge and the Railway Colony emerging from its shadows below. There's a great overhead view of this impoverished...
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A Chance To Stay Where The Wild Things Are...
"Katrina and her cousin went on a short trek nearby, and by the end there were 60 or 70 leeches on her. Poor thing, she is a city girl, didn't know what to do! When she came back we removed all the...
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5 Steps We Must Take To Avoid A Repeat Of The Chennai Tragedy
When an unprecedentedly heavy northeast monsoon hit Tamil Nadu this year, the subsequent flooding in Chennai and other coastal areas took an unprepared state government and a tragically unsuspecting...
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Why Prevention Is Better Than Prohibition
Prohibition is back in the limelight with the Supreme Court upholding the Kerala government's new liquor policy which bans drinking in public and restricts its serving to 5-star hotels. The topic...
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Why 2015 Was A Landmark Year For Indian Cyberlaw
The year 2015 was nothing if not eventful, and while some developments generated plenty of sound and fury, others made a quieter impact. As I look back at legal developments, what stands out is how...
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The Arunachal Farce And Why The Anti-Democratic, Colonial Post Of The...
Not all is right in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Some old British-rule-era habits die hard, or maybe they never die at all, for some imperial habits are essential for maintaining undemocratic...
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Dear Nita Ambani, Can We Really Talk Football Please?
Dear Mrs. Nita Ambani, There are two reasons why I decided to forgo my cherished winter-morning sleep today and pen down this letter: firstly, to thank you for your endeavour, and no doubt great amount...
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Modi-Putin Meet Signals New Dimensions For Indo-Russian Partnership
Three developments emerged clearly from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Moscow for the 16th Indo-Russian annual summit with President Vladimir Putin. First, making bilateral ties more...
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75 Years On, HAL Is Flying Higher Than Ever
The history of India's largest defence contractor and Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), has been embellished with pathbreaking events. And this premier aircraft...
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Change Must Come From Within For India's Muslim Community
Over the course of human history, one lesson that continually resonates is that societies and nations that grew stagnant were the first to fall. A bickering Rome crumbled under the might of Visigoths...
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Globally, 2015 was a year of uncertainty, anxiety, cruelty, bigotry, violence, terrorism, catastrophes, calamities and suffering. It seemed to be a year filled with madness, with many parts of the...
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Good Times Bad Times: Remembering 'Bonzo', The Man Who Gave Me Rock N' Roll
I love December, the month with all its good cheer and festivities, but on every 4th of that month, I cannot help but remember that this was the day that Led Zeppelin ceased to be, following the death...
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