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I'm A Celebrity And So Are You: The Fictional World Of Social Media
With the advent of 2016, I've been subjected to a deluge of party photos and New Year selfies on my Facebook feed. For someone who is a millennial and is supposed to be mobile, social and what not, I...
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Why Ranveer Singh Is Happy Playing To The Galleries
This article is from Open Magazine. By Divya Unny Five years ago when Ranveer Singh made his debut in Hindi films, his story seemed too good to be true. He was an average-looking Bombay boy with no...
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The Deep Dark World Of Japanese Writing
It is exceptionally daunting task writing of and about the Japanese skill in writing. It is like commenting on the batting skills of Sir Donald Bradman when you've just joined the high school cricket...
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Intolerant India: Are We Teaching Our Young To Speak Up But Dumb Down?
"Arguments have a shorter life in this country, and invariably, they are more incendiary than insightful, more spectacular than substantial," argues Siddharth Singh in his latest article for Open...
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Misery Functions Like A Magnet
Misery makes you capable of attracting people's attention. Whenever you are miserable you are attended to, sympathised with, loved. Everybody starts taking care of you. Who wants to hurt a miserable...
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Here's What We Are Overlooking About Startup India
So, the Big Bang reforms to nurture and kick-start the start-up ecosystem are done. I am a firm believer that even one problem solved is one problem less to deal with. I am very happy that the Prime...
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C-Voter Survey: How Delhi Responded To The Odd-Even Rule
Delhi, for all its infrastructure and global prominence, never matched up to the innovative policies adopted by other capitals of similar stature. The odd-even scheme of managing vehicular pollution...
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Putin's Billionaires And The Global Economic Weapon That India Won't Use
In 2015, during the latter phases of the Ukraine Crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin played an incendiary global economic card against the West. His strategy was seemingly simple on the surface...
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Rape, Rehabilitation And The Legacy Of The Nirbhaya Case
The gang rape on that fateful night of December 16, 2012 sent shock waves across India and the world. It was not just the brutality or brazenness of the assault that was terrifying, but it was also the...
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7 Reasons Why Leaders Shed Tears in Public
Two decades or so ago, there was an unsaid rule about showing emotions in public: don't do it. Crying, especially, was seen as a sign of weakness though there were a few exceptions to the rule. Fast...
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Why India Needs To Take A Cue From The New US Dietary Guidelines
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published the Dietary Guidelines 2015 this month. These guidelines tell Americans, and in a large way to others in the world, what an ideal diet to...
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Why India Should Just Let The Italian Marines Go
The Supreme Court of India has yet again granted one of the Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen an extension to stay on in Italy on medical grounds until 30 April 2016. This comes...
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Unharvested Gold: Can The Budget Make Farming Profitable Again?
Did you know that Indian agriculture's net export earnings are higher than those by services and manufacturing? Agriculture's net export earnings were $52.7 billion, versus $48 billion by services, and...
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7 Types Of Men You Meet On Indian Tinder
1. The Sapiosexual Every third man on Tinder describes himself as "sapiosexual". About two out of every three thinks that it means preferring The Wire to Game of Thrones. The Sapiosexual likes to brag...
View ArticleObama's Last State Of The Union Address Was One Of His Most Powerful Speeches...
Six years and 358 days into his two-term run at the White House, President Barack Obama delivered his last State of the Union address on 12 January. In his final year of his presidency, Obama did not...
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Yes You Can: An Antidote To The Naysayers
Have you ever heard someone say "Oh come on, anyone can do that. That isn't a big deal..."? Fair chances are that you have, since most of us are surrounded by people who keep saying such things. They...
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A 10-Point Economic Plan To Make 2016 India's Year
India has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with GDP growth at 7.3% in 2014-15. As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley noted recently, our nation is firmly on the path of economic...
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Why We Need to Question the 'Religion' Behind Menstrual Taboos
By Sakshi Jain For a long time, menstruation has been regarded as impure and unclean in various religions, resulting in "rules" that bar women from entering places of worship during their time of the...
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What Every Parent Should Understand About Childhood Depression
By Dr Pervin Dadachanji The meaning of depression is made more complicated more than it needs to be. The term is used carelessly to describe both temporary and chronic emotions, and as a result,...
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7 Things I Now Know About Effective Change
As universal as change is, it is still the most feared aspect of life. I would have scoffed at the person who had told me a year back that this is where I would be today -- confident, doing what I love...
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