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Whatever The 'Final Verdict', We're Not Going Back In The Closet
By Dhrubo Jyoti I still remember the day I crossed over. The day I realised that my vague, lingering but intense desire couldn't be denied or dismissed any longer -- that I was different. It was a...
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The Cancer Diet And The Importance Of Snacking [Recipes]
A loss of weight and appetite (cachexia) is a common occurrence in patients diagnosed with cancer or those undergoing treatment. During this stressful period, it is important to focus on a healthy diet...
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3 Dangerous Countries That Investors Might Be Willing To Bet On
During the late 1980s at the height of apartheid in South Africa, no major investor was willing to go in to set up shop. After all you'd have to be insane to risk investing your money in a country...
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Adultery, Divorce And The Baby In Between
To be or not to be? That is the question that occupies every person's consciousness as they are caught up in the web of adultery in a marriage. The to be or not to be encompasses an entire spectrum of...
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Is Modi's 'Neighbourhood First' Policy Living Up To Its Promise?
In a way, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated his "neighbourhood first" policy as an important component of his diplomacy when he invited the heads of the South Asian Association for Regional...
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10 Squats For A Firm Butt And Toned Thighs
Squats are extremely effective in toning and strengthening the muscles of the legs, thighs and hips. There are many variations of squats and you can use different types of equipment to make your...
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What THAT Sunny Leone Interview Shows About Indian Society
CNN-IBN journalist Bhupendra Chaubey received a lot of flak for his recent interview with Sunny Leone. In a blog he wrote in his defence he acknowledged that at one stage Sunny felt that it was more...
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There's one sector in India that continues to be gripped by short-sellers: public sector banks (PSBs). As Reserve Bank of India (RB) governor Raghuram Rajan calls out for banks to clear their balance...
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An Appeal For Reform In The Serving Of South Indian Filter Coffee
As far as simple joys of life go, a good cup of south Indian filter coffee ranks pretty high up there for me. But every time a steaming cup arrives at my table at a restaurant, the heady aroma rising...
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Voices Of Reason: Why The Supreme Court Must Reconsider Its Decision On Sec 377
On 11 December, 2013 the Supreme Court dealt a heavy blow to equal rights in India by reversing a 2009 Delhi High Court judgement that had read down Section 377, an archaic, discriminatory law that...
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A Cow, A Trans Person And Six Biharis: A Real-Life Fable
"It's hypocrisy of men makes these hills grim." -- Jack Kerouac The cow, the trans community and the state of Bihar have been much in the national news of late. This is a tale of all three. It took...
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The Malda Riots And The Shocking Silence Of The Liberal Media
Amidst the allegations of Hindu intolerance under the Modi government, one event in Mamata's Bengal went quite unnoticed by the left-liberal media stalwarts. No writers came out to return their awards...
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Can Hillary Clinton Live Down Her Gender Gaffes As First Lady?
By Anam Mittra Never has one of the oldest democracies in the world, in its 240-year independent history, had a female President. You would think that a country which saw an active and historic...
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Titans Of Tech Abroad, Wimps At Home: Can We Meet These 10 Challenges Of...
India reappeared on the world stage in the 90s, flexing its new-found Digital / IT muscles. Within a relatively short span of a decade, marquee companies from our homeland had asserted themselves with...
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Who Will Heal The Healers? A Cure For Violence Against Doctors
Attending to patients who had arrived following a road traffic accident late at night, Dr Abhishek Kumar correctly identified that one seemed worse than the others. So he did the sensible thing,...
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Dismantling Democracy: How The Supreme Court Deprived The Poor Of Their Right...
The Constitution of India is premised on the idea that the ability to discern right from wrong and good from bad is innate in every human being. Despite the fact that the nascent nation comprised a...
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'Hymn For The Weekend': Yes To The Colours, No To The Colonial Fetishisation
So the universally loved band Coldplay is back with their new single, "Hymn for the Weekend" and it really did make my weekend. Thank you for that, Coldplay. As then I started reading the criticism of...
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Ice-Breaking Diplomacy: Countries In The Arctic Circle Show How To Handle...
"It is a Middle East-like situation in very superficial terms -- just that no one is killing each other over it," a former oil executive said on the sidelines of the Arctic Frontiers conclave in...
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The Digital Prophecy Is Coming True, Starting Now
In 2016, the fault lines in media and entertainment will get exaggerated like never before. It's not a full-blown earthquake yet but the ground is shaking and weaker business models may well collapse...
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Why I Think Temple Bans On Women Are Absolutely Fine
The last few years I have come across an evolving brand of feminism -- women who are so proud to be feminist that they flaunt it like their newly acquired Birkin. Mostly hashtag feminists, they'll...
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