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Why A Third Party May Be India And Pak's Best Chance For Resolving Siachen,...
The entire nation mourned when Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad lost his battle for life after his heroic rescue from a snowy trap following an avalanche in Siachen, the world's highest and coldest...
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'Neerja': A Heroic Account Of One Of India's Bravest Daughters
Neerja, directed by Ram Madhvani and starring Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi and Shekhar Ravjiani in the pivotal roles, presents a fictionalized account of the final few days of the heroic Pan Am...
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Why I Think Using Digital Technology Is Good For My Six-Year-Old Son
"Dad, please don't delete my game, I'll lose all my high scores," said my six-year-old son as he came running towards me. Oops! One look at his innocent face and I dropped the idea of deleting the...
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I Thought The Hijab Was A Symbol Of Oppression. I Was Wrong
"How did you become a feminist?" I have been asked this question, in various garbs, several times. The answer is: it did not happen all of a sudden, without preamble. Even to this moment, feminism...
View ArticleWhy Nawaz Sharif Is India's Best Bet For Improving Ties With Pakistan
In a rare and candid admission, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif recently accepted complicity in the Kargil misadventure in 1999. It requires real courage and conviction for any leader to admit to...
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I Support The BJP And RSS But I Condemn The Arrest Of Kanhaiya Kumar
It's been almost two weeks since the arrest of JNU student union president, Kanhaiya Kumar, provoked a nationwide uproar. Since then, everybody has exploited the situation to suit their own narratives...
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My Evening With The Anti-Nationals Of JNU
An open class on nationalism in JNU "What dangerous times we are living in!" I am regularly told nowadays. "Desh drohis are proliferating and rearing their anti-national heads everywhere -- on...
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Anti-Nationals, Cockroaches And Gutter-Level Debate: Are We Flirting With The...
It is perhaps the bleakness of the times we live in that a character actor Anupam Kher -- and a Padma Bhushan awardee, no less -- would effortlessly liken the ideological opponents of the Sangh to...
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Why Cries Of 'Sedition' Will Only Inspire Us To Fight Back Harder
Over the last few days, as the events at JNU unfolded, India has been caught up in the debate of what is national and anti-national. Our political leadership, our media and many public figures have...
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5 Eagerly-Awaited Changes That Could Make Budget 2016 A Taxpayer's Delight
Our Finance Minister has a tough job keeping government's tax revenue and borrowing in check, and an empathetic view is what he needs. But ask we must and here's what the Finance Minister could do with...
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The War Against ISIS Needs To Speed Up, And Iran Holds The Key
During the course of a recent visit to London, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif stated publicly that the fight against Daesh (ISIS) was something that could help unite the region in a common cause....
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Indo-Pakistan Relations: Captive To The Elephants In The Room
When Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif agreed, late last year, to resume official-level dialogue, it led to unrealistic expectations. This is the curse India-Pakistan meetings suffer from. No other...
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Remembering Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, An Embodiment Of 'Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb'
A titan has left us. India's oldest performing musician, Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, is no more. He passed away at the unbelievable age of 107. Ustadji, a descendant of Tansen, was born in Salon village,...
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WATCH: 'Doon Ke Na Doon', A Short Film Inspired By My Experience Of An Acid...
My name is Monica Singh, and I'm the founder and president of the Mahendra Singh Foundation, and the 2016 United Nation Women's Global Youth Champion. My life changed as a result of an acid attack, and...
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More Children Are Getting Cancer In India, And We Are Failing Them
Cancer in children constitutes 5.5% of total cancer cases in India according to the Indian Council for Medical Research. This percentage has more than doubled from 2.5% ten years ago. In absolute...
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4 Core Insurance Issues That Union Budget 2016 Can Solve
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inspirational talk about bringing India under a universal social security umbrella, followed by the announcement of insurance schemes and increasing taxable limit for...
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A 207ft-Flag A Day Keeps The Anti-Nationalism Away?
Over the past several days, the nation has been entangled in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) controversy. A group of students expressed solidarity for an executed individual, who was given the...
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How Design Can Take 'Make In India' To The Next Level
Design is not new to India. Historically, Indian designs were much sought after - the artefacts from the Mughal and Rajput period speak volumes of our heritage in this sphere. Local artisans and...
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Where's The Dialogue On JNU? This Lazy Mud-Slinging Doesn't Count
"Bharat Ki Barbadi Tak, Jung Chalegi Jung Chalegi" (The battle will go on till India's destruction) This slogan (and others like it), that rang out in Jawaharlal Nehru University, has polarized...
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PHOTOS: Chalo Delhi - For Rohith Vemula
Blues and reds, in the political palette, have spent too much time drifting away from what they were initially meant to represent. A month after the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula, students...
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