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Could Your Baby Be Having A Speech Delay?
By Merzia Maskati Yes, we all know that each child is unique and may reach their developmental milestones at different times. Yet for every developmental assessment, we must know the red flags too....
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The Place Of Disability In International Relations
International relations as a discipline has evolved quite a bit since its inception centuries ago, incorporating over the years various strands of political philosophy and thinking such as realism,...
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Why I Switched From My iPad to a Windows 10 Two-in-One Tablet
Just to set the background, I have been using the Retina Macbook Pro 2015 variant as my go-to computer and an iPhone 6 Plus as my primary smartphone all through this year. I have pretty much always...
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How Maneka Gandhi Spelled Out The Reasons Why We SHOULD Criminalize Marital Rape
Just as the confetti from Women's Day was being swept away, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi came out with a statement that threw me for a loop. "It is considered that the concept of...
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Decoding The BJP's Jekyll And Hyde Politics
The BJP contested the 2014 general elections with the promise to bring back 'acchhe din' (good days), to India and was rewarded by the people who voted them back to power after a gap of 10 years. This...
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Why 'Akhand Bharat' Is A Pipe Dream
These days the use of the term 'Akhand Bharat' has become a fashion. Without any prior knowledge or information various right wing politicians have started using this word during speeches and election...
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Will Budget 2016 Rise To The Challenge?
Ever since Finance Minister Shanmukham Chetty presented India's first Budget in 1947, the announcement of the Budget has been eagerly awaited as the first big ticket political event of the year....
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Why Finding Out Who Hurt Shaktimaan Is Not The Only Concern We Should Have
Shaktimaan, the horse who was recently hurt at a political rally in Uttarakhand, has been a trending topic on Twitter for the past several days. The public is shocked and upset that his leg was broken...
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'The Writer's Eye': The World Through William Dalrymple's Lens
What struck me most about William Dalrymple's photographs, at first sight, was how light arrested them, sculpting landscapes of fields, women in market squares, a collection of boulders down to their...
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Sick Of 'Feminazis' And 'Caste Warriors'? Read On
A prominent discourse today is that of being other-ed by society, be it as a minority, as a woman, as a non-White person, or as an intersection of different identities. As you scroll down your social...
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The Blindness Of Crowds
Every crowd is a motley crowd, but no individual is motley. Every individual is an authentic consciousness. The moment he becomes a part of the crowd, he loses his consciousness; then he is dominated...
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5 Blind Spots That Are Blocking Solutions To India's Water Crisis
We've completely run out of water. I appeal to the centre with folded hands to immediately intervene and get munak canal started in Haryana— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 22, 2016 This...
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Are Some Rights More Sacred Than Others?
Are some rights in India 'holier' than others? Rights have always been a contentious subject, more so in today's India, where their boundaries are getting skewed, being pushed and pulled in all...
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Indian Women Can Boost the Economy By 16% In 2025. If We Let Them
India's women are the least productive in the world according to several global studies. And it's not because of lack of talent. The Sixth Economic Census reveals women run only 8% of businesses in New...
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Dear Raj Thackeray, Big Thanks From Bihar
Dear Raj Thackeray ji, It's great to see that you are back to your old tricks. I had almost forgotten that I existed but thanks to your new rant, I have come to the realization that I am a Bihari who...
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India Fashion Week: Sewing Machines And Artisans On The Ramp
"It took us 60 days to finish this. Every single chiffon thread is put through a number of delicate steps for this dress. It is a rigorous process, it is not easy," Jafar Ali, a 35-year old tailor told...
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PHOTOS: Pieces Of Kolkata's Heart
A city isn't what you see on a map. It isn't its popular symbols or architecture, however iconic these may be. Kolkata isn't just defined by the Howrah Bridge or Victoria Memorial. Its essence is in...
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8 Challenges In Growing Indian-Language Wikipedias
While speaking at BHASHA: Indian Languages Digital Festival, a day-long discourse at New Delhi on Indian languages and their state in new media, especially digital platforms, I touched upon Wikipedia...
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Why Every Feminist Should Refuse to Say Bharat Mata Ki Jai
A few days ago, a Muslim MLA in the Maharashtra Assembly refused to chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. Given that street-level bullying is a regular feature of our legislative assemblies, there was an...
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Dear Dr Tharoor, This Is An Appeal To Your Conscience
Dear Dr Tharoor, Let me begin by congratulating you for maintaining a relatively balanced political posture vis-à-vis the other politicians of your party, who along with liberal intellectuals and the...
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