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INTERVIEW: Children Are De-Prioritized Because They Cannot Vote, Says CEO Of CRY
Founded in 1979, CRY (Child Rights and You) has been active as a pressure group to restore children's rights in the country. In an interview with Dipin Damodharan, its chief executive officer Puja...
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Brand Stories Are Co-Created, Not Just Told
Digital Branding Series #2: Leveraging consumer engagement to create and recreate brand stories; read #1 here. Storytelling is everywhere today. Not just fiction, even news is related through stories...
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There's A New Cure For Hepatitis C, But Where Are The Diagnoses?
Hepatitis C, a potentially life-threatening liver disease, affects an estimated 12 million people in India, most of whom do not know that they have been infected with the virus. Until the last year or...
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'Captain America: Civil War' Sets A New Benchmark For Superhero Movies
Captain America: Civil War is the third and the latest film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America, the other two being Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter...
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Why The Indian Legal Industry Must Get Out Of Its Rut
Why have we not seen disruptive innovation in the Indian legal industry? We have witnessed big changes in how the financial, retail, health and transport industries are organized, information is...
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Linking Rivers Will Not Save Bundelkhand
Retaining rainwater through ponds, check dams and farm embankments will quench Bundelkhand's thirst far better than a grand river linking scheme based on dodgy assumptions on water availability. Read...
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There Is Reason For India's Corruption (And It's Not Us Or Even The Politicians)
India's political system is inherently corrupt and it's destroying our society's moral fibre. People don't live in a vacuum; the system in which they live shapes them. Sure, culture affects the system,...
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How India's Socialist Psyche Creates 'Villains' Like Mallya
Our collective reaction to Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher's debt default says a lot about us as a country, particularly the socialist legacy that remains rooted deep in our national psyche. Our...
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Kangana Vs. Hrithik In Cold Hard Numbers
As Kangana Ranaut receives yet another National Award, for yet another superlative performance, we took a look at her brand monitor and that of her alleged former lover and current bête noire Hrithik...
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Why No One Really Believed Jon Snow Would Stay Dead
Okay, so here is the thing, all this while, we were being stupid on purpose. Did any of us really believe Jon Snow was dead even for five seconds? We heard the people around us say it, we read the...
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Why Do We Choose Western Fitness Diets Over Desi Dal Subzi?
This article is from Open Magazine. By Rujuta Diwekar IN EVERYONE'S LIFE there's always one person who has tried his hand at all kinds of businesses and failed. But the math of failure upturns when you...
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My Dad Says I'm Turning Into My Mother - And Nothing Could Make Me Prouder
"A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening. If one listens to them silently for a long time, this longing reveals its kernel, its meaning. It is not so much...
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'Game of Thrones' And Marxist Class Conflict
When Karl Marx proposed his class conflict theory based on the society prevalent in the 19th century, little did he know that his brainchild would crystallize in a fictional land called Westeros well...
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A Mother's Day Confession: I Didn't Make Sacrifices And I Don't Need Thanks
Hey there! Mom here. You are not surprised, right? Moms always love to send tons of words to their children--written, spoken, thought of, dreamt up, copied, heard, wise and more--yada yada and blah...
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Diet Dos And Don'ts For Breastfeeding Moms
New mothers sometimes get so engrossed in doing all the right things for their new baby that they forget to take adequate care of themselves. What they don't realize is that taking good care of...
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14 Secret Kitchen Hacks From Mothers Across India
We caught up with some of our favourite mommy-cooks to put this list together. We can all agree that all mums have the uncanny ability to fix almost anything - from high-school science projects to...
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Why Are We Making It So Hard For Indian Sportswomen To Succeed?
By Saswati Chatterjee: India has another potential Olympics star this year: young Dipa Karmakar who has become the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics. This is a great time for us to shine...
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How Cold-Chain Can Minimize Food Loss
In ancient Indian lore, there were rishis and rishikas, men and women known to do penance for extended periods. A weakness of the body disturbed their concentration... it could not survive without...
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You Don't Watch 'Game Of Thrones'? It's OK... Sort Of
"Ok, it's been a couple of days and if you still haven't watched it yet, it's on you! So spoiler alert! Jon Snow is not dead! I mean he was and then Melisandre..." "I don't watch Game of Thrones."...
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My Modi Illusions Have Shattered, Thanks In Part To Donald Trump
During the 2014 general election, I, along with many other NRIs, pledged my vicarious support to the BJP and Narendra Modi. Any arguments that called into question Modi's dubious human rights record...
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