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Donald Trump And Arvind Kejriwal Are More Alike Than You Think
The expression "balls of steel" is common enough, but it rarely pops up during presidential campaigns. That is, until Donald Trump entered the race. Whether all the Republicans like it or not, it's...
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Why Dubai Is Becoming Bollywood's Home Away From Home
For some time now, Indian investors have been gravitating towards the luxurious setting of Dubai to invest in its real estate sector. Among these investors is a group of people who are worshiped by...
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Fancy Naming Your Baby After A 'Game of Thrones' Character? Here's A Handy Guide
Are you crazy about Game of Thrones? Do you mark the days up to the next season in your calendar and spend your free time trawling fan forums? Do you think Westeros actually exists in a parallel...
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I Want My 'Doctor Sahib' Back: Where's The Human Touch In Healthcare?
Bollywood movies, old and new, defined my childhood in the '70s. Apart from the likeable hero, pretty heroin and the hateful villain, I remember a gentleman with a black briefcase called the "Doctor...
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Snakebites: The Poor Man's Disease That Has Been Ignored For Far Too Long
Films have certainly instilled a fear of animals in our hearts--sharks, crocodiles and even CGI dinosaurs can seem like the biggest threat to mankind. However, the true culprits, which are the cause of...
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India's Big Fat Weight Problem
My first sports related achievement was a third place finish in the 100-meter race on 'Sports Day' in the first grade. The fact that I spent most of my school life being overweight/borderline obese...
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Yes, It Does Matter, Very Much, That Jisha Was Dalit
By Karthik Shankar Image posted by Justice For Jisha on Facebook Twenty-two months before Nirbhaya jolted our collective conscience, the tragic tale of Soumya who was raped and murdered, and thrown...
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'Achhut Kanya' To 'Sairat': Tracing Love And Caste, 80 Years Apart
This post contains some spoilers about the films Achhut Kanya and Sairat. I saw Sairat, the Marathi love saga currently in theatres, four days back. A lot happened in my life in between: I went from...
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10 Instagram Accounts That Will Make You Look At India With Fresh Eyes
Instagram has become a visual diary for travellers, with some of our favourite accounts being records of beautiful landscapes, people, homes, journeys and experiences. From textiles to temples, from...
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My Success Mantra: Running To Write And Writing To Run
There are two kinds of unsuccessful people in this world -- the garrulous, and the reticent. Just like every dichotomy ever listed, the two have one thing in common -- they have little success in...
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Are Women Programmed To Love Shopping Sprees?
My parents were visiting us here in Abu Dhabi this week. As is pretty much the unwritten rule on every holiday abroad, my mom, my sister and I had some serious shopping time penned into our itinerary....
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The Supreme Court's Criminal Defamation Judgment: Glaringly Flawed
In a judgment delivered today, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court rejected the constitutional challenge to criminal defamation, and upheld the validity of Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal...
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Making Sense Of The World's Strangest Political Phenomenon
Billionaire Donald Trump's rise as the premier name, face (and hair) of the Republicans has not just caused much surprise around the world, but has jolted the Grand Old Party (GOP) from within as well....
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Patents Don't Affect The Prices Of Medicines As Much As We Think They Do
Debates on how to improve healthcare in developing countries often include this premise: patents can potentially raise drug prices, so they should be abolished for better public health. This premise is...
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This Start-Up Is Using Technology To Give Traditional Hindu Last Rites To The...
One day, Harendra Koya listened in grim silence as his friend's mother expressed her pain over her son not wanting to carry back the ashes (asthi) of his departed father from the funeral home. In the...
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17 Signs That You're An Expat Who Might Be Turning Indian
After so much time in India, it seems I am turning Indian. It's the small things I catch myself doing or someone points out to me. But I'm not the only one. The longer they stay in India, the more I...
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How Majeed Went From Fleeing Syria To Dancing In Berlin
Majeed is like any other nineteen year old, checking out girls, posting selfies on Instagram and flexing his abdominals at the drop of a hat. But the closer you get to him, the more you learn about the...
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Who Can We Indians Really Turn To If Not The Judiciary?
Recently, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, TS Thakur, became visibly emotional before the Prime Minister, bemoaning the fact that there was a serious lack of judges to handle the burden...
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Will Donald Trump Go Modi's Way And Change His Stand When In Power?
Donald Trump is now all but the Republican nominee for the elections for the US presidency later this year. There are still several primaries to go in the next two months, but the two remaining...
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Not Clearing The UPSC Exam Doesn't Make You A Loser
This is a common refrain: I have not been able to clear the civil services exam even after two attempts. I have lost interest in preparation and am depressed and confused about where my life is...
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