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Why Is The RBI Giving Wilful Defaulters Such A Long Rope?
Despite the Supreme Court's clear directives issued five months ago, the RBI has, of late, been adopting dilatory tactics on the matter of revealing the data on willful defaulters of bank loans. This...
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The Children Of Crisis
The city of Istanbul in Turkey will witness an important development this week. For the first time ever, the international community will come together here for the World Humanitarian Summit on 23-24...
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'I Don't Want To Be Just A Survivor': Moving On From An Acid Attack
Photo credit: Stop Acid Attacks India's attitude towards acid violence is troubling. A recent attack in Uttar Pradesh hardly received media attention. In another instance, when assailants threw a...
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25 Places To Visit In Mumbai Before Your Kid Turns 12 (Part 1)
By Priya Fonseca If you're a true-blue, born-and-brought-up-in-Mumbaikar, chances are that your folks or school made sure you paid homage to every typical sightseeing spot in the city. Our kids,...
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5 Reasons Why The IPL Is A Game-Changer For India
The Indian Premier League gets a lot of flak. Some say it is not real cricket, others say it's just a big carnival, an insult to the sport. There's just too much cricket these days they say. The...
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Ian McKellan In Mumbai, Shakespeare Across India And A Chance To Win £10,000...
There can't be many better ways to start a job than by meeting Gandalf in Mumbai. But that's one of the many benefits of being the new Director of the British Council in India. This week, the British...
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The Trap Of Ordinariness Is Killing Our Imagination
I often meet young writing enthusiasts who do not write, singers who do not sing, and music and sports lovers who do little about their passion. When I myself started writing seven years ago, I found...
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2 Years On, Modi Govt Has Stalled On Anti-Corruption Laws, Social...
As it completes two years in power on 26 May, 2016, the Modi government has accumulated plenty of criticism and a smattering of praise on its performance from civil society. A report released on Monday...
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Kick Abuse Out Of Your Life
When the world's oldest woman credits her longevity to two raw eggs a day and walking out of a miserable marriage ("I didn't want to be dominated by anyone," she explained), it's time to pause and...
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Purvi Patel Is Not A Poster Child For Abortion Rights
On Monday, attorneys for Purvi Patel -- a 33-year-old Indian-American who made history by becoming the first woman in the US to be charged, convicted and sentenced for both foeticide and child neglect...
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Why My Father 'Disowned' Me For Two Years
When I was little, my father made sure that I had everything I wanted, from Naturo candy bars to colourful storybooks. Every night, we would sit for hours and talk about my day at school, his favourite...
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18 Safety Measures Against Terrorism That Everyone Should Know
Terrorism is commonly defined as violent acts intended to create fear with the ultimate aim of meeting religious, political or ideological goals. Civilians are often targeted deliberately in such acts,...
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Giving Would-Be Rapists A Taste Of Primal Fear
There's a very powerful but controversial video about rape doing the rounds on social media. This video accurately portrays a rapist's mindset and highlights the sense of entitlement and legitimacy...
View Article180 Children Go Missing In India Every Day. Most May Never Be Found
The statistics are sombre, heart-breaking. Two out of three missing children in India remain untraced in a period of three years, the wait for them an excruciating see-saw between agony and hope for...
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Once Upon A Time Bina Ramani Was Czarina, And Rohit Khosla Was King...
So, old fogeys blog too. Fogeys like me who started writing lifestyle in newspapers at the time when the word "yuppie" was coined to great acclaim, and when a week in the life of a reporter was dotted...
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The Secret To A 'Smart City': Lessons From Chandigarh And Barcelona
The BBC recently voted Chandigarh as the most perfect city in the world. In the midst of defining what a "smart city" really is and a massive government program to spur private sector investments in...
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PHOTOS: Glimpsing Durga Among India's Abandoned Widows
"Durga" is a photography project spanning more than three years, which is now being put together as a book. A few years ago, I happened to visit Vrindavan, a holy city in Uttar Pradesh. A chance visit...
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How Tech Start-Ups Are Transforming The Treatment Of Chronic Health Issues
Chronic diseases are a huge and growing problem in India -- 20% of the adult population in the country has at least one chronic condition, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and/or hypertension....
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#DearTwitter, Stop Letting Vested Interests Misuse You
Today, when I open Twitter, I am greeted by trends relating to politics and politicians. Trends hundreds of people seem to be tweeting about. Twitter has come a long way since it started. Today, it has...
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Captain America Makes A Solid Point About Government Control
Image Courtesy: Screenrant The recently released movie Captain America: Civil War gives some interesting insights about the real world. (If you haven't yet seen it, proceed with caution. There will be...
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