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Big B's Side Role In The Corridors Of Power
Amitabh Bachchan grew up surrounded by the elite of Allahabad. His father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a poet and professor of renown and his mother, Teji, hobnobbed with the city's rarefied social...
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From Shock Treatment To Yoga, Conversion Therapy Is A Disturbing Reality...
By Amrita Singh For representation only. Reuters/Chris Helgren. "It is physical and emotional abuse and it needs to be called that, and groups should not be allowed to hide behind religious liberty as...
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What Shapes A Man Into A Feminist?
Recently, actress Maisie Williams of Game of Thrones fame made a very cogent point, "We should stop calling feminists 'feminists' and just start calling people who aren't feminist 'sexist'... You are...
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This Is What It Will Take To Double Farmers' Income
In day-to-day conversation, a number of terms sometimes lead to confusion, especially when the words involved infer different things in colloquial and professional contexts. "Revenue" and "profit", for...
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Why Snakes Should Matter To The Make In India Mission
One risks being mocked for juxtaposing snakes with the "Make in India" initiative which recently was spoken of in the same (albeit a bit laboured) breath as Apple Inc. Inspired by 'pop patriotism' many...
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My Adventures And Misadventures On The IO Walk [Review]
I believe that half the fun in life comes from constantly challenging yourself and trying out new things. But recently, I surprised even myself when I agreed to test the IO Walk, a self-balancing board...
View ArticleRebalancing With India: The Race For Influence In The Asia-Pacific
On 18 May, a formidable armada of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet steamed out of its base at Visakhapatnam for a two-and-a-half month deployment to the South China Sea and its littoral. As noted in a...
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How I Made The Leap From Reviewing To Filmmaking
I have been writing about cinema for years. The beauty about being a commentator is that every now and then you get overcome by a burning desire to actually join the action. The likes of François...
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Modi Govt Has Made Strides In Achieving Balanced Growth, But Challenges Remain
We are fortunate to be at a juncture when India is indeed a bright spot in the global economy. There is today unprecedented confidence and conviction in India's economy. The improvement last year in...
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The Government Is Misusing The Law To Target Lawyers Collective For Political...
When governments misuse the law, a country has much to fear. It is as if the State, which is meant to uphold the rule of law, subverts it instead. Perhaps, a citizen in such a country has no recourse...
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Dear Mr Rajan, No Wonder The Crony Capitalists Are Rooting For You
Dear Mr Rajan, You are a rock-star economist-cum-central banker (Thomas Piketty is merely a rock-star economist!). The entire corporate class of India is pitching for an extension for you as the...
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Putting People At The Heart Of Corporate Strategy
The accelerated recognition among corporates of the importance of HR is a relatively recent phenomenon. A rapid shift has occurred from the mechanistic, scientific management perspective of Frederick...
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That Reserved Seat You 'Lost' May Never Have Been Yours
Recently, a viral Facebook post described how a general category student had written a Quora answer about a reserved category student who worked less, scored even lower, yet could get what the first...
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The Unbearable Burden Of Being A Class 12 Student In India
If you are a parent of a teen who has just appeared for her board exams, you will know exactly what it feels like when the results are about to be declared. It's like waiting for your own results. Only...
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We Need To Have An Answer To ISIS's Chilling India Video
Recently, terror organization ISIS released a video showing Indian fighters appealing to Muslims in India to avenge Babri Masjid as well as the events in Muzaffarnagar, Gujarat and Kashmir. Although it...
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The Indian Government's #1 Job Is More Jobs
Unemployed youth are wasted human resources and fuel for social unrest. The governments of developing as well as developed countries are realizing that the creation of more jobs may be their job #1. A...
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Is The Spelling Bee Success Of Indian-Americans A Legacy Of British Colonialism?
When spellers win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, audiences always want to know their secret. Yet this question seems to be asked far more in recent years in response to an Indian-American winning...
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Sunny Leone's Erotic Short Stories Are Not Just About Sex
by Shreevatsa Nevatia Sunny Leone is the first to confess that she is not a writer. Facts, however, contradict this humility. Juggernaut first released '7E', a short story by Leone, on April 22 this...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Umera Ahmed's 'Till Death Do Us Part'
The following has been excerpted with the publisher's permission from Umera Ahmad's Till Death Do Us Part, a translation of Man-o-Salwa. A popular author and screenplay writer, Ahmad's works have been...
View ArticleMy Father Doesn't Know What Snapchat Is, But His Take On Tanmay Bhat Fiasco...
On the fourth day of being in deep agony, Baba finally decided get it off his chest. "Ei Snapchat abar ki (What is this Snapchat?)?" his voice is on the cusp of a shriek. It takes me a few moments to...
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