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It Takes Guts To Watch 'Raman Raghav 2.0' But The Pay-Off Is Worth It
Vicky Kaushal in 'Raman Raghav 2.0' | FuhSePhantom/YouTube His tongue-in-cheek take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Bengali novel Devdas brought him to fame in 2009. With subsequent releases,...
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The New Human Trafficking Bill Needs To Rethink Raids, Rescues And...
On 30 May this year, Maneka Gandhi, Minister of Ministry of Women and Child Development, released a draft bill on human trafficking -- the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Protection and...
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Is Brexit The Beginning Of The End Of The Post-National Age?
Britain has chosen to exit the European Union (EU). Almost 52% of the vote went in favour of "Brexit", a neologism (comprising a synthesis of two words, Britain and exit) that may be portentous of...
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Brexit Has A Lesson For US Voters: Don't Push The Trump Joke Too Far
United States, here's what you need to learn. In as nuttiest and shelliest a nutshell possible: Don't push the joke too far. Dump the Trump. On Thursday, 23 June 2016, 52% citizens of the United...
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'Shorgul': A Potent Performance-Driven Political Thriller
Directed by Jitendra Tiwari and starring Jimmy Sheirgill, Ashutosh Rana, Hiten Tejwani, Suha Gezen, Narendra Jha, Anirudh Dave and Sanjay Suri in the major roles, Shorgul is loosely based on the...
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How Will Brexit Impact The English Premier League?
Ever since the Brexit vote in the referendum of 23 June, there've been furious discussions about the possible repercussions of Britain leaving the European Union. Sports in general and football in...
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9 Historical Moments That Show What Makes America Great
This past week Britain voted to leave the EU. A key theme of the 'Leave' campaign was to wrest control of the nation back and reclaim "lost English pride". In America, Donald Trump has been campaigning...
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Did Nitish's Booze Ban Lead To 27% Fall In Bihar Crime Rate?
Harsh Mahaseth Nitish Kumar's decision to declare Bihar a dry state is being implemented rather strictly. The Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, which came into force on 1 April, 2016, restricted the...
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The Wild Injustice Of Culling Nilgai, Monkeys And Wild Boar As 'Vermin'
Dispensing with a problem is not the same as solving it. India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) would do well to note that. In the wake of severe losses by farmers due to...
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From 'Chitta Ve' To 'Cocaine': When Drugs And Song Get Codependent
Zindagi thrill hai to Jiyo jiyo speed vich Aazadi liberty maza hai saara weed vich Those are lines from "Chitta Ve", a song from the recently released film Udta Punjab. Each song has some reference or...
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Mindsets Must Change So We Can Adapt To A Smarter, More Connected World
We're all too familiar with the buzz around the phenomenon of a "smarter and connected world" that is being ushered by the Internet of Things (IoT). We appear to be experiencing it without even being...
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This Delhi Crowd Is Proof That Readers Are Better Behaved Than Other People
I often meet educators and school leaders who lament the decline in the reading habits of children and young people. Many of them go so far as to say that the social and interpersonal degeneration in...
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How Online Shopping Is Changing Rural India
I stay in rural Maharashtra. We have reached a stage in life where we hardly shop but sometimes need specialty items like books, computer peripherals, herbal teas, etc. These items are not available in...
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Ignoring Priyanka Chopra
Not many can claim to have studiously ignored a gorgeous Miss World. I have that unique distinction. What makes it even more intriguing is that it was intentional. This is how it happened. Priyanka...
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5 Questions That Can Transform Leaders And Their Organizations
"My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions." -- Peter Drucker There are five questions that I always ask my clients and the people we coach. Now, I'm talking about...
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Was The Media Cavalier In Its Coverage Of The Dhaka Massacre?
By now, the whole world has been shaken by the massacre at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This is not a chronicle of the death toll or the supposedly successful operation by the Bangladesh...
View ArticleMy 'Bai' Is My Bane
Much like a hurricane that hits without prior notice and on its own wretched schedule, my cleaning lady descends upon me every week. Instead of feeling jubilant at the sight of her, my blood pressure...
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The Non-Proliferation Orthodoxies Stalling India's NSG Bid
How's this for irony: it was India's nuclear test of May 1974 that brought together the initial group of seven nuclear suppliers to form the "London Club" -- later christened as the Nuclear Suppliers...
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Bad Governance Most Foul: Lessons From The Murder Of Chennai Techie
In the past week, the media coverage has relentlessly focused on the safety of women in Tamil Nadu. The city of Chennai, which has long prided itself as a safe place for women, finds itself at a...
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Unpacking The Politics Of 'Udta Punjab'
It's a little too late to participate in the censorship debate around Udta Punjab, and I shall therefore not dwell on the specifics of it. Film-makers, scholars and creative professionals from across...
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