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Sanskrit is mother of all Indian languages. Now the mother is looking for her children to get her the due status in her own land of birth. While Bhojpuri and other regional Indian languages are finding place in the USA as President Obama directed his...
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In multi-ethnic populations, issues keep rising over cultural rights, sometimes making interesting news and debate on popular media. One such issue arose recently in...
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Being counsellors in an NGO like SIFF, we come across so many different types of men facing harassment in the hands of either their wives, in-laws, police, judiciary or...
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The world’s largest cruise liner on Friday began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland with an amphitheater, basketball courts and...
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Rahul Mahajan, son of the late BJP leader, Pramod Mahajan has a new fan following - women inmates of the Central Jail here - with nine of them wanting to participate in...
made popular Oct 29 2009
This Halloween, prepare to be scared in China.
The country’s first Halloween haunted house attraction is spooking the crowds in Shanghai, with its creators...
made popular Oct 28 2009
I am sorry for going back on my word to not write on sex for some time. But why not? Sex is not a 4 letter word, Sexy is. I am not a psychoanalyst or urologist – no...
made popular Oct 27 2009
The French President said the question implied the journalist had “a very infelicitous experience” of what being married meant.
He criticized some...
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Recently while watching a beauty pageant, a colleague of mine in all seriousness remarked, “what a disgrace such contests are on women kind”. My curiosity to probe...
made popular Oct 23 2009
Serious debates are ongoing on the recent reunion of two Kenyan men in the UK over the weekend. Like any other Kenyan who came across the story as hot as it was when...
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I am sure baba is going to buy mea one way ticket to the hell if not issuing a fatwa on my life. My good friend will do a mini tandav (dance of death) but as I am...
made popular Oct 19 2009
A baby’s wail echoed across the plaza. His mother’s face was etched with joy as she struggled to subdue her writhing infant. The children who had gathered around...
made popular Oct 15 2009
The bill presented in parliament seeks to prohibit sexual relations between people of same sex. It is also to prevent any competition with a the traditional...
made popular Oct 15 2009
A new controversy has risen in the fashion world after the popular German magazine, Brigitte, said that it’ll remove thin models from its pages in favor of...
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Responding to news that a popular German magazine was banning thin models from its pages in favour of “real women”, Largerfeld said that those who...
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So do you know which generation you belong to, whether Gen X or Y or are you still in a fix?? This thought passed my mind while watching “Love Aaj Kal”.
I always...
made popular Oct 10 2009
There’s a lot of stuff trapped inside this head of mine, not to mention the subdued feelings in my heart.
And when both of these mingle, out comes a blog.
A...
made popular Oct 10 2009
The Moroccan southern city of Agadir will host the Concert for Tolerance during this month for the third consecutive year.
The Concert for Tolerance is a cultural...
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Germany’s most popular women’s magazine announced Monday that it is banning professional models from its pages in favor of “real women” in an...
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In the recent past there has been talk about enforcing a dress code for college girls. In fact, some colleges in Kanpur, Hyderabad and Lucknow have already done so. The...
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In the above painting by Francisco De Zurbarán we find Saint Francis of Assisi in deep religious contemplation. I chose this image of Saint Francis because it is one...
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I was lucky enough to discover the joys and pleasures of reading at a very early age.
In fact, I have, since, read nearly every western classic there is to read! And...
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Many of you know Zola, Molière, Balzac or Hugo. You may also know of Flaubert, Maupassant, Céline or Beaudelaire. They were great and extremely influential French...
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In a not so surprising announcement - going by the Nobel Academy’s notoriety for secrecy - this year’s Nobel Literature Prize has gone to Frenchman...
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Some months ago while watching a televised performance of the Scottish play, it occurred to me that dramaturgy would be an interesting potential to explore in relation...
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Perhaps that is the reason why the child-thief of the first story finds himself caught up in a fight between his mother and wife in the title story that appears later,...
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The Vulture - Franz Kafka
A Vulture was hacking at my feet. It had already torn my boots and stockings to shreds; now it was hacking at the feet themselves. Again and...
made popular Aug 9 2008
Shakespeare’s plays are being rewritten as comic strips for pupils who find his poetry boring, it emerged today.
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Those who have tried to venture into our government public libaries in tamilnadu will agree to me, when i say they are not so well kept.
First the lack of maintanance...
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I am revisiting this book. I was describing it to a friend yesterday and I felt compelled to share here the first three paragraphs of the book (essentially - the first...
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Once we were lost, and now are found.
We met at a moment when,
You were not you, and I not I.
We journeyed together to the cliff at the top of the world,
And from there...
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