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Jan 13 2011, K.R.RAVI

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One of the Indian habits that I admire and love is this—unlike in the west you can drop into a friend’s house in India without an appointment. I happened to do just that last week only to find myself in a strormy situation....

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The Poor
Neha Finney, Terre Haute
I live in a small midwestern town of 60,000 people. As everyone knows the economy has been bad but to all appearances this town seems fine. However an incident or two...
Politics & Society, Poor, Destitute
made popular Sep 16 2010
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Gap between rich and poor grows in Chile
Thomas, Santiago
The gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow in Chile, with the income of the poorest of households in the Latin American nation stagnating over the last...
Politics & Society, Gap between rich and poor, Chile rich
made popular Jul 28 2010
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A Message To Glenn Beck’s Church
Rudolf, New York
Justice is like the beetle. It can be imprisoned. It can be nailed to the floor. It can be deprived of its wings. But it can never be crushed. Since I learned that, I...
Politics & Society, Glenn Beck, Poor
made popular Mar 18 2010
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Yepp, the Country is developing
Ritesh Ranjan, Siwan
Yes. This is the information provided by the Government through its documentation. Where is the implication? Is it inflation? Is it the divide between the riches...
Politics & Society, India, Development
made popular Jan 29 2010
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Poor selling organs to make ends meet in Egypt
Mohamed, Cairo
Soheila, an Egyptian village housewife, traded her kidney for $2,185 to pay off debt — the best option the desperate mother of three could find to keep food on the...
Politics & Society, Egypt, organ sale
made popular Dec 29 2009
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Giuliani Comes to Rio for Another Assault on the Poor in the Name of Hygiene and Order
Vinicius, Brasilia
Well, it’s official. The city of Rio de Janeiro will probably hire Rudy Giuliani to tell them how to clean up our town for the Olympics. Let me tell you why this...
Politics & Society, Brazil, Giuliani
made popular Dec 29 2009
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Is Inflation a Policy to Solve Population Growth & Poverty
Shyam Jaiswal, new delhi, rairangpur, orissa
Is ‘inflation’ the policy to solve the problem like population growth and poverty? You know why I am asking such a silly question; this is because of our...
Politics & Society, Inflation, Population
made popular Dec 11 2009
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Development is Poor People’s Dream
Shyam Jaiswal, new delhi, rairangpur, orissa
The word ‘Development’ means the development of every citizens and their living standard, not the development of infrastructure like roads, bridges, flyovers,...
Politics & Society, Development, Poor
made popular Dec 7 2009
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Hunger: Costing Lives in Karachi
Somana Riaz, peshawar
We claim to have defeated the darkness of slavery and boast of our development every now and then. The present Government’s claims of providing basic facilities and...
Politics & Society, hunger, poor
made popular Sep 15 2009
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For Africa's poor, oil is no gift
Oluwatosin, Abuja
Nigeria and Angola are Africa’s top two oil producers, yet most of their people live in wretched poverty, often in shanties dwarfed by fire-belching...
Politics & Society, Africa, Poor
made popular Aug 13 2009
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Sania Mirza below poverty line
Sanwali, Shimla
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza lives below the poverty line, if government records in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh are to believed. A special ration card for...
Politics & Society, Sania Mirza, Tennis
made popular Jun 25 2009
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Bolé To, Corruption is Sometimes Sweet
Ashish Banerjee, Gurgaon
I have been a wanderer throughout since childhood. This is substantiated by the fact that I stayed in 18 houses in Delhi and around and 10 houses in abroad, in my fifty...
Politics & Society, Police, vendors
made popular May 11 2009
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How To Become Rich
Rudolf, New York
Many people think that the greatest divisions in life are about race, religion or country. Nothing can be further away from the truth. Humanity is divided into two...
Politics & Society, rich, tax
made popular Feb 28 2009
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Globalization- Not good for the Poor
Wonda L, Earth
The world is at a crossroads in its existence as war and a new kind of freedom are escalating between competing views of globalization and human rights. At times both...
Politics & Society, globalization, poor
made popular Jan 29 2009
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Ten million Kenyans face hunger
Rose Ng'ang'a, Nairobi
Ten million Kenyans are facing starvation but all our politicians can do is heighten their blame games as the situation deteriorates. When the post election violence...
Poverty, Starvation, hunger
made popular Jan 16 2009
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You’re Homeless! Deliberately! Are you CRAZY?
Michael C, Lyon
Well, um, I guess I must be. Or should I say I was. (Ok, I still am....) I am writing this because I was prompted to do so by the above photo which I took a couple of...
Lifestyle, poor, poverty
made popular Dec 8 2008
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One-third of world's poor in India: Survey
Mandira S, Hyderabad
NEW DELHI: India is home to roughly one-third of all poor people in the world. It also has a higher proportion of its population living on less than $2 per day than...
Politics & Society, poor, India, poverty
made popular Aug 27 2008
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Poor sleep equals high BP for teens
Vikas, solan
Poor sleep habits can do more than annoy parents and make teenagers drowsy in school — they can lead to high blood pressure, US researchers said.
Health & Fitness, sleep, poor, Health & Fitness
made popular Aug 20 2008
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Forgotten History
Oscar, Oaxaca
The Mexican flag not only symbolizes our country, but the history involved in becoming a country. The colors green, white and red represent Unity, Hope, and the blood...
Politics & Society, MEXICAN, POOR
made popular Aug 14 2008
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Judge May Have Used Poor Judgement
Hassan, Hollywood
A judge from Detroit was arrested while allegedly driving drunk in Mid-Michigan.
Politics & Society, Judge, Poor, Judgement
made popular Aug 7 2008
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Extreme Opulence vs Extreme Poverty ... the sad reflections of life
Alen, Dar es Salaam
Somewhere in the world today, one man or woman (or both) are going to tuck into the finest linens that money can purchase after wining and dining in the finest of...
Lifestyle, poor, poverty, opulance
made popular Jul 24 2008
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Poor at greater risk of death in cancer: study
Sharmila Chakravorty, Northampton
Cancer patients from low income groups receive less pro-active treatment and have a higher risk of dying within five years of diagnosis, according to a new US study....
Politics & Society, cancer, death, risk
made popular Jun 23 2008
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India to study its slums and their dwellers
Sharmila Chakravorty, Northampton
The Indian government will launch a nationwide survey to study the life led by some 68 million people living in slums across the country. “The survey will bring forth...
Politics & Society, slums, houses, people
made popular Jun 21 2008
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pedagogy reconsidered
Raoof Mir, hyderabad kashmir
Ensuring children Learn (ECL) is an approach projected with the firm belief that every child can learn. The approach is called Cooperative and reflective Learning...
Politics & Society, education, naandi foundation, ECL
made popular Jun 18 2008
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Does a Welfare System Really Help the Poor?
Jordan, Houston
It has now been a week since our last your view and because today we find out the results of the election of the Mayor of London, I thought we should have a political...
Politics & Society, Welfare System, Poor, Election
made popular May 7 2008
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Worlds Most Expensive Cities to Live In and Visit
Prince Campbell, New York
World’s Most Expensive Cities to Live In and Visit
cities, rich, poor, Global
made popular Mar 26 2008
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30 Lacs for a Suit-length?
veena, delhi
Are we rich? or we are rich. A 30 lacs suitlength to be launched in India, a developing country where even one lac is a dream amount for many and in 30lacs one can...
Lifestyle, expensive suits, Lifestyle, India
made popular Oct 20 2008
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UN: World's richest 1% own 40% of all wealth
Vikas Shekhawat, Churu, Rajasthan
The largest and first ever study of global household assets and wealth distribution done by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations...
UN, Rich, Poor, rich poor gap
made popular Dec 6 2006
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In this Jan. 28, 2009, file photo after an overnight snowfall, Neil Floyd starts a fire to keep warm outside his tent in the small tent city, where he lives with other homeless people in Camden, N.J. More than 37 million Americans live in poverty, and...

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