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The hundreds of thousands of protesters marching in the streets of Iran demanding democratic accountability are an inspiring image. They are young, courageous and determined. This is Tehran’s Spring. One says in...
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Very few like me have a gut feeling that BJP will come back. It was a painful experience to witness rise and fall of a substitute to family-run congress. Congress which...
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The acquisition of farmland from the world’s poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size...
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The 15th rail budget brought relief to general passenger with no proposed hike in passenger fares and freight rates. Many new schemes and packages were...
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Gender Arsenal is all about the uncalled for Gender War which has been initiated and is being fuelled by reasons outside the purview of this article. Gender Arsenal...
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The days are advancing in such a pace that one is bewildered with its queer and enigmatic news arriving from different ends. Human beings go astray in such a fashion...
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The Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, was disappointed that John Buchanan, Australia’s coach during the Ashes of 2005, took up a consultant role with England and the...
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The new Bangalore international airport surely looks swanky and new age however the Airport has got mixed reviews from passengers.. The biggest issue being the time it...
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Sunil Gavaskar made some poignant remarks before media persons in Mumbai. However, it sounds a little ironic given that Gavaskar has accepted an important role in the...
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Pakistan may have won the ICC World Twenty20 and restored their respect as a Test playing nation amongst the public. But they have not been able to convince other...
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The worst sides of the Indian team showed up in the first two ODIs in Jamaica. Now it is the turn of St. Lucia and team India will be hoping they fare better.
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A descendant of India’s last Mughal emperor has been rescued from a life of penury in Calcutta by getting a job with the state-run Coal India.
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She must be in her early twenties,but she has suffered tremendously in her young age.Manisha,was gang-raped by six ,those who were her teachers,and what is more...
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The Madras High Court Judge R Reghupati revelation has sent ripples in the Indian political scenario.He has accused a Union minister of threatening him.The whole...
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Well, guys males have all rights to puff anywhere they want but females are not allowed for same. Don’t get shocked reading this, its strange but true, this incident...
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In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gays and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized...
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At least in Bengal the ray classic shatranj ke khiladi is being enacted in real life at the cost of public at large. Ms Mamta Banerjee is taking her role as opposition...
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The most preferred model of building infrastructure today has become the public –private partnership. It is almost as if the government has somewhat shamefacedly...
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Former Australian fast bowler has launched into a scathing criticism of Australia’s captain ahead of the Ashes. And to think that the media is always gunning for the...
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Andrew Flintoff’s latest transgression has not met with much amusement and it could even threaten his Ashes stint.
Flintoff reported late and...
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Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, may not be known to be generous towards his opposition on the field. But he has a heart for those suffering from childhood cancer...
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This picture of two boys who are lifting brikes on their head. What is it showing to us the strength of both of them that they can lift heavy weight on their head or is...
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Well, polling day is considered to be the most important moment to exercise our franchise in the democratic country like India. It is pertinent occasion for the...
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The 15th general election enters the penultimate round, with polling in 8 states, one UT (Delhi), with 85 seats, 9.5 crores voters and 1, 315 candidates.
For Delhi...
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Will I be able to make change in the country by practising my fundamental right in the 15th general election? Can I change the system by voting my favourite party in...
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What started as a killer swine/bird/human mystery flu in Mexico city last week and spreading first throughout the nation, then the continent, and now globe is slowly...
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The single parent family may be defined as one comprising of single parent mother or father having own dependent children. There can be various causes for its...
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In a way, this article may be seen as a continuation of previous articles that I wrote last week. The difference is that in this one, I will try to describe the city...
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In an April 19 story about a lawsuit accusing the city of New Haven of violating the rights of white firefighters by discarding a promotion test because no blacks would...
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Indiana Juneja and the Temples Of Doom. I read this attention news item, Mahakumbabhishekham of Madurai Meenakshi Temple.
The report has these things to say:
The...
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“She did it, despite being a woman”, have we not heard this statement quite often. It has been so deeply engrained in our thoughts and psyches that whenever we see...
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Americans are hunkering down and saving more. For a recession-battered economy, it couldn’t be happening at a worse time.
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Americans are hunkering down and saving more. For a recession-battered economy, it couldn’t be happening at a worse time.
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Some Islamic countries, like Malaysia and Indonesia, in their rudimentary best, intended to send their people to doom when they ruled that Indian Indian health system...
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India as the largest democracy, India’s celebrity-filled Bollywood, and India’s three Metros - Delhi, Bombay and Chennai, plus its IT capital Bangalore, and...
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In my opinion suicide should be considered an illegal crime.
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Owing to my own deep religious convictions in which I’ve been taught taking ones’ own life is...
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All the characters in the article are imaginary and have no resemblance to any person living or dead. Any co–incidence is purely co–incidental.
Priyanka is a...
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None ever imagined that Uncle Ben’s statement, “With power comes great responsibility”, in the movie, “Spiderman” on power and responsibility will be...
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A lot has been said over the terror attacks in Mumbai and I join bandwagon, after all, I was in the midst of all the action. Fortunately or unfortunately, I stay quiet...
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An animal rights group is urging Iraqi authorities to find better ways to eliminate stray dogs after 200 of them were killed in Baghdad this week by poisoned meat and...
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