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Salman Khan has come out in support of Pakistani artists in India and said that art is not terrorism, despite what Atif Aslam's singing might suggest, and the two should not be conflated. His statemen...
Fraught with staggering contradictions and thriving on monstrous disparities, the island city is a world unto itself. Often listed among the most cosmopolitan cities around the globe, Mumbai sees an i...
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For the first time in eight years, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to cut oil production, resulting in an increase of about 8% in crude oil prices. The decision to...
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As an educator I am often asked this question: "Is technology a boon or bane?" We need to understand that human beings are lazy by nature and would love it if other people did all their work—the...
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By: Mukul Asher, Profe orial Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School Of Public Policy, National University of Singapore As with other areas of public policies, progre ing towards modern budget proce es requires i...
Miho Aikawa
"Depre ed" is a word that I earlier used so comfortably to expre my thoughts about simple things— "Oh! I'm so bored, it's depre ing" or "Continuous rains depre me." But January 2014, a month a...
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Working as a freelancer is an exciting prospect, but it brings a host of responsibilities. When you work as a freelancer, you don multiple hats acro all aspects of your busine . This can range from c...
Kolkata dons a whole new avatar during the most cherished festival of the year—Durga Puja—and festivities are in the air weeks before the holiday period begins. From pandal hopping to the...
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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev released his latest book, Inner Engineering – A Yogi's Guide to Joy, in the heart of Times Square, New York, last week. Blocks away from where a bomb had gone off only day...
With India being the heart-disease capital of the world, this innovative, credit-card-sized ECG monitor has the potential to touch millions of hearts. Nearly 30 million Indians suffer from heart ailme...
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Co-authored by Maithili Parikh, Government Law College, Mumbai One debate down and two more to go! There has been a lot said about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton—given the weight of the...
Adrian Pope
"Where are you from?" This is a question I am usually asked on making an acquaintance or meeting a new person. It seems a regular way to strike up a conversation. However, from my earliest memories, t...
Dhrubaa Mukherjee
This may not be the most popular thing to say, but, I think, of all the Bengali culinary inventions, koraishutir kochuri (kachori stuffed with peas) is the most special. I mean, sure, roshogolla and m...
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Revolutions don't happen overnight. Situations (technology, economy, availability of resources) change, pain areas increase and then people demand more. The payments landscape in India has been throug...