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Why recording the current period is necessary

What is a migrant going through today on the walk home? What is it like to be a Muslim and watch the news on television every night in India? Is there a bureaucrat who is noting down the......

Does India have the solution to climate change?

'I would like to believe that out of this struggle (to effect climate change) will be born a generation that will be able to look upon the world with clearer eyes than those that preceded it;that......

Why I make the journey back to 'My Mumbai'

Over 22 years ago, I read the words Urbs Prima in Indis at the Gateway of India. I was visiting Mumbai as part of a school trip, which eventually led me to move to the city for college. Once in......

Marooned kids found on island

Three children who were marooned on a deserted Australian island for a week survived on coconuts and shellfish after swimming through waters infested by sharks and crocodiles, reports the......

J M Coetzee bags Nobel literature prize

The Swedish Academy on Thursday awardedthe 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature to South African novelistJohn Maxwell Coetzee.J M Coetzee started writing fiction in 1974. His international breakthrough......

How Wall Street created the Federal Reserve

In 1910 the who's who of Wall Street met in total secrecy in an American town to work towards the first draft of the bill that would finally give the United States a central bank. The clock had......

Why people hoard gold and buy it during crises

Gold has given a return of 19.6 per cent per year since 2002. To give the readers a sense of proportion, if you would have invested Rs 1 lakh (Rs 100,000) in gold back in 2002, it would have been......

How to buy a dream house in the hills

Astyuttarasyaam dishi devataatmaaHimaalayo naama nagaadhiraajah.Puuravaaparau toyanidhii vagaahyaSthith parvitivyaaiava maanadandaha.Himalayas, the king of kings in the north,is the soul of the......

The Gali Guleiyan Review

'The overarching fact of modern social behaviour isn't that we are irresponsible women and men, but that we are never quite sure, when and how to act responsibly.''This is the real side of every......

SRK's cheeky words of wisdom on Teacher's Day

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.Shah Rukh Khan, who is busy shooting for Yash Chopra's new film in Kashmir, took some time off to tweet some cheeky words of wisdom on......

'It was scored with the head of Diego and hand of God'

'I'm privileged, but only because that was God's will. God made me play well. He gave me the ability at birth.' IMAGE: Diego Maradona scores the infamous 'Hand of God' goal past England goalkeeper......

What you learn when you sail around the world

'I have realised that to be happy, you don't need luxury in life.''Simple things in life make you happy.' IMAGE: The crew was led by Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi. Lieutenant Commanders......

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