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May 3, 2017
Dr. Roxy Arora
Advocacy, Gender

Bina Pillai, Everything but an Underling

Bina Pillai is someone who was vetoed out of her graduation but she remained staunch in the face of adversity. She clung onto her dream to write and ultimately...

April 28, 2017
Sehar Siddiqi
Criticism

Another Page of History and Cultural Confluence

Sehar profiles the life and times of a prominent Urdu thriller writer, Prof. Syed Mujawir Husain Rizvi, an eminent academician, who has penned more than 250 novels under the...

April 24, 2017
Anumita Roy
Advocacy, Relationship & Lifestyle

Give a Paw to Help Autism and Special Needs, Persons

Service dogs and specially trained dogs for autism and learning disability are becoming a reality. Schools around the USA have implemented programs to include these four legged furry creatures...

April 1, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

The Other Side of Silence: Documenting Oral History – I

Continuing with the literature on Indian Partition, Basudeb examines an important treatise, The Other Side of Silence, by Urvashi Butalia, in two parts. In the first part, he tells...

March 26, 2017
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Economy, Politics

How Silence Suits Various Sections of the Society in Uttar Pradesh?

It might seem unusual that people in Uttar Pradesh prefer silence. They are not vocal in their protests. Prof. Bhaskar finds out the reasons for this silence, a clear...

March 20, 2017
Anumita Roy
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Bringing up Mindful Children: Meditation is the Answer

The stillness of thoughts or the presence in the present seems to fade away with passing days. There are studies that show that a steady increase in ADD (Attention...

March 16, 2017
Kavita Panyam
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Effect of Parental Behaviour on the Academic and Social Skills of Children

Effective parenting has never been more important to a family’s success than today. Proper parenting shapes the coming generations and the way the next generation will behave, affecting the world...

March 12, 2017
Different Truths
Book Club

The Saffronisation of UP and In Search of Ram Rajya: A Journey Through UP Politics

A journey through the political history of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha, giving it more say in national affairs than any...

March 5, 2017
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Economy, Opinion, Security

Dress of Diamonds: Whose Wealth is it anyway!

A photograph of a diamond dress of one of the daughters of the Ambanis, in a mobile phone failed to inspire awe. It was abhorrent. It is vulgarism or ridiculing...

February 26, 2017
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Economy, Society

The Culture of Poverty or the Poverty of Culture in UP and Bihar

There are biases and prejudices against the poor. Bhaskar takes two interesting case studies, in Patna, Bihar, and Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, and analyses the cause and effects of poverty,...

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