After Mumbai City, IIT Bombay goes Crazy Over "Speaking Pics" Phenomena
After gripping Mumbai, the speaking "orange line" pic trend created by VoxWeb has taken over some of the most renowned colleges and university campuses in India. In the recently concluded Mood Indigo,...
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India Is Asia's Most Dangerous Country For Journalists; More Than Pakistan Or...
London--Nine Indian reporters were among 110 journalists killed around the world in 2015, a media watchdog group said today, dubbing India as "Asia's deadliest country" for media personnel, ahead of...
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This Indian Tea-Seller Who Teaches Slum Kids Is Everyone's Hero
There’s clearly more to the Indian tea vendor than meets the eye. It's widely believed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had a humble beginning, used to sell tea in his youth. This year, one tea...
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Arvind Kejriwal Defends His 'Modi Is A Psychopath' Comment, Says He Has 'No...
NEW DELHI--Delhi Chief Minister said today that has no regrets about his choice of language when he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a ‘coward and a psychopath’ after the CBI raided his office...
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Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Set To Visit China But Won't Come To India
KATHMANDU-- Amid hiccups in Indo-Nepal ties over the Madhesi issue, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to embark on his maiden China visit soon, ignoring the usual practice of visiting India...
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Why George Harrison Was So Angry With Me In Calcutta In 1976
In this excerpt from Martin Scorsese's film on George Harrison, my name appears around the 45th second. Want to know how it got there? George Harrison was very angry. I could tell from the look on his...
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Facebook Is Not A Charity, And Nothing Is For Free
No corporate works for charity -- by intention and definition. To explain why Facebook's intentions are fraudulent, I will take the experience of Delhi's healthcare policy. Delhi decided to provide...
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Marathi Poet Mangesh Padgaonkar Passes Away
MUMBAI -- Iconic Marathi poet and Padma Bhushan recipient Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar passed away today after a brief illness. He was 86. Born on 10 March, 1929 in Vengurla, Sindhudurg district in...
View ArticleDo Your Bit For Global Hunger: Stop Wasting Food
As children growing up we tucked into our fill of candy, ice cream and all the junk items that we can lay our hands on, not sparing a thought to the millions who go without a decent meal on a daily...
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Exasperated Indians Are Using The Hashtag #Keep_It_Going To Get People To...
It's Sreejit, not 3G. It's Santesh not Sandesh. The hashtags #KeepItGoing and #keep_it_going were started to ask hilarious and random pop culture questions on Twitter and Facebook on an infinite...
View ArticleWhy We Lose Hair & How to Prevent It
A thick, luscious, shiny crowning glory is a dream for all of us. Beautiful hair not only enhances your looks but can also boost your confidence. Biologically intended to be a source of protection...
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Newborn Slips Down Toilet, Survives Fall On Tracks After Mother Delivers On...
A baby girl delivered inside a train's toilet by a woman at the Bhojipura railway station on Monday accidentally slipped and fell on the track but survived, according to reports. Mother and child are...
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Come January, Temples In Tamil Nadu Will Not Allow Entry To Devotees Wearing...
You could keep the faith but still not allowed entry into temples in Tamil Nadu from 1 January, 2016 if you're dressed in denim pants, leggings and skirts. According to Times Now, Tamil Nadu's Hindu...
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WATCH: A Beautiful Tribute To The People Who Helped Chennai Stay Afloat
After braving the worst rains in its history and remaining nearly drowned for days, Chennai is slowly finding its feet back. Also Read: At Least 188 Dead, Traffic Hit As Chennai Faces Worst Rain in...
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A Few Good Women Who Kicked Ass In Bollywood In 2015
In the scheme of contemporary Bollywood potboilers, women have mostly been awarded the role of expensively-dressed mannequins, that is, when she's not being used as a prop to hone the hero's...
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34 Great Regional Films That Released In 2015
Indian cinema, of course, is about more than just Bollywood. As always, there were more Tamil and Telugu films released this year than Hindi. Meanwhile, while Marathi cinema's on-going renaissance of...
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How Mahesh Sharma Became India's Minister of Culture Wars In 2015
2015 was undoubtedly Mahesh Sharma’s year. Sharma did not become India’s minister of culture this year. But he certainly came into his own. Chances are in 2014, most Indians would have not known there...
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To Troll Facebook, A Redditor Made Some 'Honest' Free Basics Campaign Ads
Over the past couple of days, Facebook is trying really, really hard to pitch its 'Free Basics' campaign to Indians. First, they tried to make people sign up for it through various notifications on the...
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2015 Was The Year We Started Talking About Periods In Public
As curious pre-pubescent children, then anxious menstruating teenagers and finally women adept at dealing with their uteruses, we have been directed to relentlessly guard the fact that women possess...
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Narrow Escape For 171 Passengers Of Air India Flight As Dog Enters Runway
AMRITSAR-- It was a narrow escape for 171 passengers onboard a Dubai-bound Air India flight when a dog appeared on the runway when the plane was taxiing forcing the pilot to abort the take-off at...
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