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Countries Where Same Sex Marriage Is Legal
America erupted in joyous celebrations on Friday after the Supreme Court in a pathbreaking decision ruled that it is now legal for all Americans, no matter what their sexual orientation is, to marry...
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Swapan's Picks: Delhi's Hottest Ice Cream Vendors
I love ice cream. And given that I am blessed with magical metabolism, I don't have to give a damn about them being fattening. Plus Delhi is humiliatingly hot, so ice cream kind of cool things down. So...
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The Epic Riddle Of Dating Ramayana, Mahabharata
This article is from Open Magazine. By Sunaina Kumar "Would you like to see how the sky looked at the beginning of the war?" asks Ashok Bhatnagar, peering over his glasses. The war he is referring to...
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7 Times Indians Had The Perfect Response To US Supreme Court's Marriage...
The US Supreme Court on Friday handed same-sex couples a major victory -- the right to marry the people they love -- and paved the way for many countries in the future to allow equal rights to...
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India Recalls New Zealand Envoy Ravi Thapar After Allegations That His Wife...
NEW DELHI — Indian High Commissioner in New Zealand Ravi Thapar has been "posted back" to New Delhi following allegations that his wife had assaulted a staff member and a detail investigation is being...
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How To Get The Rainbow Filter On Your Facebook Display Picture
You may have noticed that your timeline on Facebook is flooded with profile pictures of friends that now have rainbow filters. The rainbow flag is a powerful symbol of hope and inclusion for the LGBTQ...
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Rishi Garg, Twitter's Top Indian-Origin Executive, Resigns
NEW YORK — A top Indian-origin executive at micro-blogging site Twitter has resigned, the latest in a recent string of departures from the company including that of CEO Dick Costolo. Rishi Garg, the...
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Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Leaves Delhi Without Meeting BJP Top Brass
NEW DELHI — Embattled Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today attended a NITI Aayog deliberation here but left the capital without meeting either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or BJP chief Amit...
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Are You An Assistant Editor? This Song Will Call Out To You
If you see the IMDb filmography of Mark Adams, you will realize what prompted him to dedicate a song to his profession. Adams sang a ballad to the post of Assistant Editor and painted a pretty accurate...
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Disillusioned AAP Volunteer Sunil Lal Sends Legal Notice To Arvind Kejriwal...
LUCKNOW — The AAP logo's designer who has quit the party has served a legal notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for still using the logo for which he holds the copyright. Sunil Lal told IANS...
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India Recalls Top New Zealand Diplomat Ravi Thapar Amid Allegations Of...
NEW DELHI — High Commissioner for India in New Zealand, Ravi Thapar, has categorically denied he is leaving because of allegations that his wife assaulted a member of his domestic staff. He said he...
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What We Can Learn From This Academic's Hands-On Approach To India's...
India’s sanitation mission, Swacch Bharat, which aims to eliminate open defecation by Mahatma Gandhi's 150th anniversary in October 2019, needs all the help it can get. Only 36 percent of Indians have...
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Agra Police Arrests 109 Miscreants For Public Urination
In an unprecedented intervention for sanitation, the Agra police arrested 109 people who were urinating at railway stations, and sent them to jail for 24 hours. They were also fined up to Rs500 for...
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How We Can Help Girls And Boys Who Combine School And Work
With the recent changes in India's child labour law, we are once again reminded of the innumerable children who are continuing to work in inhumane conditions in sweat shops, mines, factories and behind...
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With New Custody Proposal, Kids May Break Free From Divorce Tug Of War
As I walk along the streets of Paris on a trip to watch the Roland Garros tennis tournament, I can't help but observe many children being pushed along on prams by a solitary parent or, sometimes,...
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A woman, they say, can carry a bag, but it is the shoe that carries a woman. The shoe fetish comes naturally to every woman and her mother. Sometimes I wonder if oestrogen has some karmic connection...
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4 Simple Ways To Make Good Food Choices
Image via Shutterstock With all the media brouhaha these days about processed food, MSG, genetically modified crops and more, a lot of us are in a state of mild panic. Despite this few of us take the...
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5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Felt In Assam
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Assam and the rest of north east India at around 6.35 am today. The epicentre was located near Kokrajhar at a depth of 10 kilometres....
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L.K. Advani: I Quit Over Hawala Because I Listened To My Conscience
While Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are brazenly defending External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in the Lalit Modi scandal, veteran party leader L.K....
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Modi Announces Father-Daughter Selfie Campaign For The Girl Child
Addressing the nation over the radio on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a nationwide social media campaign for fathers and daughters to take selfies together, and post them on Twitter...
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