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What 'Star Trek' Can Teach India And China About Being A Great Power
For a few weeks now, I have been watching Star Trek: The Original Series, a TV show so innovatory and far reaching in its inspiration in the 1960s that it impacted a whole generation of people to dream...
View ArticleGender Equality: Your Job And Mine
In my class of 32, there are just two girls, and they mostly sit huddled in a corner. In the neighbouring room, another bunch of five sit together. There are 80 students in that class. Last week, when...
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Podcast: The Many Hues And Flavours Of Indian Honey
Most of us think honey to be that golden, syrupy liquid that we find in supermarkets. But, if you've ever had the freshly-collected variant, you will know that actual honey can be a far cry from the...
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Writing 'The South African Gandhi'
In the building where I spent my early years, Kismet Arcade in the heart of Durban's Casbah, lived Sita Dhupelia and her suave husband, Nanoo. Her children, Satish, Uma and Kirti were part of everyday...
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The One Piece Of Gandhiji's Wisdom That We Need The Most Today
The year was 1869, the date 2 October. A child was born in a dark and dingy ground floor room in the city of Porbandar in Gujarat. His sister Raliatbehn later said he was born with an incredible...
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The Morning Wrap: India Vows Big Cut In Emissions By 2030; Man Sneaks Gun And...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Activist...
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Son Of Lynched Dadri Villager Fighting For His Life As Political Blamegame...
As the 22-year-old son of Mohammed Akhlaq, a Muslim villager who was beaten to death by a mob on Monday night outside his home on suspicion of killing and eating a cow, battled for his life, a bitter...
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What America Taught Me About The Gandhian Ideal Of Self-Sufficiency
I grew up in a beautiful villa, surrounded by a lovely garden. Green lawns and roses were fringed by bougainvillea climbing over the walls. The backyard housed a vegetable garden. The walls of my room...
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Pakistan Hands Over Documents To UN Alleging Evidence Of Indian Involvement...
UNITED NATIONS -- Pakistan said it has handed over dossiers to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon containing "evidence" of alleged Indian involvement in terrorism in the country and links of its security...
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'Don't Need 4-Point Formula For Peace, Just One - End Terrorism', Sushma...
UNITED NATIONS -- Rejecting Nawaz Sharif's 4-point formula for peace, India today said Pakistan needs to address "just one" issue of ending cross-border terror for the dialogue to start on all...
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How Well Do You Know Mahatma Gandhi?
Guess who set up three football clubs in South Africa in the first decade of the 20th century? You may not have ever imagined Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and football in the same sentence, but he did...
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The Ultimate Way To Celebrate Gandhi Jayanti Is By Following This Gandhi Trail
If you're looking for a unique way to remember Mahatma Gandhi's contribution to the country, here's one that you can attempt any time of the year. Here's a list of places you can visit to get a better...
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Has Narendra Modi Dumped Sardar Patel For Mahatma Gandhi?
NEW DELHI -- In February 1949, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel declared, "Hindu Raj was a mad idea...it will kill the soul of India." A year before, he imposed the first ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh...
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Eight Of Iran's Women's Football Team Are Actually Men
Eight members of Iran's national women's football team are actually men awaiting sex change operations, reports have claimed. A report in the 'Daily Telegraph' quoted an Iranian football official...
View ArticleBapu Is My Inspiration For Saving The Environment, Says Modi
Declaring Mahatma Gandhi to be his "inspiration", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made a strong pitch for environment protection and energy conservation, linking them to the Bapu's commitment to...
View ArticleAkhilesh Yadav Takes On PM Modi, Dares Him To Ban Beef Exports
Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said those who spoke against "pink revolution" should ban beef exports as they were now in power and alleged...
View ArticleIndrani Mukherjea's Condition Is Stable, Must Have Consumed Tablets, Says Doctor
Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in Sheena Bora murder case who is currently in jail, was admitted to state-run J J Hospital here today after she complained of “uneasiness”. “Indrani was brought to...
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Reasons I love Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga yoga is a practice created by Sri.K. Pattabhi Jois consisting of six series, and each series contains its own sequence of asanas. In the traditional practice of Ashtanga, called Mysore...
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How We Made Our Childhood Romance Survive
My husband and I complete 16 years together today. My vanity forces me to clarify that we have been married only 7 years, the rest was a bit of friendship, childhood romance, agony-filled courtship and...
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Dear Mr. Prime Minister, You Failed To Sell Us Your Digital Un-Freedom
Digital India has swept the imagination of the 'modern' Indian along with the 'development' paradigm of invest (read 'make') in India under the present BJP government. Surprisingly, this package, what...
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