Gloria Steiner in her book “Moving beyond Words” says that our world is divided into two parts: the male and the female. There has always been a wide gap between the roles of the two in every walk of life, especially when it comes to choosing suitable careers. More…

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How will you show affection for you country publicly?” shouts TOI, on the eve of our Republic Day.That day, I stood to examine my thoughts on Nationhood. How relevant, important, misrepresented or misunderstood is it? More…

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Lok Paritran was formed in November 2005 by a team of six graduates from IIT Bombay and IIT Kanpur. The party, which garnered widespread media attention, fielded candidates in the recent Chennai Corporation Elections. In an email interview Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla, Nation Treasurer, shared some his thoughts on critical issues put forth by Hafta Magazine. More…

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Dhoom 2 hit cinema screens on the back of a high voltage publicity campaign. Everyone was left with tantalizing glimpses of Bipasha in a bikini, Aishwarya in assorted short and tight accoutrements and Hrithik Roshan looking fabulous. The trailers were slick and the promos were, pardon the cliché, very international. More…

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The Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika, or Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, or just plain old BMC, goes to the polls early next year, to be precise, on 28th January with a provisional date of Feb 4th, both of which are Sundays as per norm. With a budget of Rs9,865crores (or more than US$ 2billion), the BMC is the richest civic body in India. More…

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It is that time of the year when church-going folk are all set to prepare, physically and spiritually, for another Christmas. Pastors and priests will soon spend time with their flocks guiding them through a period of fasting and preparation before the celebrations commemorating the infant Jesus’ birth. More…

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I had my sights set on Mount Whitney last summer when I learned that it was the highest point in the contiguous United States (yes, I am a sucker for superlatives). That hard-fought passes were required for the trail just made it more enticing. More…

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Though it may seem that load shedding has become a thing of the past, for the residents of certain areas in Mumbai namely the entire stretch from Ghatkopar to Mulund, Powai, Thane, New Bombay, etc there is no escape. More…

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The recent draft housing policy unveiled by Maharashtra’s Chief Minister, Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, has raised more questions than provide answers to long-standing housing problems in Mumbai. More…

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It was born in the Late 1960s and early 1970s - the orphan theory found wandering the streets by Gabriele Veneziano, Yoichiro Nambu, Holger Nielsen and Leonard Susskind. More…

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