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This Indo-Pak Happiness Ad Will Bring Tears To Your Eyes – via @SAYSIndia

In March 2013, Coca-Cola set out to break down barriers and create a simple moment of connection between two nations, India and Pakistan. We promise you that this will give you goosebumps, and may very well bring tears to your eyes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_4vOUDImE The initiative "Small

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Blasphemy Laws: An Impediment To Democracy And Humanity

By Prabhat Singh: Unrelenting and unrepentant, the draconian blasphemy laws have struck again. This time in Egypt, where prominent public figures have been convicted for blasphemy. These convictions, along with the still hot embers of the conflagration over the movie Innocence of Muslims, have reignited

Education,Specials

We Want To Respect You, Please Let Us: An Appeal To The Teachers

By Debasmita Das: Dedicated to the few professors who are indirectly encouraging the diversion of respect, that a student should feel for them. "A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a

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I Have A Problem With The Way I Am Treated: Let’s Change That Forever

By Aarti Nair: I don’t mind relatives at home But being asked to change my shorts because he has come I have a problem. I don’t mind listening to crap But being asked to apologize because I don’t agree I have a problem. I don’t mind

Society,Specials

Is Modernity Nothing But A Sepulchral Illusion?

By Nisha Kutty: So, two world wars, innumerable battles for independence and hundreds of “genocides” later – where are we today? At the beginning of what we can now understand as Modernism, we were promised a better future, one filled with prosperity and progress. Today,

Sci- Tech

“Arey, Yeh Toh China Ka Mobile Hai” : Here’s Why You Should Steer Clear Of Phones That Are Made In China

By Spandan Ghose Chowdhury: India has grown as an astonishingly connected country in the last two decades. From the era when having a telephone at home was considered as a luxury, we have emerged as a country which sells 8.35 million telephones a month. Currently

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The Joy Ride: An Account Of A Journey In A Mumbai Local Train

By Sanjukta Majumder: “Local arrived on platform number 4 is 8.07 local for CST via harbour line”… The announcement works like a spur to those like me, who are yet to reach the station, to speed up our pace. And we run, run to give

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Lessons From ‘The Satanic Verses’: Khomeini’s Fanaticism And Rushdie’s Slander

By Saif Khan: While reading about the controversy which sprung up in the late 1980’s surrounding Salman Rushdie’s book, The Satanic Verses, I came across the fact that Radical Islamist Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who proclaimed the now infamous decree of death on Rushdie for insulting

Education,Specials

Doing What You Love And Loving What You Do

By Sumeet Kaur: Are you among the ones who believe that your passion can pay you enough to sustain a living? I asked a lot of people this question and they were not really sure. Amish Tripathi, a famous writer, quit his job as a

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