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Direct Cash Transfer Scheme: Is It For The Pockets Of The Poor Or Our Politicians?

By Anush Garg: The Congress party’s manifesto says: “The Indian National Congress promises what it can do and will do what it promises”. One of these promises was the Direct Cash Transfer Scheme, which included 29 welfare schemes. Through the DCT scheme, the UPA government

World

When A Trillion Dollar Economy Gets Unemployed

By Anush Garg: The United States of America is a trillion dollar economy and after the hunt started for the most wanted Osama Bin Laden for 10 long years, the economy on the graph got unbalanced and crashed. It took the government ten years to

Society

What Amount Of Food Goes From Your Plate Into The Garbage Bin?

By Anush Garg: In India, ‘malnutrition’ has been termed as a “National Shame” by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; as one in every three malnourished children in the world is from India According to the collective reports in 2011, about 1.3 billion tons of food was

Sports

Can We Stop Turning Our Cricketers Into Demigods?

By Anush Garg:Cricket is not our national game but it definitely is the most loved game in India. We as a nation are fond of this sport and it is a known fact that every lane has a Sachin Tendulkar of its own as most

Travel

Can You Guess Which Is the Cleanest Village In Asia [Hint: Somewhere In India]

By Anush Garg:It is a known fact that we have the most beautiful monument in the world, Taj Mahal. But then, few people know that India also has the cleanest village in the continent. The village is approximately 90 kilometres from Shillong and the Indo-Bangladesh

Politics

Is ‘Divide and Rule’ The Politicians’ Mantra?

By Anush Garg:“WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens.” These are the opening lines of our constitution which we adopted on 26th January 1950.Keeping these constitutional words in

Politics

Dear Manmohan Singh “Ji”, Kya Aap Theek Hain?

By Anush Garg: Jo ho gaya wo bhi ‘theek hai’, jo ho raha hai wo bi ‘theek hai’, aur jo aage hoga wo bhi ‘theek hai.’ The Prime Minister, in order to make his speech on the Delhi gangrape case, had given two time slots:

Specials

Of Shootings, Coalgate And The Impending Apocalypse: The Top 10 Scandals That Rocked 2012

By Anush Garg: We live in the world of greed. Excesses committed can sometimes affect the lives of many and they thus become scandalous in nature. Though, hundreds of instances can be cited which have made headlines all around the world, a few that touched

World

A Commoner Among The Royals? Watch Your Step, Even Pranks Cause Deaths

By Anush Garg: A number of times, high profile families such as The British Royal family or other VIPs around the world can have a very deep impact on average professions such as those of a chauffeur, a nurse or a doctor working as a