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Kashmir: A flawed historical narrative
July 20, 2019, 9:20 PM IST
Advancing the date of India’s partition and dispensing with phased withdrawal of the British administration and its forces cost India dearly. The communal conflagration that ensued and the festering Kashmir dispute was no unintended consequences…
July 20, 2019, 9:20 PM IST
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The Future of Agriculture
July 20, 2019, 9:18 AM IST
As per estimates by the United Nations, by 2050 approximately 10 billion people will inhabit the world. How can all these people be fed, given that the amount of farmland available per capita is decreasing…
July 20, 2019, 9:18 AM IST
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NRC in Assam: Yesterday’s inefficiency, today’s conundrum
July 20, 2019, 8:43 AM IST
The National Register of Citizens in Assam is set to complete its final draft by July 31st, 2019 and it holds in its clutches, the fate of more than 4 lakh people who remain excluded…
July 20, 2019, 8:43 AM IST
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The new Nationalism that only serves vote-bank
July 20, 2019, 8:41 AM IST
There is a new sense of nationalism, or perhaps ‘jingoism’ that is taking the social and political narrative by storm today. With soldiers, enemy states and warfare being mentioned more than often in this election…
July 20, 2019, 8:41 AM IST
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The memoir of a mountaineer
July 20, 2019, 12:03 AM IST
Chetan Pandey was a thirty-six-year-old Indian mountaineer who lost his life on an expedition to Nanda Devi peak along with seven other mountaineers. “Mountain climbing is not for the faint-hearted. It requires courage, passion and…
July 20, 2019, 12:03 AM IST
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NEP must strengthen ’25 per cent’ provision for poor children under RTE for equitable, inclusive education
July 18, 2019, 2:02 PM IST
Shiva, 8-year-old son of Indrajeet, a day labourer, works in the famous bangle industry of Firozabad as a child labourer. With meagre wages, Indrajeet was in no position to afford the fees of any of…
July 18, 2019, 2:02 PM IST
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Triple Talaq Bill: The purpose of legislation lost amidst politics
July 16, 2019, 3:29 PM IST
In August 2017, the Supreme Court of India delivered the landmark judgement declaring the practice of Triple Talaq void and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution. It was not only an ecstatic victory for Shayara…
July 16, 2019, 3:29 PM IST
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Language localization on internet should be a priority
July 12, 2019, 5:27 PM IST
The digital industry and the government have been in the past couple of years very busy with the contentious and highly fractious issue of data localization, completely missing the more important and more immediate localization…
July 12, 2019, 5:27 PM IST
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Medicine is a science but human connection makes it a subtle art
July 1, 2019, 3:21 PM IST
Medicine is a science but the human connection makes it also a subtle art. Globally, the ‘science’ component is well described in all curricula but the ‘art’ component (humanities) is increasingly gaining importance. While knowledge…
July 1, 2019, 3:21 PM IST
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From clogged drains to flowing canals: The Puducherry Water Rich Model
July 1, 2019, 7:50 AM IST
At a time when water conservation has become of paramount importance, as highlighted by the Prime Minister in his Mann Ki Baat broadcast on Sunday, a model called Puducherry Water Rich could perhaps offer some…
July 1, 2019, 7:50 AM IST
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MSME Funding: Nine schemes which will give wings to women entrepreneurs
June 27, 2019, 12:30 AM IST
With gender equality becoming more and more vital around the world, the MSME ministry chose to empower women even more. 1.38 lakh projects have been set up by the women entrepreneurs under Prime Minister’s Employment…
June 27, 2019, 12:30 AM IST
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Information technology will give India’s pluralism a voice
June 26, 2019, 3:51 PM IST
Once the Brahmans could theorize without being challenged and the British colonizers could force a single story down the throat of India because they had absolute control of the information space, it is now well-nigh…
June 26, 2019, 3:51 PM IST
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Live up to people’s expectations, speed growth by making long-term and foreign investors feel welcome
June 22, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
India’s verdict is clear; the National Democratic Alliance recorded a landslide victory in the 2019 general elections, paving the way for Narendra Modi to return as prime minister, reflecting a need for political continuity. Indians…
June 22, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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What is Yoga
June 21, 2019, 12:30 AM IST
Yoga is auspicious sangam or holy union. In the context of the International Day of Yoga, it is representative of a set of techniques and practices that seek the union of body, mind and spirit…
June 21, 2019, 12:30 AM IST
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Lack of science is the basis of claims that bt brinjal is 100% safe
June 17, 2019, 10:15 PM IST
This is a response to two blog pieces that Sanjeev Sabhlok has written here (Part-1) and here, (Part II) in response to my article which was a rebuttal to his misinformed first article. Let us begin…
June 17, 2019, 10:15 PM IST
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Using street art as an agent of change to inspire young girls to follow their dreams
June 13, 2019, 5:59 PM IST
The objective of the artwork and its creation was to inspire girls within Tigra village community to follow their dreams, and to track the impact of the artwork as an agent of change. The idea…
June 13, 2019, 5:59 PM IST
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Five policy and programmatic pointers to take urban waste management to the next level
June 12, 2019, 8:25 PM IST
Moving ahead on the path of achieving clean cities, effective engagement with citizens and multi-tier capacity building need a push through program or policy elements. Decentralised waste processing and building human capital are required to…
June 12, 2019, 8:25 PM IST
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Small towns may hold the key to India’s future of sustainability
June 10, 2019, 10:58 PM IST
India has witnessed unprecedented population growth and urbanization in recent decades, with the country’s rapidly expanding cities and towns offering abundant opportunities for economic growth and development. Although these emerging cities are the engines of…
June 10, 2019, 10:58 PM IST
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Draft NEP 2019: The politics vs learning of a language
June 6, 2019, 1:03 PM IST
Will the Draft National Education Policy’s (NEP) push for multilingualism be sacrificed at the altar of chauvinistic sub-regionalism? What does the draft document say about language learning in school and why does this manufactured controversy…
June 6, 2019, 1:03 PM IST
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India’s New Generation
June 5, 2019, 5:24 PM IST
After Greta Thunberg started boycotting school in favour of standing outside the Swedish Parliament to hand out flyers, reminding politicians that they pledged to reduce carbon emissions as per the Paris Climate Accord, thousands of…
June 5, 2019, 5:24 PM IST
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