Memory and memorialising
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Experts say people hit the streets of nostalgia when they are lonely or when they feel unhinged, to get rid of their social anxiety. It help...
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Showing posts with label Times India Blog. Show all posts
Friday, November 13, 2020
On the digital stage
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The pandemic has boosted streaming services as lockdowns and social restrictions have kept people away from theatres despite their otherworl...
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Haunted by a savarna spectre
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Earlier this week, Moustache, the English translation of Meesha, won the JCB Prize for literature, one of the most coveted awards for litera...
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
The meaning of Owaisi’s victory in Bihar
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An interesting cartoon viral on social media has All India Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi in his tradem...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Insuring biodiversity for posterity: The Salim Ali way!
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Today marks the 124 th birth anniversary of the country’s greatest ornithologist late Dr. Salim Ali. This piece takes me back to an evening ...
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
What democracy is capable of
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The world heaves a sigh of relief. American democracy took its time, creaked mightily as it crawled its way to redemption, but finally it de...
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Saturday, November 7, 2020
Politics, media, and when the lines in between get blurred
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Once upon a time, in a dense media jungle, there existed a creature with as much clout as the creature was sanctioned by a far bigger creatu...
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Boycott bombs, and a middle-aged bombshell
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9am Sipping on some coffee as black as my mood, I call my sister, ‘This Diwali, I forbid you to watch any Bollywood movie. I also want you t...
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US & India: Some lessons the world’s oldest democracy could teach the world’s largest
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It’s been a big election week: an extraordinary cliffhanger in the US and an equally intriguing contest in Bihar. As the seemingly intermina...
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Set boundaries early in relationships!
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Do you know the extent of your tolerance, and what you will never accept? A young French chef on a TV show said that she scolds her juniors ...
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The four reasons why Indian liberals are a fast-disappearing species
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I think it is fair to admit that the influence of Indian liberals continues to dwindle every month. Outnumbered and outshouted, the Indian l...
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Monday, November 2, 2020
Ambani versus Bezos – A fight or a waiting game?: Bloomberg
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Andy Mukherjee A vanilla commercial dispute is setting the stage for a clash between the world’s No. 1 and No. 6 richest men. But the legal ...
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National character
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An Indian industrialist once had the occasion to go to West Germany in 1965. While there, he visited a factory. Going around it to see how i...
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Sunday, November 1, 2020
The Body as a Stranger?
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Historically, we have been estranged from our own bodies. The Covid crisis underlines just how little we understand our own bodies. For all ...
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Saturday, October 31, 2020
30 years later, NCW is just sound and fury signifying nothing
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Fifteen women, all freedom fighters, became members of the Constituent Assembly and contributed to the framing of the Constitution of India....
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Words are just not enough…
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Words can be misunderstood and technology, exhausting! Are you too missing real engagement during the pandemic? The one thing I am missing d...
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Want to know which way Bihar hawa is blowing? Beware the perils of predictions
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Elections are a high-stake game in democracies like India and, thus, it is natural that all of us obsess over who will win how many seats. E...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Understand consent: Stalking will remain a common crime if romance is seen as masculine entitlement
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At core sexual harassment is about refusing to hear no, or even countenance that woman has the choice to assent or not. Witness the common s...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Breast Cancer detection and treatment
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“Cancer may have started the fight, but I will finish it.” Introduction Since cancer-prevention is not possible, the saying, “prevention is ...
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Sunday, October 25, 2020
Man’s best friend – Explained
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In 1789, King Frederick of Prussia once said that a dog is a “man’s best friend.” Centuries have passed since he coined this phrase into exi...
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