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Paranoias of Interference: Russia, Reddit and the British Election

In some ways, it is a very British thing: fair play is expected; the reasonable person with all faculties intact, going about the business of living and voting. Little thought is given to the fact that these assumptions are as much constructions, façades of rhetorical...

A Police Encounter..!

Since police encounter deaths are making news again, I decided to visit a police station for an informal chat, "Whenever we do something right we are criticized!" said the police chief, offering me my mandatory plate of batata vada and hot Telangana chutney from the po...

Dalai Lama to visit Leh next year

LEH, Dec 8: Dalai Lama is likely to visit Leh next summer as he has accepted the invite of the LAHDC Leh Members requesting him to bless the newly formed Union Territory of Ladakh. The Chairman/CEC, LAHDC Leh, Gyal P Wangyal, Dy Chairman Tsering Sandup, EC Phuntsog S...

Think Global, Act Local; Ignite a Culture of Innovation in Indian Schools

What is an innovation? Like in most cases of oft-repeated concepts and jargons, this one also has various definitions. Some would consider new methods for alliance creation as innovation, newer ways of collaboration. Some would call it as "A new idea, creative though...

Why a demand for free education is at the heart of feminism?!

"Women in Power' is a myth, both in the public and private sphere. Just because a woman is making decisions on what should be cooked for lunch and dinner do not put her in any empowered position although phrases such as 'women are queens of the kitchen/home' have be...

Nehru and Napoleon: Men of Stuff..!

As I look at today's world leaders I wonder where men and women with stuff in them have disappeared; statesmen, who when they rose to speak, spoke without jeer and sarcasm. Leaders who were loved and revered not feared. Where have such people gone? There's this story...

Faint Hope in Yemen

Last week the Saudi-led coalition whose bombs have devastated the country said it would free 200 Houthi rebel prisoners and let injured civilians fly out of Sana'a, the rebel-held capital, for medical care abroad. The Saudis are making these overtures because they are ...

Worship, Rape and God..!

As I look at those who raise their hands in praise while in a church, temple or masjid, I realize that for me my soul lifts up in praise to my Maker and Creator, at other moments: I saw so much of this ecstatic worship within me, as I sang with and listened to the orch...

The Unfinished 'Coup'

The end of Netanyahu's era and the political earthquake ahead
This time, nothing seems to work. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has tried every trick in the book to save his political career and to avoid possible prison time. But for Israel's longest-serving leader, the honeymoon is certainly almost over. It is an "a...

Do you see a child inside?

People donate for the blind, give generously towards old age homes and orphanages, but it is difficult having them part so liberally with their money towards charities or NGOs who work for the mentally challenged. I pondered on this as I drove back that evening: I'd s...
 

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