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February 9, 2017
Kavita Panyam
Relationship & Lifestyle

Why Understanding the Teenage Mind is so hard? What can you do about it!

When you understand why teens behave as they do, it becomes easier to co-exist without judging them. Almost in every household across the world, teens have been blamed for ruining the...

February 9, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Story of Ajamila – XII

Nilanjana recounts the tale of Ajamila, who was born in a virtuous family and had a good upbringing. But he was distracted and fell into evil company. Later on, he...

February 8, 2017
Nandita Samanta
Crime, Gender

Aftermath: Death Mystery of a Rape Victim-I

It’s sad that rape victims are victimised in India – and Southeast Asia. Nandita fictionalises a true incident, in two parts, showing the storms and turmoil within the rape...

February 8, 2017
Bruce Louis Dodson
Poem

Treadmill

Here’s a sensitive poem by Bruce that depicts a slice of life, in Different Truths. The poet presents a slice of life, where a father watches a daughter with pride, with...

February 7, 2017
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
History & Culture, Politics, Technology

Udta Punjab: Rising like a Phoenix from its Fractured Past!

Punjab had won it’s its statehood some years after India’s Independence but this had not entirely satisfied the Sikh majority. The Green Revolution of the sixties had given the Jat Sikhs and...

February 7, 2017
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy

Mother of Dalai Lala Gives an Account of the Escape into the Exile

It was in a nick of time because by then Chinese had picked the younger brother of Dalai Lama, Tendzin Choegyal to their military headquarters. They had also come to...

February 7, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Relationship & Lifestyle

To Forgive or Not!

Shernaz talks about forgiveness, what it is and what is does. Here she tells us what forgiveness is not. We are introducing a new column, Shernaz Scribbles, beginning this week. Our...

February 6, 2017
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Health

Thinking of Having a Baby

Gold Medalist Dr. Amrinder, a Delhi-based leading gynecologist, and a renowned author tells us the areas that need to be looked into if you are planning to have a baby. Before...

February 5, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Economy, Politics

Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the Poor in Budget 2017

The PM has reached out to the raising agricultural credit to Rs. 10 lakh crore. The highest-ever allocation for MGNREGA, the promise to pull one crore people out of...

February 4, 2017
Joseph Ferguson
Book Club, Humour

Here’s an excerpt story from the New York-based Joseph Ferguson’s latest short fiction collection, Shillelagh Law. It’s a must read. The story originally appeared in Ellipsis: An Anthology of Humorous Short...