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  • Non-shopping malls

    In a recent article, my teacher writes What makes people rush to these malls? Why do they undergo so much trouble only to purchase those items which are anyway available in their neighbourhood stores? – these are wrong questions to ask in today’s times.

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  • The Hyderabad tale

    A friend of mine recently visited Hyderabad. He was shocked to witness the curfew there. The beautiful char-minar was fortified with Hindu barracks on one side, Muslim on the other and a police station in the middle! And what was the reason behind all this? A few flags!

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  • Today TV shows have become an outlet of reality idiocy. Rakhi ka Swayamwar, Roadies, Splits villa, Big Boss, Sach Ka Samna, Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao… Frankly, all the music and dance based competitions have become pseudo-reality shows of today! I watched an episode of ‘Emotional Atyachar’ lately. It was torture. How can people watch…

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  • Byomkesh Bakshi

    The difference between an average detective show and an outstanding detective show is the signal to noise ratio. If signals that lead to the solution of the mystery are high, then the show looses the interest of viewers who easily solve the mystery. Also, if the background noise is increased to a level that the…

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  • The anti-secular?

    The secularists of India have unfortunately forgotten the meaning of secularism. Like most ‘isms’, secularism is being wrongly understood. In India secularism is the opposite of ‘everything’ the sangh pariwar stands for. Secularists define themselves as ‘anti sangh pariwar’. And in Modi and Advani, they have personified ‘everything’ they hate in themselves.

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  • Law of nature

    60 years old Dr. Srinivas Ramchandra Siras, of Aligarh Muslim University was suspended from his job after some students taped him having consensual gay sex. 2 months later, he was found dead. He was a divorced man with no family or friends, and his life spanning over 60 years ended in shame and disgrace!

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  • Today, I was wondering why these politicians wear white clothes and travel around in white cars? Does the colour signify something? White is associated with purity. Do these politicians want to delude us by portraying themselves as innocent? As if we don’t know about them!

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  • Right to free compulsory education is here! And the television channels and print media is filled with articles on how difficult it is to implement, thereby displaying the pathetic infrastructure of the government primary schools in various parts of our country! This actually disturbs me.

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  • Anatomy of a leader

    There are 3 basic qualities that differentiate humans from animals. Firstly, human beings imagine. All the philosophy, art, religions, caste, society, wars and cookery books are its byproduct. You reading this article and trying to smile is also a consequence. Secondly, humans are forgetful. This is one of his biggest qualities. This is the reason…

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  • It was not long back when masala was the successful genre of Bollywood. Illogical star studded films soared the box office. Public was happy just to see their favorite stars dancing. But times are changing now. Small budget sensible films are getting their rewards, while many big, highly promoted films are failing. Films have started…

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