Category: Culture
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I had once written a series of articles to bring into notice, how diversified the epic tale of Ramayana is. On my teacher’s recommendation, I had done an exhaustive research on the several ways the story of Ramayana has been told. My research also included reading one of A K Ramanujan’s popular essay “Three Hundred Ramayanas”. I…
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“Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.” -Mark Kurlansky (American journalist and writer)
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We all were taught in school that humans have five senses. They are sound, sight, touch, smell and taste. Now forget what you studied and give it a serious thought. Do humans really have just five senses? By definition, senses are feelings that allow you to navigate your environment. In reality, people do have more than five senses.
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“Rising demand for coaches, locos and wagons cannot be met immediately,” was exactly what Mamata Banerjee said in her Railway Budget speech for 2011-12. She pointed out that the capacity for wagon manufacture is limited in and some of the required components aren’t made in India. Her allocation of Rs. 13,820 crore for the purchase…
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It affects me how education across the world is being driven by competition these days. Exams and marks are the ultimate depiction of a student’s performance. This is also because of the commercialisation of education. I believe collaboration is a better way of learning. While many might argue that this approach is communist in nature, the roots of similar…
