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Being able to play your favourite instrument has many advantages. Some use it as a pastime, others simply to get their children interested in playing them. The benefits of playing an instrument are substantially based on research; especially for young children. Millions of people all over the...
Sex education for growing teenagers in India has always been viewed as a controversial subject and there have always been two camps; one in support and one against it. It is time for us to understand the need and importance of sex education for our growing children that is as essential as formal...
April Fools' Day, sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most light-hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar. There are many theories but the...
Education is based on a three-tier model which includes primary schools, followed by secondary schools and tertiary education at universities or other institutes of the same level. In India, there are many cities which are very well educated. Kolkata and Delhi are two of the most intellectual...
While 2017 was a dull year for Bollywood releases, the 2018 calendar has set some high expectations in the minds of cinema-goers. Talking of the megastars -- Akshay Kumar's PadMan, Salman Khan's Race 3 and Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan are going to be the year's big releases. But we also have...
The confrontation between Ambedkar and Gandhi was a historic one. It had its beginnings in the Round Table Conference of 1930-32, Ambedkar had gone earliest, as the prime representative of Dalits, or Untouchables. But when Gandhi finally decided to attend the second conference, he argued...
Democracy has been regarded as an ideal form of government in which people are governed by their own elected representatives. It is a government of the people, for the people and by the people. It is a people’s government in which the voice of the people is supreme and where the laws are...
The news that a recent survey has established says that 27 percent of Indians still practice caste in many ways. Most Indians have grown up in an India where we have seen such behavior, though the kind of people who read English-language op-eds probably think of it as something that happens in...
Over the past several decades, more than 60 percent of the members of Congress who have been implicated in a corruption scandal have been reelected. While this rate of success is lower than for incumbents unencumbered with corruption charges or allegations, a comfortable majority of members...
With young entrepreneurs re-writing the rules of the business game, an entrepreneurship revolution has swept India in recent years. In a much publicized report in 2015, industry body NASSCOM put India among the first five largest start-up communities in the world with the number of startups...
Are you a Punjabi? Love to watch Punjabi films? But there will be a lot of confusion for an individual to cover all the best movies which lie under this category. Now you don’t have to worry as you’re not going to miss a single hit Punjabi movie as we have compiled the top 10 Punjabi films...
Movies are one of the best ways for self-entertainment as well as for spreading awareness. These days, movies are used as a platform for showcasing the real-life experience or the problems faced by the generation. There are few on the list which one must watch in their life before turning to 30.
Discovering a partner’s affair is easier than ever before in history. Text messages, emails and online credit card statements leave the careless cheater with an electronic affair trail a gigabyte long. We know the typical telltale signs: weight loss, new music or food interests, and the...
India's political system is inherently corrupt and it's destroying our society's moral fibre. People don't live in a vacuum; the system in which they live shapes them. Sure, culture affects the system, but it's the political system that nurtures society and can change it. Corruption is innate in...
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