In war, the honour and glory are primarily reserved for those involved in active combat. Books, documentaries and feature films about war are often dedicated to the valour and sacrifice of the soldier or the courage and strategic brilliance of the officer. But seldom is there much consideration for the individuals who also place themselves […]

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An index developed by the university of Chicago predicts the number of years cut off from your life depending on the city you live in. No prizes for guessing the worst The University of Chicago launched a new tool called Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) which quantifies air quality data as the number of years […]

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You saw the wedding pictures. Now read the mythical story of the two-headed bird on Deepika Padukone’s wedding sari India’s architectural history is rife with innovative and ornate decorative motifs. The spillover of such motifs on to the subcontinent’s textiles was a happy happenstance. So the lotus medallion, amalaka (decorative stone disc on top of […]

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Jack fell down. And broke his crown. And Twitter’s share price, supposedly, came tumbling after. Or so they say Dear Jack bhaiyaji, I know for sure that deep within you are a good person and will have no problem in seeing me as your chhota bhai. So, I am writing this letter as a heartfelt […]

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Listen up Yogi Adityanath, we have some ideas The government’s current rechristening exercise is perhaps the most grandiose of schemes that have been introduced in recent times. Not just grandiose, its political gains are guaranteed too. With that kind of assurance, every politician worth his name, from West Bengal to Faizabad, has jumped onto the […]

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My lungs were almost destroyed due to air pollution. In November last year, while I was training for a long-distance race in Delhi one evening, I started wheezing. Initially, I thought that it was not something serious. But later, I started having frequent headaches, itching and redness in the eyes and nasal irritation. I visited […]

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When a couple opts for adoption, very few consider children with special needs. Foreigners often do. What holds us back? For four long years, Kajal (name changed), has been waiting for some kind couple to come and adopt her. This 11-year-old was abandoned at the age of seven and now stays at a childcare home […]

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My daughter Aarti Kumari suffers from complete blindness in one eye, partial blindness in the other. She is studying in the 9th grade in a Delhi government school. We were informed by the school teacher that we can get a disability certificate. Thus, we went to a hospital run by the Delhi government. But there, […]

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