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Broadband bluff
In May this year, when I was looking for a good broadband provider, I came across many options — Airtel being the biggest. Several other private players were waiting to get another customer in their kitty. I called up Airtel’s toll-free number, and the representative told me that a sales person will contact me, and […]
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With substandard engineering colleges mushrooming across the country, students are finding it increasingly difficult to get jobs. Many end up turning to other professions or prepare for competitive exams What do parents first say when their child is born? “Hope he/she becomes an engineer or a doctor?” This might sound like a ludicrous exaggeration but […]
Squeezing out protests
After the SC lifted the ban on protests at Jantar Mantar with a few caveats, Protestors still find the new rules restrictive, and Ramlila Maidan, not a viable option A barren land sans placards, sans loudspeakers, sans voices of dissent; no signs of a protest or a protestor – this is how the ground allocated […]
Dreading the dark streets
The area where I live – Jal Vayu Vihar Noida (Sector 25) is not at all well-lit. I think good lighting brings a feel-good factor to a place. This problem is prevalent over all of Noida. There is a huge population of senior citizens in our area – many of who have relocated to Noida […]
A rightful battle
A crusader for Dalit rights, he rattled Himachal Pradesh’s caste-ridden society Sitting behind the polished wooden desk in his office, Sirmaur’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Rohit Malpani looked like a man who hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in days but wore a look of slight satisfaction. “This is the biggest case I’ve touched so […]
Slippery slope
Is the petroleum minister misleading the nation on oil taxes? Less than six per cent of excise duty collected on petroleum products has gone towards repaying oil bonds A major reason for the high price of petrol and diesel is the increase in the excise duty collected per litre by the central government, on petrol […]
Old wine with a feminist tag
Manmarziyaan tries to project ‘husband material’ as still a thing The feeling that Anurag Kashyap’s latest release, Manmarziyaan, leaves you with is déjà vu. Here we see an egotistical, sex-charged young romance à la Dev D; a manic pixie dream girl like in Tanu Weds Manu; a pair of synchronised dancers adding no direction to […]
Spiralling abuse of children online
Whatsapp and its encryption for our privacy is being abused to distribute child porn. But the long arm of the law is now catching up with the consumers of its illegal content With mobiles in the palms of our hands, we can all milk the Internet for what it’s worth. Unfortunately, even though the government […]