Despite the advent of the ball pen and the stylus, the humble graphite-and-wood pencil continues to hold its own, especially with students, artists and designers Many creatives have had a special relationship with a pencil, out of the many writing tools available in a stationery shop. Perhaps it is the limitless chances it gives us […]

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The government must formulate the national security and force development strategies and allocate the budget needed to create the desired capability In 2010, Stephen P Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta wrote the bestseller, Arming Without Aiming. They argued that India had the ambition to become a great power. Consequently, the country was motivated to reform and modernise […]

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Rape is a behavioural crime. The rapist may not be sinister looking nor a stranger. More often than not, he is a serial offender.   The largest international study on rape was carried out by United Nations for two years involving 10,000 men from Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka, was […]

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The Delhi Government has taken another inspired initiative in the education sector by providing two state-run schools in the trans-Yamuna area with swimming pools A swimming pool with crystal clear water, proper training facilities, diving boards and separate changing rooms for boys and girls within the premises of a school. At first glance, this seems […]

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You can fly. Or you can get astride your hardy bicycles to pedal down tarred roads to coveted destinations, regardless of the harsh elements and the lack of creature comforts Curiously, not one but two books about cycle yatras have come out in the last couple of months. The recurring theme suggests that even in […]

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IT IS LITTLE KNOWN THAT ISLAM GIVES THE THIRD GENDER THEIR OWN NICHE IN HISTORY, AND THAT ENUCHES FREQUENT TWO MAJOR SHRINES TO THEIR PATRON MOINUDDIN CHISTI IN DELHI, BESIDES PRAYING IN MOSQUES AS MEN Faith is important for eunuchs. All their lives, while they face rejection by society, they find acceptance in Islam. They […]

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RSS chief’s disapproval of Modi’s ‘Congress Mukt Bharat’ slogan may be a ploy to rob the Grand Old Party of the mantle of victimhood and protector of Dalits Motoring smoothly towards 2019 and the aim of securing a second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Hindutva juggernaut hit a road bump shortly after tasting […]

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Raw fruits and vegetables may be better for your mental health than cooked, canned and processed products, a study reveals. Public health campaigns have historically focused on aspects of quantity for the consumption of fruit and vegetables. However, the study, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, found that for mental health in particular, it […]

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