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Story Posted on 13-02-2019
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Lok Sabha Match-Making: How Rahul Gandhi needs to choose the best political partners to swing 2019
The Congress is reaching out to a range of caste groups. It will also ask all its top leaders to contest the Lok Sabha polls; Digivijaya Singh has reportedly said he will stand against PM Modi.
VARIETY
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How the Buddhist monks of Thailand and Cambodia are fighting the logging industry, one 'holy' tree at a time
After extensive deforestation in Thailand and Cambodia between 1961 and 1998, a unique trend has emerged: Buddhists monks are now bestowing monk-hood onto trees, in the effort to save them.
LIFE
| 8-minute read
When a team of police officers fought a pitched battle against social media-fuelled violence and won
IPS officer Rema Rajeshwari writes of what she learnt about the deadly dangers of digital illiteracy, and what can be done to control it.
ART & CULTURE
| 9-minute read
Sita and Draupadi: What their similarities and differences tell us
Even today, every woman reader can find a bit of herself in both these heroines.
VARIETY
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Mulayam Singh bats for PM Modi to return to power: Why this is just the boost BJP needed
Mulayam’s open support for Modi in Parliament helps BJP challenge the narrative that the party has been deserted by all leaders and parties.
VARIETY
| 2-minute read
World Radio Day: From ‘song requests’ to ‘cricket commentary’ how radio made everything better
On World Radio Day, here's re-visiting the wooden box that once was as essential as roti, kapda and makaan in the middle-class household in India.
Wherein lies continue: An antidote to emptiness via canvases full of memories
Sunil Padwal exhibited his solo work last month prior to the Art Fair. For him, objects, from an old radio to clothes hangers, evoke fleeting memories, emotions and worlds we once inhabited.
HUMOUR
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Tudder is the Tinder for cows: This Valentine's Day, will the real gau rakshak please stand up?
Called Tudder, the application is essentially Tinder for cows, promising them virtually unlimited partners to breed (read: hook up). Culture police says, not cool.
LIFE
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Why do some of us enjoy torturing animals? And is there a way out of such darkness?
The abuse of animals in recent times, ranging from physical to sexual, goes way beyond sane imagination. As the brutality of such incidents shocks, it is time to address what is causing this depravity.
ART & CULTURE
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