Regional expressions clash with political aspirations
Although the demand for new states appears to be for administrative convenience or for the protection of minority communities and the indigenous populations, caste politics and political ambitions have superceded these reasons.
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Do we need younger bride-grooms?
Along with debating their favourite rock band, choosing their Prime Minister, deciding on whether they want to join the corporate world or continue their education, these youths can entertain a new possibility: marriage. Full story
Legalise drugs to avoid another Scarlett
Cases like that of the death of Scarlett Keeling, raise a question; does prohibition of substances like tobacco, liquor and drugs do more harm than they themselves can? Full story
Election in the northeastern states
Nagaland is going on polls on March 5 with 218 candidates eyeing for 60 assembly seats. Meghalaya too is all set for the polls on March 3 when 331 contestants will be contesting elections from 60 constituencies.
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Playing the Sethu card
India is not ready for another movement motivated by Hindu religious nationalism after the communal riots of 1992 and the Godhra episode of 2002. The rally comprising several youths on two-wheelers shouting pro-Hindutva slogans, drove to Raj Ghat.
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View from the corridor: A landfill in Perungudi overlooking the IT Corridor
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Small in number, big in spirit: The Parsis
“Nai nai, you are quoting too much for the tomatoes, Rs 14 is right. After all, yesterday you sold it at Rs 12, and today Rs 16. What nonsense!” argued Dilnaz, a 45-year-old housewife living in Cusrow baug in Colaba, Mumbai.
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From Marine drive to Marina beach
‘You can take a Mumbaikar out of Mumbai but you cannot take Mumbai out of a Mumbaikar.’ While Raj Thackeray is suggesting that all north Indians should move out and leave Mumbai just for Mumbaikars, many of them have found new homes down south in Chennai.
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