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  • Bengal politics: Mamata Banerjee juggernaut sinks Marxist Armada
    The west Bengal assembly elections results went on expected line. The impregnable Marxist fortress for decades, at long last, crumbled after 34 years. A single woman behind the downfall of the Marxist in Bengal
  • Changing the face of chess
    Model grandmaster plans his next move to change the face of chessEven its staunchest defenders would struggle to describe chess as sexy, but the growing stature of Magnus Carlsen could change all that. Not only
  • Conflict Transformation: Best Options to our Crises
    “We are living today in tomorrow’s world with yesterday’s ideas.”  Milovan Djalas. Bitterly trying to get disputes resolved in our favor through shortcut methods and brute force, wi
  • Repeal AFSPA, Free Sharmila
    A Call for Nationwide Protest Dear friends,Perhaps you are aware that the hunger fast of Irom Sharmila Chanu has crossed 10 years, with a demand for repeal of AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958. She h
  • More damning evidence
    Pakistani state actors were behind 26/11First there was David Headley, the Pakistani-American terrorist who turned into an FBI witness and promised to spill the beans on the Pakistani military-ISI-jihad nexus t
  • The Dilemma of Finding an Alternative
    Election wave is currently flooding the political scenario of India. Politics is a power game and it is not surprising that no voter/ citizen are ever satisfied with the outcome of democratic election. Yet ther
  • Deadly Silence On Fukushima
    I received the following email a few days ago from a Russian nuclear physicist friend who is an expert on the kinds of gases being released at Fukushima. Here is what he wrote: About Japan: the problem is that
  • The Other Role
    The role of the politician and the role of the people have important functions during an election. The question is who follows who? Whether the mass follow the politicians or is it the other way round. Election
  • Molly’s story
    This April, which is Child Sexual Abuse Awareness month, a story about a searing summer of violations, to crack the wall of silence around the issue and remind us that over 53% of India’s children have ex
  • Fat Lies And Healthy Truths
    If you’ve been following my columns the last two weeks, you’ve come to learn that a diet high in animal fats (which are all saturated fats) is a primary cause of type 2 diabetes. Saturated fats, whi
  • Healthcare for the elderly
    On a bus journey to Kiphire, someone signaled the bus to stop at Losami junction. As I looked back to see who was getting down; an old man started to rise from his seat. He took his time to collect his stuff an
  • There’s something about Shillong
    There’s something very refreshing and uplifting about being in Shillong. It’s like a “homecoming” experience every time I visit the place.  Umiam lake (Barapani) greets visitors wit
  • Eat healthy to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases
    The first WHO Global status report on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) launched on 27th April, confirms that NCDs are the leading killer today, with 36.1 million people dying from heart disease, strokes, chroni
  • Therapeutic Diet during fever in Dogs
    It is a general reaction of animals to the action of harmful and most frequently infectious agents known as pyrogens. Pyrogen (exogenous or endogenous) disturbs the heat regulation mechanism resulting to elevat
  • Dilma Rousseff and Brazil: signs of change
    The first months of Brazil's new president show both Dilma Rousseff and Brazilian democracy in a fresh light, says Arthur Ituassu. The first four months of any new president will give some indication of the deg
  • 360 Degrees System to ensure Good Governance
    360 Degree Appraisal is a well-known HR practice followed in most renowned Corporates globally. 360 Degree Feedback is a system or process in which employees receive confidential, anonymous feedback from the pe
  • Elections don’t always mean democracy
    Election as a tool for the democratisation of the world has become a trap that often allows ambiguous figures to rule indefinitely says, Svetlana BabaevaElections have become a crucial tool in attempts to achie
  • Popular SMS from NE India
    Do you think that the failures in the examination join in underground and control the people in NE India? Have you received the popular SMS from North East (NE) India, which says that the failure join undergrou
  • The Prime Minister & the CBI
    Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on along with Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Amar Pratap Singh, right, and Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, left, during the inauguration of a new
  • The popular movement against corruption in India
    The popular movement against corruption in India, led by Mr. Anna Hazare and others, shares broadly, opinions of the average citizen concerning corruption. That, the reign of corruption in the country must be b
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