Daily Archives: February 6, 2016
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February 6, 2016 As right-wing BJP seeks to appropriate Bose, a reminder: Congress expelled him for being too left
20K Total Views For some time now, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been on the look out for historical icons. After building an impressive present as India’s largest party, it is only natural that it would now look to construct a notable past. Given the colossal role that the Congress played in the freedom struggle, […]
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February 6, 2016 ‘People like him do drugs, have a high sex drive’
Photo Credit: Akshay Mahajan 28.8K Total Views Over the past few years, I’ve stopped keeping track of the news on a daily basis. No good seems to come from it. As a result, I’m the last to know about anything. On Wednesday, while I was running around on a writing assignment in my hometown of […]
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February 6, 2016 Punjab bypoll is now a one-horse race
Photo Credit: Narinder Nanu/AFP 17.4K Total Views It was being seen as a semi-final, an acid test for the main contenders before the Punjab assembly elections next year. But the Khadoor Sahib assembly bypoll is now turning out to be a damp squib, with two of the three major parties pulling out of the contest. […]
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February 6, 2016 What flight attendants really think about when they first greet you
Photo Credit: Tom Purves/Flickr 15.5K Total Views I’ve been a flight attendant for 25 years. Greeting passengers at the door requires concentration on several levels. Of course the objective is to make you feel welcome and comfortable, but that’s only one aspect. While I’m trying to give that impression, I’m evaluating you very closely, and […]
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February 6, 2016 David Cameron is to blame- Indians are falling out of love with British universities
Photo Credit: Pool New/Reuters 4.6K Total Views A record number of Indian students are enrolling for higher education in the US – in just two years, it rose by 71% to 181,051. But the trend’s been just the opposite for the UK. In the last five years, the number of Indian students opting for British […]
