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Opinion
When Indira mistook ‘haath’ as ‘haathi’, but Narasimha Rao’s reference of ‘Panja’ gave Congress its symbol
“Unsure of which symbol to pick, Singh (Buta) booked a call to seek Indira’s approval. The line was, probably, not…
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Lessons from Baba Bulle Shah’s kalaam, crow and dog at India-Pakistan borders
A crow flew off from the flag atop a pole at the security post in Pakistan’s side of Punjab and,…
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Pakoda: More a part of our culture than a tool in political gimmick
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Pakoda sellers as employment gainers at a TV interview, he did two grave blunders:…
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Republic Day loses touch with Bharat as Indians get rootless in India
The Republic Day on Friday saw the heads of the 10 ASEAN member nations, for the first time, attending the…
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Tale of a Judge and innocent villagers of India
The so called Indian elites—lawmakers, media professionals, legal eagles and ubiquitous politicians—will endlessly debate if the four sitting Supreme Court…
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Hing caused first punishment to Lalu Prasad Yadav
Few people know that hing (asafoetida) that constitutes an important ingredient for preparing lentil curry or dal and other numerous…
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Sad, Sad story of a Bihar’s liquor drinking rickshaw puller
Bijan Rai (45), a rickshaw puller, came to Phagwara (Punjab) from Patna in June 2016—nearly two months after the Nitish…
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My love and longing for Padmavati
Our Hindi textbook for class ninth had the extract from Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s epic, Padmavat from which I first learned…
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In Suhail, India gets its own JK Rowling!
Is Suhail Mathur India’s J K Rowling in the making– I asked this question to myself when I finished reading…
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