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HOW PULLELA GOPICHAND HAS MADE A CHAMPION OUT OF PV SINDHU
Indian badminton has been a work in progress. At the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Gachibowli, in Hyderabad’s IT corridor, the attempt is to craft India’s tryst with destiny. Pullela...
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DCW’S SWATI MALIWAL SAYS ACB RAID IS ‘INTIMIDATION’
On Thursday morning, two members of Delhi’s Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) raided the offices of Delhi Commission of Women (DCW). The raid comes barely days after former DCW chairperson Barkha Shukla...
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DALITS OF CHAKKARPUR FIGHT BACK
Subjected to repeated atrocities and discrimination by the dominant caste, Dalits of Gurgaon’s Chakkarpur village are on a warpath. They are angry and this time they’re determined to not suffer in...
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DIGGING DEEP TO ANSWER THE CALL OF NATURE
In the 1950s, Readers’ Digest had a column called “Humour in Uniform”. Being an Army Brat (born, raised and transferred), it was interesting to see in print something that was part of our everyday...
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SHIRIN DALVI: ‘A JOURNALIST NEVER RETIRES, NEVER KEEPS QUIET.’
Picture courtesy: Facebook By Ila Ananya Shirin Dalvi, former editor at the Urdu newspaper Avadhnama, is all set to launch her own Urdu e-newspaper, Urdu News Express in September. When we called her,...
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CHASE: LOVE JIHAD – FAISLA ON THE SPOT
About 70 kilometres north of Muzaffarnagar lies the town of Saharanpur. It’s home to, among other people, Junior Bhagat Singh, aka Vijaykant Chauhan. He’s the man who claims to have first unearthed...
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ARE MARIE BISCUITS AS HEALTHY AS THEY CLAIM TO BE?
For most of us Indians, a cup of chai is incomplete without its compulsory partner – the infamous Marie biscuits. Way back in 1874, London-based bakery Peek Freans created the Marie biscuit to...
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ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DELHI, A RIVER OF DOOM
Five years ago when he was a college student, Washid, a resident of the village Patti Banjara in UP, fell ill. “It started with fever,” he remembered. “My stool became dry. I was bedridden. It was...
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A REVIEW OF #NLHAFTA FROM VIKAS THAKUR, ANUPAM S AND CHANDAN KUMAR
न्यूज़ लाॅन्ड्रिी टीम को मेरा अभिवादन। मैं आपके पाॅडकास्ट ‘एनएल हफ्ता‘ का एडिक्ट हूं। मैं आपको काफी समय से ‘फोकट‘ में सुनते आ रहा हूं। आपको सुनने के पीछे मेरा पहला कारण था, कि मैं अपनी अंग्रेज़ी सुधारना...
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HAFTA 81: IS THE AMNESTY ISSUE SEDITIOUS?
The PMO deleted tweets, which was new, and the PM brought up Balochistan in his Independence Day Speech, which was not new. The Amnesty issue escalated as did Arnab’s temper on Newshour. Meanwhile,...
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WHY DID THE INDIAN EXPRESS PULL DOWN ITS STORY ON RANBAXY?
One cannot be sure exactly when, but sometime around the stroke of midnight, while India was busy celebrating the 70th anniversary of its tryst with destiny, two crucial news reports quietly...
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BHEEM BHOJ: CONGRESS’ WAY TO APPROPRIATE DALITS
Comprising 20.5 per cent of Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) voting population according to the 2011 census, the state’s Dalits are being wooed by all political parties. Barring, of course, the Samajwadi Party...
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WHY PV SINDHU’S OLYMPIC SILVER IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIAN SPORT
PV Sindhu won the silver medal at the Rio Olympics, the first ever for India in badminton. For every Indian, a proud moment. An hour later, Sindhu won the Rajinikanth medal, when the Superstar tweeted...
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HOW HARD IS YOUR PARLIAMENTARIAN WORKING FOR YOU?
The Monsoon session of Parliament concluded last week and our Netas went into hibernation. However, your columnist being the hardworking writer that he is, will not be doing anything of the sort....
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REASONS WHY LOK SABHA MPS TAKE LEAVE
Only a few Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Lok Sabha maintain a healthy attendance record.The national average attendance for the 16th Lok Sabha MPs is 82%. Some MPs do submit a leave application...
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JOURNALISTS EXPOSE MORE OF THEMSELVES THAN THEY REALISE
Please read the Secret Olympic Diaries. Reading it four years ago, I laughed at the brilliance of it. I read it again four years later. What does it tell me today? That not only is there an inherent...
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DALIT-YADAV KABADDI CASE ENDS IN COMPROMISE
Barely three days after they raised the banner of revolt against caste atrocities, the Dalits of Gurgaon’s Chakkarpur village were forced to take a back step on Saturday, in the interest of the...
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GAWKER HAD ITS PROBLEMS, BUT ITS DEATH IS WORRYING FOR ALL WATCHDOG JOURNALISTS
So it’s farewell, then, to Gawker. After 14 years of dancing on the edge of ethical probity and legal propriety, doing some good journalism as well as some less good, the New York-based website – an...
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#NLPRIMETIME: EPISODE 26
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