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KARAN TALWAR, AKA BOLLYWOOD GANDU, SAYS HE’S AS LIBERAL AS THEY GET
In a country like India, where taking offence is a national pastime, how political can the comic scene be? Is it okay to make jokes on politicians and their politics, or is everyone too scared of Jaya...
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MARKANDEY KATJU WRITES TO TOI, SAYS THE PAPER MISREPORTED ON HIS PETITION...
I read on page 13 of today’s The Times of India (TOI) the reporting of the hearing of my petition in the Supreme Court challenging the resolutions of Parliament relating to my comments on Gandhi and...
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CALL TIME: ZEE IMPLEMENTS ITS NO-MOBILE POLICY IN THE DELHI OFFICE
Zee Media’s much-talked about (and much-dissed) no-mobile-phones-in-the-office policy has been put to effect in its Delhi office from August 1, following a transition phase from July 28 to July 31....
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PORN SITES BANNED: INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS TESTED
The Indian government has ordered Internet service providers in the country to block hundreds of pornographic websites temporarily. The obvious question is – has the Modi government once again...
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4 ACCORDS, 68 YEARS. PEACE THIS TIME FOR THE NAGAS?
The fourth and latest peace agreement over 68 years was signed between the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak Muivah group), the state’s...
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HOW MUCH DID THE GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY SPEND ON THE YOGA DAY?
The International Yoga Day, celebrated on the 21st of June caught everybody’s attention. The highlight was of course the Mass Yoga Demonstration wherein more than 35000 people participated. Since...
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF MIZORAM: FROM THE AIZAWL BOMBING TO THE MIZO ACCORD
Tucked away in a corner, ignored by the madding crowd that inhabits Delhi studios, is a land of astounding beauty. Mizoram. With a literacy rate second only to Kerala and a GDP per capita twice that...
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AMIT TANDON GIVES HIMSELF AN 8 ON OUR LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE SCALE
In a country like India, where taking offence is a national pastime, how political can the comic scene be? Is it okay to make jokes on politicians and their politics, or is everyone too scared of Jaya...
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NL HAFTA – EPISODE 27
This week on NLHafta we discuss the #PornBan (and the subsequent unbanning). Then the team moves on to discuss disruption in Parliament and if it was right for Sumitra Mahajan to suspend 25 Congress...
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JAPAN MARKS 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA BOMBING
Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a ceremony in Hiroshima‘s peace park near the epicenter of the attack. Tens of thousands of attendants stood for a minute of...
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DELHI POLICE’S NEW SELF-DEFENCE VIDEOS TELL WOMEN HOW TO KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS
Warning: This piece contains violence and graphic imagery. Imagine it’s the middle of the day and you are walking towards your car. Suddenly, someone attacks you from behind and tries to steal your...
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CS KRISHNA SAYS HE’S A FEW NANOMETRES RIGHT OF CENTRE — 5.000000000000001 ON...
In a country like India, where taking offence is a national pastime, how political can the comic scene be? Is it okay to make jokes on politicians and their politics, or is everyone too scared of Jaya...
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WHO IS THE WHISTLE BLOWERS PROTECTION ACT TRYING TO PROTECT
It is highly unlikely that the Rajya Sabha will see any serious debate this monsoon session. If it did, though, the Whistle Blowers Protection Act would have been discussed – and considering our...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH SOFIA ASHRAF: THE GIRL WHO TOOK ON HUL WITH HER VERSION OF...
Sofia Ashraf has made headlines around the globe with the ‘Kodaikanal Won’t’ video. She is not new to setting trends and she talks to BOOM about singing for a cause, being called ‘a burkha rapper’...
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67% OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS STILL USE FIREWOOD
Image Credit: Paul Prescott / Shutterstock.com More than 67% of rural households in India still depend on firewood or wood chips for cooking. This is a decline of only 12% over two decades, according...
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THE OH CAPTION! MY CAPTION! CONTEST#20
Fill in the blanks and be part of a Clothesline gag. Enter our photo dialogue contest and you (and your winning dialogue) could be featured in next week’s Clothesline. You wring ‘em clean, and we’ll...
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WHAT DOES TIGER MEMON’S CALL TO HIS MOTHER TELL US?
The transcript of the conversation that Tiger Memon had with his mother Hanifa on the morning of Yakub’s hanging makes for disturbing reading. Here is a man who is one of the main conspirators in the...
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DO WE GET TO KNOW WHO MURDERED AARUSHI?
In 1959, in a small town of approximately 250 people in Kansas, farmer Herbert Clutter, his wife and two of his children were found shot dead in their home. The murders were committed by two young...
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45% OF INDIA’S COASTLINE IS FACING EROSION
Image Credit: Alybaba / Shutterstock.com As much as 45% of India’s 8,414-km long coastline is facing erosion, according to a new study based on satellite data over 15 years, published in the Indian...
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