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IMAGINE AN INDIAN LARRY KING ASKING SANJAY DUTT ABOUT HIDING GRENADES
On this week’s episode of the new mini-series The People vs OJ Simpson, they showed a re-enactment of the first of Larry King’s many interviews with various people connected to the murder. This...
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INDIA NEEDS THREE TIMES THE CURRENT SANCTIONED STRENGTH OF JUDGES
The huge pendency of cases in Indian Courts is a known fact. One of the prime reasons for such pendency is large number of vacancies in courts. According to Government figures, there are 44% vacancies...
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PRIMARY EDUCATION SPENDING DECLINES, SO DOES QUALITY
Rs 1,15,625 crore ($17.7 billion) has been spent on Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)—a national programme for universal elementary education—over the last five years, but the quality of learning has...
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‘THIS IS AN ORGANISED CRIME BY RIGHT WING GROUPS,’ SAYS SINDHU SOORYAKUMAR OF...
Asianet’s chief coordinating editor and anchor Sindhu Sooryakumar has been receiving threatening and abusive calls since Friday after a heated discussion on her show. Sooryakumar was discussing the...
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THE FLAWED AND COMPASSIONATE REALITY OF BEING GAY IN ALIGARH
News that a woman has been arrested in Delhi for stabbing her lover, another woman, was reported in Mail Today on Thursday. Reading the grim details of the case, with the accused wanting a...
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NL HAFTA – EPISODE 57
What’s going on with the EPF? Vivek Kaul (author, journalist and economic commentator) joins us this week and demystifies the budget. No mysteries as far as JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail...
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TRUTHINESS LABS: THIS IS HOW EASILY TV NEWS GOT YOU TO HEAR ‘PAKISTAN...
Before the now infamous Delhi High Court order came the curious first information report. On February 11, Delhi Police filed an FIR in South Delhi’s Vasant Kunj North police station based on reports...
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WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT: WHERE DOES INDIA FIGURE AMONG THE REST OF THE WORLD?
Women’s representation in elected bodies, Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies is a source of huge disappointment. As we observed in a previous article, women occupy just 66 seats in the 543...
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NEW REPORT INDICATES SCALE OF INDIA’S EXCLUSION FROM PROGRESS
* Up to 43% of women in the working age (about 153 million) in India only do domestic work, indicating the scale of their exclusion from the workforce. * A quarter of Indians (300 million) are...
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PHOTOSHOP SE AZAADI, ANYONE?
It started off with an (allegedly) inflammatory chant by Jawaharlal Nehru University’s student Union President and blew up to become a national story involving sedition charges, controversial arrests,...
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THE ART OF MISUSING THE INDIAN ARMY
There’s been a lot of talk about the army recently, particularly about how our soldiers must be respected because they’re guarding our borders and keeping us safe. I am in full agreement with this...
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DEAR ANUPAM KHER, DON’T DISS INTELLECTUALS WHILE TRYING TO BE ONE
There was a moment during Anupam Kher’s speech at the recently-held The Telegraph National Debate when I must confess, a single tear slid down my face. It was when he described the 21st century,...
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SHOW ME THE MONEY BILL
Over its life of seven years, the Aadhaar project has given us a lot that qualifies as simply illogical, just inane and outright devious — and often all at once. But until that time is upon us when...
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TRUMP’S TIRADE AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR PATRAKAARS BACK HOME
Amid the all-round bafflement over Donald Trump’s rise in the Republican contest to secure the nomination for American President, some of the less front page-worthy but nonetheless important talking...
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EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF COMRADE KANHAIYA
By 9pm last night, Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Ganga Dhaba was buzzing with expectation. Students were singing songs and raising slogans on one side. On the other, journalists and cameramen from the...
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HERE’S WHAT PARLIAMENT WANTS TO KNOW
Questions by Members of Parliament and the response by the Government is an important part of any Parliament Session. Out of the hundreds of questions asked during the current Budget session, here are...
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SECOND-LARGEST INTERNET MARKET IN THE WORLD, BUT ONLY 22% OF INDIA USES INTERNET
Recent indications that India’s Internet use is low and not reflected in the numbers of mobile-phone connections and growth are buttressed by a new study that points to digital inequality in urban...
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WHO IS ON THE COUCH WITH KANHAIYA?
A man, a woman, a couch — how controversial can that get? If Jawaharlal Nehru University students are involved, very. Recently, the picture you see above has gone viral. It shows Kanhaiya Kumar, the...
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