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Re-imagining the plebian through art
February 10, 2022
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life,” renowned Spanish painter Pablo Picasso once said. Perhaps inspired by his words, Shanthi Kasiviswanathan, a visual artist and photographer based in Mumbai, created art and sculpture drawn from everyday life and surrou...
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Feel the love at these romantic spots in Delhi
February 9, 2022
Delhi is often called Dil Walon ki Dilli (The City of Romantics). With couples at almost every monument and romantic cafes in every locality, one can feel love course through the veins of the city. From college students at the beginning of a romance, to a couple looking to keep t...
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Severe cold & poor facilities responsible for homeless deaths: CHD
February 8, 2022
Delhi’s winters are famous for two things – neither of them very pleasant for the residents. One is the massive smog that envelopes the city’s already toxic atmosphere, pushing the particulate matter levels beyond scale. The other is the sharp dip in thermometres that is se...
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Lata Mangeshkar: Voice of Indian cinema falls silent
February 6, 2022
The influential singer and music composer of Bollywood has sung over 30,000 songs in her career spanning over 70 decades. She was listed by Guinness World Records as the most recorded singer. She was a cultural icon who made her name not just in her country but on a global level ...
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India drapes in yellow to fete Basant Panchami
February 5, 2022
Vasant Panchami falls on the fifth day of the month of Magha month of the Indian calendar, normally falling in late January or early February per the Georgian calendar. It marks the end of the most severe winter that grips the entire northern India and the beginning of thaw leadi...
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Budget 2022: Blind to today’s challenges, Modi government promises Amrit Kaal in distant future
February 4, 2022
Despite the din of gushing praises showered by the numerous pro-government media as well as practically every single industrialist and business lobby that jumped as if on a cue as soon as Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the union budget for 2022-23, a few soun...
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Poor sense of humour behind India’s failure to produce sitcoms
February 3, 2022
In 1993, whole family from grandchildren to grandparents, the three generations under one roof, all gathered in front of a small television just to spend 20 minutes to enjoy the show Dekh Bhai Dekh and drown their sorrows and pain by laughing at the jokes and satirical scenes set...
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Most death sentences in India in 2021: National Law University
February 2, 2022
In the year 2021, a total of 488 death sentences were handed out by various courts across India, the highest in 17 years, says a report by Project 39A. It was only in 2004, that more death sentences were awarded when a total of 563 capital punishments the outcome of trials, as pe...
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Budget 2022: Travel and tourism ignored once again, says TAAI
February 1, 2022
Travel Agents Association of India, (TAAI), India’s premier and largest travel and tourism association, expressed deep dissatisfaction with the Union Budget 2022 presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Tuesday. “Our trade has suffered tremendousl...
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Packaging industry: Low hanging fruit for sustainability
January 31, 2022
July 1, 2022 will be a make-or-break day for Indian packaging industry as it would be the first day that a total ban on single use plastics will be enforced by the government. After years of nudging the industry towards phase out of these plastics, the government has gone ahead a...
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Ajit: The Bollywood hero who turned villain
January 27, 2022
January 27, 2022 marks the centenary birth anniversary of Ajit Khan, a Bollywood actor who was noted for portraying mostly villainous and supporting roles and his unique dialogue delivery that still reverberates in the hearts of the audiences. The actor was born near Golconda in ...
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Republic Day 2022: Youth say democracy under attack amidst low representation of youth in Parliament
January 26, 2022
As India celebrates its 73rd Republic Day with usual gaiety and festivities, some feel that the day has been reduced to pure symbolism and that the principles behind the celebrations of this momentous occasion have been lost along the journey since 1950. It was on this day that t...
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