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OPINION: We, the Future of Our Nation

Aloo-chats, late nights, lots of movies with thodi si studies. Fun till the rising sun; going to bed at the sound of dad’s cocking gun. Love-shuv, first crush; proposal, refusal; aggression, depression. Sounds familiar, right? This is how we are: a face of a typical youth of today’s generation. Spending the whole day in college, attending a few classes throughout ...

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OPINION: Tibetan Muslims in Exile: A Sociological Profile

Tibet is the highest country of the world and commonly known as the roof of the world, lying west of china, north of India, Nepal and Bhutan, east of Iran, south of Russia and Mongolia, situated about 16500 feet above the sea level, bearing total land area of 2,33,3125 square kilometers. Tibet is also known as the “Abode of snow,” ...

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OPINION: The Fight Against Corruption

The year 2011 seems to be a litmus test for the UPA-2 dispensation. The Congress led government has never been in such an uncomfortable situation in the recent past as it is today. One after another, some of its political leaders, occupying high seats in the government, are suspected of malfeasance within their ministry. Exposure of dubious roles of Suresh ...

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OPINION: Realization

First, I would like to draw your attention towards the title, on which I intend to write. What is realization? When and how do we actually realize? And most importantly what impact does that leave on us? Too many unanswered questions with a single solution. However, if I go by the dictionary meaning, it means: observed value, of a random ...

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OPINION: Let’s do an Internship This Summer

These days examinations in various Faculties and Centres of the University (JMI) are going on. Students are busy in putting their best in the exams. The university has announced summer vacation from 16th May to 15th July, 2011. It would be a good experience if the students were to join some institution/organisation and use their two-month long vacation doing an ...

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OPINION: An Appropriate Response to Lelyveld’s Book on Gandhi is a Counter Book, not a Ban

Joseph Lelyveld’s book titled, “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India” has brought great discourse on Gandhi not only in India but outside India also, after the book got reviewed by Andrew Robinson for the Wall Street Journal. Andrew Robinson in his book review argues that the book makes claim that Gandhi was bi-sexual and racist. This write ...

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OPINION: Foreign Universities in India Should be Allowed but Regulated

With the globalization of world economies, one doesn’t expect any sector to grow in solitude, especially when that sector is the education sector. So India opening up it’s education sector for the world is a welcome step towards a better future in educational infrastructure. Indian education sector has always been under criticism for it’s lack of global exposure. Though India ...

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OPINION: Priceless or Price-Less?

Dictionary defines priceless as something ‘dear or precious; something irreplaceable.’ People put different things under this category. While it’s esteem, prestige and dignity for some, it’s a job, reputation, status for others. It maybe love for one and ancestral property for another; an achieved position after struggle or simply a lifestyle. Sitting among peers, when I asked what they would ...

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