We the People

Marriage of Convenience

by Kamayani Kumar

“Marriages are made in heaven”, but settled on Earth via matrimonial service providers – well, not always – sometimes the experience is to the contrary. Recalling from my experiences ranging from downright hilarious to hair-raising, I relate an event to throw some light on the efficacy of finding a match through matrimonials. First comes the [...]

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Del-O-Phobia

by Shisir Basumatari

I was recently reading a small article about the Aarushi murder case by a lesser known columnist from New York. The article moved from the murder story towards Arvind Adiga’s novel, The White Tiger. Aarushi murder case throws new light into the clichéd stories (read fear) of the capital city of India. The fear of [...]

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Terrorism & the anger GENERAL public has….

by Pragnya Mohanty

Time and again it’s we who have paid the price for the terrorist attacks. Value of life has reduced to the value of rubble. We cry, we mourn, we brood but ultimately we are forced to forget & move on and they think that’s the spirit. No it’s not our spirit but we are bound [...]

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Delhi bomblast 13th sept 2008

by Pragnya Mohanty

What purpose does a terrorist attack solves, is something that people of no religion, caste, creed or status can ever support? Or can they? A bomb does not recognize any individual before blowing apart the lives. The one who died belongs to which community is something that bomber might not know, but at least he [...]

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