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Arijit Bose
Sep 29, 20172 min read
Ahead of U17 WC Kolkata already in Waka Waka mood this Puja
Bengal has always been a strong bastion of soccer fans, a revolving football that graces the entrance of a community Puja is only...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 29, 20172 min read
Sanjhi, a North Indian tradition lost in translation
It is that time of the year when Jai Durga Mayi Ki chants fill the air as conch shells and drums are played to usher in the festivities...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 27, 20172 min read
Raghurajpur’s Chitrakaar’s spread art for a living
Intricate artwork of a Chitrakaar At first glance Raghurajpur is as modest as it can be with the old and the fast paced coexisting with...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 27, 20172 min read
The Inconvenient Truth about Schooling in India
Padhega India Tabhi to Badhega India is a famous catchline coined to promote education but a closer look at the education being imparted...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 25, 20172 min read
A 300 year old tradition of the Jata that holds pride of place among sages
In an age when hairstylists like Javed Habib are ruling the roost and are known universally for their hairstyling techniques, they might...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 25, 20172 min read
Beating the winter blues in the valley using a Kangri
It’s September and Kashmir is already getting all set for the winter chill which is nail biting for the denizens living there. While...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 24, 20172 min read
As global temperatures rise, farmfolk feel the heat
With global temperatures recorded at its highest in 137 years globally agricultural practices are failing to bear fruit and crop yields...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 24, 20172 min read
India’s Sanitation Problem remains an unsolved Jigsaw
While the Narendra Modi led BJP government may be praising the situation with regards to rural sanitation and there is talk of achieving...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 24, 20172 min read
This man earned big bucks, courtesy his love for Aloe Vera Farming
Harish Dhandev Farming in India is going through a phase when the farmfolk are forced to give up their lives or hit the streets to make...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 24, 20172 min read
“Hot Stuff” for shoppers and help for Tibetans
Winter Warmth The market offers an opportunity for them to eke out a living and provide attractive market for people Wizened Norbur...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 22, 20172 min read
Amla Ruia, a woman who brought water to a parched land
Rajasthan is known for scorching summers, parched soil and lack of sufficient water to sustain life. Now in some villages water is no...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 22, 20173 min read
Shantanu Bhowmik’s death brings back horrors of 1980s Mandai
At a time when there are voices being raised about how there is stoic silence in the Shantanu Bhowmik murder when compared to the Gauri...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 22, 20172 min read
Butu Manjhi bringing a barren forest alive
In most parts of the country where people are cutting trees to carve out a field for farming or build houses, one village in Odisha has...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 22, 20172 min read
Mattur village, where Sanskrit is a way of life
At times when Sanskrit is spoken by less than 1% of India’s population, not only do villagers use the language in their daily life but...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 22, 20172 min read
Santosh Desai did not shy away from begging to educate
In a nation of 1.25 billion you may beg to differ but very rarely will you be able to beg to educate. But one man has done the...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 22, 20172 min read
Welcome to the Indian village of twins
Twins are not something out of this world but when you have a village full of twins then you maze well take note of such a place. The...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 21, 20172 min read
Jose Mujica, a former Uruguay President who rose above money and power
Uruguay’s former President Jose Mujica often dubbed as the poorest president that the world has ever seen once said that I may be known...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 21, 20172 min read
Clementine Chambon lighting up lives in UP’s Sarvantara village
It is often said that every dark cloud has a silver lining but for UP’s Sarvantara village the wait for that silver lining has been way...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 20, 20173 min read
Bengal Tigress Jhulan Goswami to get immortalized with Bollywood flick
Biopics are the flavour of the day and Bollywood has now given several hits in that genre. From MSD to Milkha Singh and from Mary Kom to...
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Arijit Bose
Sep 20, 20172 min read
In 42 minute UNGA speech Donald Trump proves he is Big brother
Trump Means business at UNGA President of the United States, Donald Trump pulled back no punches when he debuted at UNGA for the first...
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