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Music flows along the Cauvery (19 March 12:00) |
| For so many lovers of Carnatic music, Tiruvaiyaru is the seat of music. Feasts of music are always being served, either lavishly in public pandals or intimately in the dark central hall of a... |
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Photo op (19 March 12:00) |
| Against a dark wall, a white goat cranes its head at an impossible angle, strangely reminiscent of a yogic pose; luminous-eyed boys dredge a vessel for the last drops of tea; a smile flashes... |
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Straight out of poetry (19 March 12:00) |
| First of all find a rock and sit down — otherwise you don't have a First of all find a rock and sit down — otherwise you don't have a |
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A sakhi to rural women (19 March 12:00) |
| Her main aim is to bring women from the margin to the mainstream not only in terms of livelihood but also in delivery of services such as healthcare, water supply or sanitation and right at ... |
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SAIL in their win (19 March 12:00) |
| For long Indian hockey has suffered from lack of training facilities and sponsorship. Youngsters rarely prefer hockey as a career option. But for cadets at the Steel Authority of India (SAIL... |
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This is joy walk! (19 March 12:00) |
| Can walking make my back sore? I need a little help/direction before I can Can walking make my back sore? I need a little help/direction before I can |
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Twist and shout (19 March 12:00) |
| When Erno Rubik designed the three dimensional multi-coloured cube in 1974, little did he imagine it would fascinate and intrigue an entire generation. Over three decades now the eponymous c... |
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Hitting the right note (12 March 12:00) |
| When two-and-a-half-year-old Sanju, who is severely autistic, was first introduced to New Delhi-based music therapist Stuti Chandhok he could barely make eye-contact or respond in any way. ... |
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Making every moment better (12 March 12:00) |
| There are no bed numbers here, inmates are known by their names. The doctors and nurses are not in uniform. And there is no smell of cleaning agents, familiar in a hospital There are no bed... |
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Pilgrimage to Patan (12 March 12:00) |
| Patan! Why would you even want to go there?” asks a puzzled friend in Ahmedabad in the winter of 2009. “To check out the 11th century Rani nu Vav stepwell? Or the 100-plus stone Jain tem... |
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These fruits of labour last longer (12 March 12:00) |
| As he was growing up in Karagwe, a region of Tanzania west of Lake Victoria with “extremely high agricultural potential and one of the most fertile regions in the country, I asked myself w... |
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Two trains (12 March 12:00) |
| We were five people. Some 20 minutes out of Howrah, the young woman on the seat opposite me exchanged her assigned berth with the middle-aged housewife gazing disinterestedly at the world ou... |
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Victory and honour (12 March 12:00) |
| The Tata group is a business giant reputedly with a matching large heart. Code of Honour : Nurturing People, Enriching Life documents the group's endeavours in the areas of governance, emplo... |
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Ambition peaks at 53! (12 March 12:00) |
| It's a bold decision to take at the age of 53. But Nasim Akhtor, the first woman mountaineer from North-East India, is as strong as the lofty Himalayas. At an age when most retire from sport... |
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Give them a fair chance (05 March 12:00) |
| Bimla Devi, 57, of Basduda village in Rewari district of Haryana is no stranger to social boycott and ridicule. Socially ostracised by all in her village, denied public services from local t... |
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Go with Beas (05 March 12:00) |
| It was on our third visit to the Vaishnodevi temple in Jammu and Kashmir that we discovered the Beas tourist circuit comprising several picturesque towns on the banks of the river in Himacha... |
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Check-in checkout (05 March 12:00) |
| For the hotel industry, the good news is that this year might not be worse than the year gone by, which was nothing short of dismal for the sector. The not-so-good news is that recovery is u... |
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Unwanted (05 March 12:00) |
| A big challenge for family planning services in India is that the concept of female condoms has never taken off, says Atul Kapoor, Project Director, Connect, PSI (Population Services A big ... |
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Nourish the thought (05 March 12:00) |
| Recently, Ameeta went on a diet meticulously built around her taste by a dietician. On the second day itself… dddisorientationnn! No, nothing wrong with the diet, it was balanced and subst... |
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Tooth fairies (05 March 12:00) |
| A tooth is cosmetic, in the eyes of the average insurance agent. On the other hand, you'd easily get an insurance policy protecting against the risk of heart disease and A tooth is cosmetic... |
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A family that creates together… (05 March 12:00) |
| Fine pottery crafted in a variety of colours, textures and sizes through a range of techniques, and it's all in the family. Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, his wife Devki, and sons Abhay and Shailesh h... |
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A world of cultivated taste (26 February 12:00) |
| He owns one of the largest tea estates in one of the most picturesque areas in the Dooars region of West Bengal, surrounded on the east by the Nevda river and on the west by the Mal He owns... |
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Pulling his weight behind the rickshaw wallah (26 February 12:00) |
| After returning from Harvard Business School, I met the rickshaw-pullers and told them aap logon ki vajah se main Harvard tak chala gaya. (I could go to Harvard Business School because of yo... |
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Prized visit (26 February 12:00) |
| What's the connection between the back of an armchair and a Nobel Laureate? There is one, believe me! Nobel Prize winners arriving in the Swedish Capital, Stockholm, to collect their award a... |
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Look closely its bamboo! (26 February 12:00) |
| Tucked away some 200 km from Kolkata, in Beliatore village of Bankura district, a group of dedicated farmer-researchers jot down the morphological and agronomic characteristics of traditiona... |
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Emerald isle sparkles again (26 February 12:00) |
| Visiting Sri Lanka recently, one found that a country that had lived in the shadow of terrorism for over 30 years surprisingly showed very little bitterness. Except for a few check-posts, th... |
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Formals sake (26 February 12:00) |
| When I was 13 years old, I spilt something down the front of my school uniform shirt. The school was an old colonial one, which I was obliged to attend very briefly. So we also had to wear a... |
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Green-eyed munchies (26 February 12:00) |
| It is known as a “happy nut” in China as the split shells of a pistachio resembles a smile; legend has it that Queen Sheba loved it so much that she ordered an entire region's produce to... |
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Reddy formula (19 February 12:00) |
| If a shareholder had invested about Rs 2,500 in Dr Reddy's Laboratories through the IPO in August 1986 and the rights issue of 1989, what do you think the holding would be worth today? A who... |
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Helping farmers pedal out of poverty (19 February 12:00) |
| He has reached over one million small and marginal farmers — those owning less than one acre — in India with his low-cost irrigation tools to meet their water He has reached over one mi... |
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Stopovers with history (19 February 12:00) |
| Wanting to make the most of a long weekend holiday recently, my brother's family and I took to the road to explore northern Karnataka. We left Hyderabad around 8 a.m. to reach, by noon, Bida... |
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Searchlight on Bollywood (19 February 12:00) |
| How important is it to have the backing of a Hollywood studio giant for a Bollywood film to get the kind of visibility My Name Is Khan has got? The answer, as the box-office results come pou... |
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Shattered peace (19 February 12:00) |
| A lot can happen over coffee'. The red board, proclaiming these words, associated with a well known coffee outlet brand, stands intact, juxtaposed against the mauled walls of the German Bake... |
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Art gains from recession (19 February 12:00) |
| The global meltdown has cast its evil spell on the world of commerce and business. Be it clothes, food, petrol, or housing, every other commodity is affected by the recessionary effect. Even... |
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Disarm pain before it strikes (19 February 12:00) |
| For the last two years I have been suffering from cervical spondylosis. I had a vertigo attack too, once. It is now under control after medication. But the cervical spondylosis is crippling ... |
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Handling 100 temperaments a day (12 February 12:00) |
| It's a profession where you have to “handle 100 temperaments a day” and smile and “look fresh” after long hours. “There are some days when you go home, have a cup of tea, change an... |
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A toothache in Jhuni (12 February 12:00) |
| Bhagwat Singh succumbed to Khati's phone, the last one on the trail to Pindari and Kafni glaciers. It was nearing late-November; my second visit to the village in as many months. This time w... |
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On a churning deck (12 February 12:00) |
| Sitting at my computer keyboard with my window open onto green coconut palms in nice balmy weather, I find it difficult to re-imagine my trip to the pioneer town of Astoria on the mighty Col... |
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Expecting the best (12 February 12:00) |
| Having a child is probably one of the most anxious and exciting periods of any couple's life. Time flies rummaging through baby names, scouting for the perfect crib and preparing for the new... |
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Publisher Self (12 February 12:00) |
| The small religious town of Haridwar has proudly lapped up the attention brought in by the literary efforts of its diminutive but spunky resident Mona Verma. As a child she had been left in ... |
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Raising their voice (12 February 12:00) |
| May 2009 marked the end of Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war that had torn the nation apart. But it has been an uneasy truce. “The Sri Lankan government should immediately end its post-electio... |
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Cocooned from climate change (05 February 12:00) |
| Konika Rabha, 35, and her husband, Pankaj, 42, made a decision recently. This couple which grows the traditional ‘Muga' (Antheraea Assama) silk in Batakuchi village — in the Boko Revenue... |
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Double delight (05 February 12:00) |
| They're twins, but not identical ones. Spawned by the mighty Mississippi that runs between them, the twin cities of Minneapolis and St Paul grew and prospered on opposite banks, maintaining ... |
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The 9-to-5 anger trap (05 February 12:00) |
| Anger reigning in you when you are at your office — nine to five — is really bad for you. That anger is both a poison and prison. Many studies confirm this. A 10-year-long Swedish study ... |
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Tiger on our tail! (05 February 12:00) |
| As our open Maruti Gypsy slowly made its way back towards the White Tiger Lodge, some of us had already mentally withdrawn from the safari. Manu, Pravin, Raghav, Namrita and I had spent the ... |
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Be aware! (05 February 12:00) |
| Breast cancer is the single largest cancer among women in Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chandigarh, and the second largest in Breast cancer is the single largest cancer among women ... |
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Eat this oye! (05 February 12:00) |
| If your hobby gives you your livelihood, you are so lucky you never have to work again.' — a phrase Narinder Rajpal read a decade ago proved to be a turning point in his life, the gentle p... |
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Tee time ladies (29 January 12:00) |
| When Nikki Ponappa, 27, a Bangalore-based MBA, decided to give up her career in insurance, and the monthly salary cheque it brought, for golf, many were left speechless. “Is it worth it,... |
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Retreat from city lights (29 January 12:00) |
| If you are a corporate and want to reward your employees with a conference, training or leadership session, or to give your most prized dealers a great time, head for the sylvan surroundings... |
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When the jumbos came one by one (29 January 12:00) |
| The several elephants one managed to sight at the Gorumara National Park, along with quite a few gaur or Indian bisons and peacocks that had turned up at the watering hole close to the watch... |
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