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Parents at Work (11 May 01:23) |
| There's no such thing as model parenting, just a whole lot of parenting models. |
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Divorce? Some kids want it too (11 May 01:23) |
| What happens if a child doesn't want to live with his uncaring, unloving parents? If it's the US, the child can simply seek a ‘divorce'.
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Parents should be licensed like other professionals (11 May 01:23) |
| Parenting is arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the world, calling for a high degree of professionalism in many diverse disciplines.
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Papa don't preach, get some coaching (11 May 01:23) |
| While parents may have gotten net-savvy, they haven't stopped stocking up on parenting bestsellers. |
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Cong trips on price line (04 May 01:42) |
| The Manmohan Singh government has a jumbo-sized problem on its hands. For, the political cost of galloping inflation may be too high for UPA as polls loom. |
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Bihar, MP can be India's new granaries (04 May 01:42) |
| A sudden inversion from the complacence of being a food "surplus" nation, has brought home some hard truths to India's political leadership.
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The best things in life are free (04 May 01:42) |
| Imagine, there's no money. That's what the Freeconomy movement is about: the joy of being a cashless community.
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US bereft as S America turns Left (27 April 01:59) |
| Last week, a few days after Maoists swept to power in India's Himalayan neighbour, Paraguay joined the Leftist march, ending what was arguably the oldest one-party rule in the world. |
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IIT versus IITs (27 April 01:59) |
| Seven going on 16. As the govt ups the count, the big question is whether the severe faculty shortage will take the sheen off Brand IIT.
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Message from the Maoists (27 April 01:59) |
| Nepal voted for change. And India should learn to live with it with grace and ample doses of political acumen that it has failed to demonstrate thus far.
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Delightful times (20 April 02:04) |
| Best-selling author, style diva, honest critic, full-time mother and STOI columnist, Shobhaa De is the original woman of substance. |
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Mayday! ATC shortage spells turbulence (20 April 02:04) |
| ATCs are the backbone of the aviation sector, but there are few takers for the job. Here's why the view from the control tower looks bleak... |
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'India is like a cerebral courtesan' (20 April 02:04) |
| Free India is 60. So is Shobhaa De. Ergo her upcoming book - a bindaas take on the moods and mores of a rapidly changing nation headed for stardom. |
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Shortage of specialists puts healthcare on life support (13 April 07:18) |
| Every public hospital in any big city has serpentine queues, and overburdened doctors. |
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A pitcherful of poison: India's water woes set to get worse (13 April 07:18) |
| Caution! That drop could be toxic. In a list of 122 nations rated on quality of potable water, India ranks a lowly 120. |
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Sick of the system, but no cure in sight (13 April 07:18) |
| Noble profession? I wonder. After a nerve-racking 130-hour week, I don't feel noble - only extremely fatigued. |
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Doctor? No! (13 April 07:18) |
| Long years of swotting, measly stipends, endless workdays. No wonder Gen Next is choosing pinstripes over the white coat. |
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IIMs talk BUSINESS (06 April 03:17) |
| Brand IIM will now come with a higher price tag. But that's unlikely to stem the rush for India's premier B-schools. The takeout? It's take-home that matters.
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MBA: Most Bankable Asset (06 April 03:17) |
| The rising costs of education may look worrying. But financing it through loans is also becoming easier, especially for a professional course.
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US B-schools buck recession (06 April 03:17) |
| The Great Indian Rush for Made-in-US MBAs has now become more of a stampede. Students from India constitute the largest segment of foreign B-school graduates -around 10-15% -in the US.
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Guru gripe: Few rewards for teaching (06 April 03:17) |
| With the starting salaries of B-school grads going through the roof, the teacher is - more often than not - making just about half the money his student is.
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Does it pay to be a babu? (30 March 03:56) |
| A clear majority of the youth in some of India's biggest cities believes there's nothing wrong with the goodies they have got from the Sixth Pay Commission.
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No regrets, say 'crossover' bureaucrats (30 March 03:56) |
| For babus who have switched to the private sector, the grass is greener on the other side - despite the pay panel's bag of goodies.
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Cost to govt: 4 times the salary on paper (30 March 03:56) |
| The Sixth Central Pay Commission asked XLRI Jamshedpur to do a comprehensive study of 'Cost to Government', a near-equivalent of 'Cost to Company'.
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Raj and rants abroad too (30 March 03:56) |
| Comparisons are odious, but here's some food for thought for public servants who feel done in by the mismatch between sarkari salaries and sky-rocketing corporate pay cheques.
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Brands get lead roles in Bollywood (16 March 01:18) |
| As more and more Hindi movies become brand-building vehicles, companies discover a lucrative way to promote their products. |
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Look who wants to read your emails (16 March 01:18) |
| Ban or no ban, the govt is still seeking the right to snoop on Blackberry users. Is it a breach of personal liberty or a necessary security step? |
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Mars & Venus in the classroom (16 March 01:18) |
| Co-ed schools or single sex? The debate is reopened as research shows that the brains of girls and boys are wired differently. |
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Special children but a not-so special approach (16 March 01:18) |
| Schools adopt inclusive policies but most do not have the infrastructure, the resources and, more importantly, the sensitivity to handle special children. |
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The discovery of other India (09 March 01:17) |
| Their address is obscure but their calling card is Talent. Meet the rising stars of New India: Small-towners who are taking centrestage, not just in cricket but also in IITs and IIMs. |
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Friend to foe: Pak forces falter under jihadi fire (09 March 01:17) |
| Trained in conventional warfare, the Pakistani army is finding it hard to defeat the homegrown militants it once patronised. |
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Streetsmart bankers (02 March 01:38) |
| Earn and save: That's the new mantra for hundreds of street children across the country. All thanks to a bank where they get to do their own accounts.
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Geeks go to the grassroots (02 March 01:38) |
| They are faces in the crowd but have made life simpler for a lot of people around them. Sunday Times profiles a brave new band of boys.
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The difference is democracy (24 February 03:35) |
| For the two real-life twins are, of course, India and Pakistan. Siamese twins sundered at birth by the savage surgery of partition.
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Murder outsourced (24 February 03:35) |
| They plot abroad but execute on home turf. Contract killings are on the rise in Punjab as some NRIs settle scores with the help of hired guns. |
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Punjab's killing fields (24 February 03:35) |
| Mohan Singh, a Leicester-based textile factory owner, was shot dead at a dhaba near Phillaur in August 2006, allegedly at the behest of his brother Sukhjivan Singh and daughter-in-law Inderj... |
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In Pak, jaws drop over EVMs (24 February 03:35) |
| No two countries in the world are more similar to each other than India and Pakistan.
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Where peacocks enjoy pride of perch (17 February 03:50) |
| In the village of Chincholi Morachi, the national bird is not just protected, it is revered. |
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To Sir Ji, with love (17 February 03:50) |
| The legacy of Fa Hien and Hiuen Tsang lives on - thanks to Ji Xianlin, the first Chinese to get the Padma Bhushan. |
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I'm a migrant, this is my city (17 February 03:50) |
| A city is made by its people. A great city is made by its migrants. Here are four first-gen city-zens who came to a metro and made it their home. |
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C for crisis: Seedy cinema runs out of steam (10 February 05:14) |
| Kidney kingpin Amit Kumar was once a bit player in C-grade films. Today he is behind bars and the genre is battling for sheer survival. |
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Banished within & without (10 February 05:14) |
| Her visa will expire on February 17, but Taslima Nasreen is reluctant to leave the country she calls home. Writing exclusively for Sunday Times, the writer argues that her struggle is also a... |
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Made in India (03 February 01:25) |
| Indians always had the ideas. Now, they are capitalising on them as well. Design and innovation are the new buzzwords as Indian engineering makes waves globally. |
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India unbound: NRIs do their bit (03 February 01:25) |
| Long before Indians got into nuts and bolts, their contributions to the world of pure science was the stuff of legends.
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Got a good idea? Now let's get innovative about selling it (03 February 01:25) |
| If necessity is the mother of invention, a poor country like India should have produced many more innovations.
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For the sound of silence (27 January 05:12) |
| Once, on the eve of Ganesh Visarjan, a retired scientist put up a banner asking, "Is god deaf?" |
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Does the IPL model make sense? (27 January 01:10) |
| Corporate honchos and Bollywood stars have shelled out big bucks to own city teams. But can they recover their investments? |
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Greener pastures lie ahead for Gilly (27 January 01:10) |
| If reports in the Australian media are to believed, some prominent members of Ricky Ponting's team are keen to participate in the lucrative Twenty20 competition. |
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Maybe it's time we scrapped state awards (20 January 07:33) |
| Caught in the political cross-currents the various nominations represent, the Congress-led government might well decide to play it safe and hold over the Bharat Ratna.
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Bharat Ratna Awardees List (20 January 05:19) |
| The provision of Bharat Ratna was introduced in 1954. The last time this award was given was in 2001, to Lata Mangeshkar and Ustad Bismillah Khan.
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