Behold the Bystander
Authored By Arnab Sinha:
One of the several disturbing trends in street accidents and homicides on Indian roads is the apparent lack of empathy from fellow onlookers. And more often than not, a steady stream of curious spectators, all turning a blind eye to the victims. This has become so much of a commonplace, that it did not surprise me when a fortnight back, two young men where killed on a busy Mumbai suburb, with no one stepping forward to help.
To put things into perspective, on the night of October 20, 2011, Keenan and Reuben two brav...
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Neelesh Misra: An Interview
Interviewed By Mihir Jha
“I believe that people who are opinion leaders in some way or the other like Film Actors or Religious Gurus have this responsibility to send some messages and I don’t find them doing that a lot. For example, if a religio...
My Country, My People…
Authored By Krithika Venugopalan :
We all have read about the history of our Nation and its rich and varied heritage! At school, we have sung the National Anthem every day. We have pledged - ‘To my country, and my people I pledge my devotion. In their...
ADHD : A Brain Disorder
Authored By Sangeeta Goswami:
“People treat my son like a moron. He just can’t stop fidgeting. Teachers in his school always get on to him because he is over-energetic and restless by nature. He shall often jump on the bench and create a nuisance even...
Let's Transform the DNA of Society
Authored By MIhir Jha:
“Our Prime Minister is merely a puppet in the hands of Sonia. He has no understanding of what he is doing. Adarsh Society Scam, 2-G Scam, ISRO Spectrum, Swiss bank mystery, Suicides, Rapes, Murders, Robbery, Forgery, Honor Killi...
The Economics of Housewives
Authored By: Arnab Sinha:
Blessed by a sudden off day at work, yesterday, I called up my old time friend Richa. She is an HR pro who till last November was working with an FMCG major. She got married in December and eventually quit her job to move in ...
All about Tunisia, Egypt and the Hyped Change-I
Authored by Restless:
Mohammad Bouazizi who set himself ablaze on 17 th Dec 2010 wasn’t born with a silver spoon. His father passed away in 1987 when he was 3. At 10,he was left with no option but to start earning as street vendor to get his two-time mo...
Missiles:Inside Out
Authored by Harish R
With the tension building up in several parts of the world and talks about nuclear warfare often coming up, the term missiles are often discussed. This post aims to throw some light on these missiles.
A missile can be define...
Urban-Space: Battleground for Street Vendors and Municipalities
Authored By Pranav Patel:
The urban rich and middle class wish to see their cities grow into world-class cities with the best possible infrastructure and services. The notion of ‘world-class’ however is fuzzy and unclear. The urban middle class and up...
A Constant Situation
Mankind has not changed over thousands of years of its existence. However, the basic human instincts remain the same. How an individual behaves in society today can be related in many ways by how man behaved in the past. There are inherent qualities...
Google TV – Demystified
Authored By: Harish R:
Every firm is started with a specific target market and it caters to the needs of that segment. Once that is satisfied and the firm is established as a market leader or a monopoly, they move on to cover other market segements or entirely different markets even. One such example is Google TV. Read on to find out more. Google a...
The Speculator and Stock Market
After reaching a Bear market low in March 2009, Bombay Stock Exchange's SENSEX Index has now risen over 110% in about a year. New money that had been on the sidelines for too long is rapidly flowing into the market to get some of the action. As more and more speculators enter the market to make a quick buck, the markets will start to hi...
Cheers or No Cheers to Women Drinking
Authored By Shail Raghuvanshi:
It is easy to cry ‘Wolf’ when a woman’s modesty is outraged. But how many of these women have not actually provoked such incidents is not very hard to tell now-a-days. Mind you, I am not anti feminist nor do I live in self denial. I realize that social drinking is an accepted practice. In India especially, men seem to ...
How can I help you?
Authored By:Sai Balaji:How can I help you?
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“A cloudless day, dusty metro, dilapidated bus-stand roof and an old lady, waiting with her wayward grandson, for their bus”. This could possibly be related to any common scene that happens in everyone's life. Incidentally, I became a part of those hum-drum elements at that bus terminus. The old lad...
ADHD : A Brain Disorder
Authored By Sangeeta Goswami:
“People treat my son like a moron. He just can’t stop fidgeting. Teachers in his school always get on to him because he is over-energetic and restless by nature. He shall often jump on the bench and create a nuisance even though he can absorb things much better than anyone else in the class. My neighbors would call him ...
Water Therapy : Panacea of many ills
Authored By Akhila Sachidanandam:
Water covers almost 70% of the entire earth and 60% of the human body which lucidly implies its significance in our daily life. How can we possibly think of a life without water even for a day! It is thus more than just an essentiality – Its life in itself. Many of us think water is for thirst, water is to prevent d...
The Child Labour
Authored By:Vinayak Nagri
“Hey you twerp, get up” says Eric Smith
“S-sorry sir” stammers Greg Bisshoff
Greg is Eric’s servant. Greg is a 12 year old boy who is slim, has long hair and is a poor child who is picked up from the street by Eric. Eric is a 25 year old man; medium sized and is an upper class man. He picked Greg from the street where he us...
Shallowness of Modern Souls
Authored By: Shail Raghuvanshi
A drought here, a cyclone there,
earthquakes scattered elsewhere -
all Mother Nature’s indignation in action,
the ozone hole a danger signal for us hapless souls
yet, we live our lives unaffected
stretching our mounds of habitation
till they burst at the seams.
The West turns towards the East
(it’s fashionable you know for fo...
Encouraging Readership
Authored By:Gopinath Mavinkurve
Readers? …..Where?
In these days of dazzling electronic media dominance, it is indeed a task to get young children off the idiot box every evening and get them to engage in some physical activity. We find school-going kids watch their favorite cartoon shows or even spend time on social networkin...
Let's Transform the DNA of Society
Authored By MIhir Jha:
“Our Prime Minister is merely a puppet in the hands of Sonia. He has no understanding of what he is doing. Adarsh Society Scam, 2-G Scam, ISRO Spectrum, Swiss bank mystery, Suicides, Rapes, Murders, Robbery, Forgery, Honor Killing have become the trademark of this govt. People should throw this govt. out. Judiciary should do s...
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