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Bangladesh’s Shahbag movement still on, claim leaders, activists
Dhaka, May 22 (IANS) Directed at channeling the “patriotic spirit” of youngsters in Bangladesh to create a “secular youth force”, the Shahbag movement, that peaked in February and March with…
Dhaka’s rickshaw army – commuters’ ‘best option’
Dhaka, May 21 (IANS) With a hoot and a honk, meandering through Dhaka’s famed traffic snarls, the legion of psychedelic rickshaws that are an essential part of Bangladesh’s capital have…
Prayer, spirituality gets the doctors’ nod
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Hardly anyone doubts the power of prayer and almost everyone has a turnaround tale – maybe personal, or of someone else’s – that credits the…
Unravelling the Indian curry (Food Feature)
Since childhood, being born in a North Indian Punjabi family, I have been fond of curries – spicy chicken curry or tangy vegetable tangy curry accompanied with rice or a…
Robotics, kick-boxing, horse-riding camps for children this summer (Trend Feature)
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Thirteen-year-old Amandeep Singh learnt to paint during the last summer vacation. This year, he has set his mind on kick-boxing, for which he is actively…
Crying need for judicial reform, more judges and better infrastructure
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Justice delayed is justice denied. Nowhere this rings truer than in India where a staggering 30 million cases are said to be pending in the…
Asia’s sex imbalance is going to have huge consequences (The Funny Side)
Asia will one day be filled with ‘millions of men desperate for women’, researchers warned last week. You mean it isn’t now? These guys should look out the windows a…
Lunch-hour love shacks a rage in Vietnam (Feature)
Hanoi, May 16 (IANS) On a cloudy noon, a man in office outfit with dark glasses and a woman in a sun-resistant cloak with a mask muffling her head entered…
Educating the Muslim girl child – in a Mughal-era structure
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Functioning in a Mughal-era structure near Jama Masjid in the capital’s old quarters is the Balak Mata Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia, one of India’s…
Indian cinema big on high-end fashion: Falguni and Shane Peacock (Interview)
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Big-budget Indian movies are setting trends in high-end fashion and costume designing, say Falguni and Shane Peacock, who have designed for the likes of Britney…
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