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Slumdog Millionaire ... what should movies be like

Should cinema expose harsh truth or should it portray a carefully sanitized picture of society? This question has again come to the fore front with release of Slumdog Millionaire

How Sacred is Life ?

If the government accepts the recommendation of legal reform submitted by Kerala Law Reforms Commission, Kerala will become India's first state to legalize euthanasia.

Human Trafficking: The Great Commodity Exchange

While no comprehensive study of forced and bonded labour can ever be completed, there are estimates that the trafficking “industry� touches 20 to 65 million Indians.

Ayodha , Dec 06

December the 6th is a day to weep as the day when some of our own people decided that the unpalatable parts of our history eserve to be physically annihilated.

Proud to be an Indian

Like the memorial to the Unknown Soldier; we need a way to honor the unknown citizens of all hues – the ones who really make us proud to be Indian

Leprosy : The Shadow Lingers

Medically, leprosy is detected early and thanks to a multi drug regime, cured early too. And yet piles of archaic legislation keep those infected on the margins of society.

Wake up to a cup of tea

By establishing and building on the link between waking up to one’s social responsibilities and waking up in the morning to a cup of Tea – (Tata Tea of course !)

Miley Sur Mera Tumhara

These days it is not enough any more to be a Hindu alone. No – indeed you have to be a particular kind of Hindu.

Leaders, Heroes and Mountains

He (Sir Admund Hillary) was not a sahib who came, conquered and left having had his adventure in the hills. He established and sustained a lasting bond with the Sherpa people of the Himalayas.

The Arrest of Nuon Chea- Terror is an Old Hat

The arrest of Nuon Chea, a now obscure but once powerful symbol of terror re-minds us that the war against terror is not a new one.

Periyar An Iconoclast and a Reformer

Dr. Ambedkar found his answers (to caste problem) in Buddhism, Periyar felt the answer lay in humanism and he became progressively an atheist and a rationalist.

Dev Anand - Romancing Life at 83

The launch of Dev Anand's autobiography Romancing with Life is being done by no less than PM Manmohan Singh.

Pataudi’s Plight : The game of religious stereo typing

If Pataudi were to grow a beard and appear for photographs wearing a skull cap at the doorstep of a mosque, would he have become a better Muslim?

Dismantling India’s Colonial Past

In matters of foreign policy, India is beginning to abandon the Raj approach to our neighbors

Untouchability and Sex

No one practices untouchability when it comes to sex.

Tough to be Disabled in India

In a country like India the numbers of the disabled are so large, their problems so complex, available resources so scarce and social attitudes so damaging, it is only legislation which can eventually bring about a substantial change in a uniform manner.

The Export of Disease

India is among the countries with the highest number of polio cases and it is suspected that Indians travelling abroad are spreading the disease.

Whose Life is it Anyway?

The killing of another human being on the grounds that there is no quality of life is not accepted by the legal system and is repugnant to morality. But things are beginning to get complicated.

Bihar : Where Kangaroo Courts Rule

Caste panchayats in the heartland of our country often display a lack of consciousness and humaneness which belies the 21st century we live in.

Vignettes from the Cellular Jail

The cellular jail is a hugely understated monument to the sacrifices in fighting British imperialism for what is now India , Pakistan and Bangladesh

My Ride to Work

How and IT man spends his day

The Power Celebrities Wield

An interview given by Aamir Khan in Tehelka magazine changed my newspaper reading habits

Shantanu Dutta

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