Chitra Padmanabhan

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Where: USA and India June 24, 2000: In the first week of June, Indian newspapers wrote about two very different kinds of success …

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Where: The state of Texas, USA May 19, 2001: In yet another shocking incident of firearms violence in US schools, 16-year-old …

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May 11: Till five years ago, the Male Kudi tribals of Kodyadi, in the Western Ghats in Mangalore, lived in darkness. The …

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July 1: The news is that a mysterious disease has killed 35 valuable members of the Orissa’s police service. They are all …

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As the northwest monsoon strikes India in the first week of June, people from all parts of India, and abroad, make a beeline for …

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A Show of Endurance [Illustration by Shiju George] October 22: The newspaper photograph showed Japanese swimmer Kei …

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As a young emperor, Akbar seems to have had a whacky sense of fun. Since he was very fond of cock fights, he once announced that …

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May 11: From the kitchen floor of the house to the Floor of the House or State Legislative Assembly – that is the distance Lakshmi …

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