Why Mother's Day?
Why have a particular day to tell your mother that you love her and respect her, some of us might ask. Why indeed? We could do …
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Moushumi Mohanty
All features, stories and articles authored by: Moushumi Mohanty
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No Begging for Merit
May 25: When Nagarathna, a beggar girl from Mysore, was preparing for the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Class X) …
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We Would All Scream Without Ice Cream
Can you imagine a summer without ice creams? It seems the Chinese, too, couldn’t. For it was they who gave the world its …
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Advertisement for Dogs
Advertisement for Dogs [Illustration by Shiju George] If you are selling a dog’s product, who should you ask to buy it – …
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Children e-Lead the Way
Where: San Mateo, USA June 24, 2000: Many adults think that the decision to buy a computer is theirs. The children just smile. …
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The 'English Pinch' in Bangladesh
What would you say if you saw a restaurant billboard saying “You be in our guest and please like any menu from arrangement …
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Eight year old rules the publishing world
Where: San Francisco, USA July 1, 2000: The literary world is in a fix. Poets, scholars and publishers cannot believe their ears. …
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Green Fields in a Concrete Jungle
August 5: Imagine green paddy fields and a calm pond next to it. The breeze that blows over the still waters is cool and …
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He Can't See But He Shows The Way
As a child, he would beat up anyone who dared to call him “andha” or the blind one. Now he does not need to. Last …
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Protest Without Clothes
July 1: See this picture. What do you think the children were doing? No, they were not waiting for a community bath. They were at …
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Operation Clean Up
The bricks came a tumbling. And the concrete made a rumbling. Leaving behind a huge mound of debris. And a huge crowd of human …
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Injured Deer Lands on Dinner Plate
July 8: A deer was in great pain. It had got injured in the forest. It was discovered by some villagers who lived near the forest. …
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