Q is for Queue and not Queen any more
July 22: Ever found your school uniform displayed on the pages of your textbook? Well, students of schools run by the Municipal …
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The Girl who Failed the Citizenship Test
July 22: Twentyfour-year-old Vijai Shree has lived in the US since she was four months old. She holds a “green card” …
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The Colour of China is Red — Henna Red
July 31: Madonna, the international pop star, was among the first to use henna as an international fashion. But young people …
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Man Who Could Make The Taj Disappear
August 12: Franz Harary is the magician. He has a simple wish: he wants to make the Taj Mahal disappear. Nothing doing, says the …
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Where is Sirisha?
July 22: Two-year-old Sirisha has been missing since March. Missing along with her are eight siblings. Sirisha’s father P.L …
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Mending Fences
August 19: South Africa is all set to sign an important agreement with its two neighbours – Zimbabwe and Mozambique. If all goes …
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Children's Theatre of the World
August 5: At this very moment in Japan, a city called Toyama is hosting a very interesting event — the 6th World Festival of …
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A Memorial to Children
July 31: In a wintry morning in Delhi three years ago, a school bus packed with children going to school, skidded off a bridge. It …
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Shopping for Buyers
August 5: In June, German carmaker Volkswagen opened Autostadt, Europe’s first automotive theme park on cars. The company …
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Where Guns rule
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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This Time Teachers are the Students
August 12: About 55,000 teachers in West Bengal are going back to school. They are going to be taught English so that they can …
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Teachers who Ticked Correct Answers Wrong
August 19: Do you know what a universal truth is? It is a truth that never changes, wherever in the world you might wish to test …
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