Messing Up, Alphabetically
November 4: Central Asian countries that proclaimed independence after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) disintegrated …
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Worming into the Olympics
The organisers of the 2000 Sydney Olympics are very serious about projecting the Olympics as an eco-friendly event. So the …
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Duped Again
October 21: There are two Indias – the India of the powerful, privileged classes and the India of the masses. The powerful have …
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Prisoners Ride on Fried Snack Success
September 30: It all began with ‘bhajiya’ (fritters). A few years ago, prisoners of Sabarmati jail in the city of …
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Simputer: The Low-cost Computer
September 23: For all those who thought computers were expensive items and not in the list of “essential buys”, think …
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Dead Poet's society
October 28: Do any of these names make your heart sing a sonnet – Oliver Goldsmith, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Byron? All of them …
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This Park Bench has an Address
November 18: Park Bench, Portland Square, Bristol. No, this is no cute address given by some children to their favourite bench. …
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Roy of Light
November 4: While cities and towns have the privilege of an electricity connection, there are still a number of remote villages in …
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Homing in on Prisons
September 9: Lately, newly-weds in Iran have been facing an unusual problem. They just can’t find homes to live in after …
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Woman who Terrifies Burma's Military
Woman who Terrifies Burma’s Military [] September 23: Two days ago, commuters at the railway station in Myanmar or …
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Underwater Terminator
It is not an animal or disease. It is a collective name given to plants, which live underwater. Algae do not have specialised body …
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The Misfortunes of Kera..la
December 9: What are the images that come to mind when one hears the name – Kerala? Beaches, backwaters and… coconut trees. Rows …
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