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“The arm that rocks the cradle writes the world's destiny” She gets up in the morning, puts on her glasses, has a glance on the daily, searches her wardrobe and dashes through the street in the most modern car. This is not an ad of a car..but the routine of a women entrepreneur. Since time immemorial, business and tech sector were considered as men's monopoly. But today, the world has accepted the

Over the past few months, we have seen the media do its business, while we, the American public, have obliged in letting them tell us what to think and what not to think. For once, let’s set the record straight. Thanks to the media, the Ground Zero mosque has become the object of xenophobia against Muslims. In fact, the term “Ground Zero mosque” is in itself artificial; the project’s real name is

'Treat to the eye' - What a wonderful phrase of visual delight that the old yellow pages of language vocabulary have given to the masses… But the blind are one chunk of the populace who have got nothing to do with this expression. In their dictionary, there's only one word – darkness.If not for the Braille system, the blind had absolutely no hope of reading and writing. Gradually came the Braille

Right from the time Olympics began, hosting one was a matter of great prestige and honor for the nation. It not just measures the progress of the nation but is also a platform where the world at large will look up to them.India is the largest democracy in the world with the second largest population. It has a booming economy with its GDP growth rate standing at 8.8%. By 2020 India and China are

One of the accusations against former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi leveled by her detractors in the early 80s was that she had institutionalized corruption. Today we have a chief minister, who has gone a step further and managed to legitimize both corruption and nepotism. The breather the scam-stung BS Yeddyurappa has got from the BJP high command to continue in the office has exposed the double

“I come, I go, I am never consistent, would never want to be...” – This is the policy of the MESCOM which supplies electricity to Mangalore city. It is a city where real estate and educational hubs are booming, but the guys who work towards supplying power to this city will never improve. The Yeddy government has promised to heal the wounds of this nightmarish power problem. But when will that

There’s an old saying that “Time waits for no man”, but if you want timepieces to be giving you company then there’s no better way than to start collecting them. That’s exactly what one practicing Ophthalmologist’s hobby has been for the past 10 years. Be it old or new, if it is a clock that needs care then Dr Norman is there to give it. It all started 10 years back when he spotted a banner which

“What is your name?!!” was the question, four kids of an orphanage asked in chorus, holding out their hands to me. I was flabbergasted and “stammered” my “name” for the first time in life. The glitter in their eyes and the fervor they had shown was by all means bedazzling. I had barely recovered from this amazement when a whole swarm of little kids rushed towards the teenagers, volunteers of MAD

Dogs and humans have been best friends for long. While dogs give unconditional love, loyalty and friendship to their owners, the owners are, in turn, responsible for proper and regular veterinary care, food water, shelter, safety, and exercise. If proper care is not taken it is likely to suffer from physical and behavioural problems. In this context there are few Dog care basics for the pet lovers

There’s this news about Sakineh Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who has reportedly been ordered by the Iranian government to be stoned to death for adultery and murder, resurfacing in the media these days. Media reports say that she, along with her son Sajjad Ghaderzah, her attorney Houtan Kian, and two German journalists who traveled to Iran to bring Ashtiani's story to light have been jailed and