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State of Crime

Here are the top-ranking states on a not-so-enviable parameter, according to the crime statistics for 2007 recently released by National Crime Records Bureau.

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6 Mar 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Stone Pelting: Become a Fan

A growing band of young stone-pelters in Kashmir is mobilising support on social networking sites.

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6 Mar 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Twenty Years of Photoshop

The image manipulator that launched a thousand beauty magazines turned 20 last week. The art of visual trickery found its software master in Thomas Knoll.

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27 Feb 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
First World Suffering

Kerala’s women conquered primary healthcare problems before much of India even saw a problem. So, why aren’t they celebrating?

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20 Feb 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
DA for the Maid

The prospect of a minimum wage for Tamil Nadu’s 1.8 million domestic workers has inched closer to reality.

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13 Feb 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
When 30 is the New 40

How to get divorced by 30. Now, is that a tempting scenario? It is the title of a memoir, by an American television and film writer, that arrived on bookshelves in the US this month.

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6 Feb 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
The Hunted

Even today, women are brutally assaulted and paraded naked for being ‘witches’. These victims from Deoghar and Ranchi districts bear telling witness.

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6 Feb 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Serial Agitators

Each time Yasin Malik makes a public appearance in Delhi, he finds himself shouted down by a group of angry protestors. Here’s who they are.

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30 Jan 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
Ripples of a Death Wish

Ever since news of Jyoti Basu having pledged his body hit headlines, a Kolkata-based voluntary organisation has been inundated with calls.

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30 Jan 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
South Korea Junks Junk Food Ads

Alarmed at rising obesity levels among children, the South Korean government has prohibited junk food advertisements between 5 pm and 7 pm on TV.

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30 Jan 2010 | BY Pallavi Polanki
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