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MEDICAL AND NURSING students hold a rally to raise public awareness about
tuberculosis in Hyderabad. — Mohammed Yousuf
Where are the drugs for tropical diseases?
Find cures for diseases, not ways to fatten the pharma industry »
Hogging the limelight
Four of us have got together to write an article for our college newsletter and I have been enjoying it. However, one boy does hardly anything but gets the attention by sending the ‘right’ emai... »
Bullion beats bangles
Bangalore’s youth have taken a shine to gold coins and bars over traditional gold jewellery when it comes to long-term investments. »
The intangible aspect of branding
Impeccably accurate timepieces are among the essential trademarks of Switzerland. A Swiss-made watch evokes a sense of quality, a reputation that has taken nearly 500 years to build. Not... »
FROM THE EDITOR
While we fret and fume about the Government’s irresponsible attitude to corruption, the debate rages over Delhi University’s decision to switch to a four-year undergraduate programme from July onwa... »
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Don’t kill fishingGood observation (‘A dose of kuppam-nomics’, Cambuzz, May 2, 2013). The author sees hope in the fact that some of them have studied in school and are working... »
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Act like a cool champ and you will be a champ
Help! My brain goes blank at the craziest of times—just before an exam, for example. What should I do? — Despo DivyaThere’s no need to be despo, Divya. Most important: don’... »
Emulation as education
Emulation begins very naturally in infancy when the baby apes the parent in speech and behaviour. To the infant, the adult is the hero and the ultimate, and therefore copying the adult lends convi... »
Say What?
MIND YOUR HEAD... too many people riding too many two-wheelers with not a thought for their safety or for anyone else's, as this picture by S. Subramanium shows. Why would you not want t... »
Better world for visually challenged
The National Association for the Blind (NAB) in Bangalore says that of 100 students enrolled in 2012, they found jobs for 95.Along with providing education, NAB Karnataka also provides e... »
Point of view
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From The Editor
As the days grow hotter and longer, our thoughts go to farmers toiling in fields across the country, anxiously looking up at the sky. It must rain, but not too soon, not too late, not too little,... »
Time to re-imagine the ‘hunger’ question
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Letting the cat out of the bag
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ID proof to travel by train, a big pain
What happened to old-fashioned reading?
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Friendly neighbourhood munching place
SAY WHAT?
SHADES OF STORIES... Does this picture remind you of something you may have seen or read or heard? A film, perhaps? Or a book? Or a story your grandmother might have told you...? The photograph ta... »
So long as my house is clean...
In the nineties, when a fairly large number of people lived in independent houses, I often found my neighbour throwing out vegetable peels from her kitchen window. Maybe it was inertia that pro... »
The food pirates
Food security has become a major ordeal with the rising international food inflation. Industrialised countries are increasingly meeting their food requirements from outside their own geographical... »
Smuggling of sandalwood, ganja flourishing
Illegal smuggling and sale of ganja and sandalwood is flourishing in Attappady (in Palakkad, Kerala) despite the efforts of excise and forest department officials.
Although one resident o... »
Some thoughts on child labour
If the objective of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, is taken as the base to define child labour, then it may be defined thus: the employment of children below the age o... »
A dose of ‘kuppam-nomics’
Pandi’s grandmother cradles him in her lap as he looks up with eyes of innocence. He is oblivious to the fact that he is naked, and will grow up unaware that living in a thatched hut with no ru... »
MBAs, please give theatre a leg up
Indian theatre needs MBA graduates to plan strategies and increase profit margins.
Recently, various theatre groups have come to Bangalore to perform both contemporary and classic... »
You can benefit from a rival’s new product
When a company comes out with a new product, its competitors typically go on the defensive, doing whatever they can to reduce the odds that the offering will eat into their sales. Responses mig... »
Bizwiz
NextGen doesn’t care for farming
Bapu Raoji Gurunule owns a four-acre farm at Sayarberi village in Vidarbha’s Yavatmal district where he grows cotton and soyabean. But he does not want his children to become farmers or take ca... »
