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Do Religious Rituals Boost Economic Globalization?
Religion and its old age rituals have always been a source of fascination for people, if not a source of devout enlightenment. However in the 21st century religious events, pilgrimages, in particular, have surfaced as an inexhaustible treasure for the new age economic globalization. From the glimmering streets of the Vatican […]
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Delhi’s homeless women: the street, my shelter, my home
The past couple of years women have been raising their voices in cities all across the world. And it all began in the Canadian city of Ontario, sparked by a Toronto police officer’s contemptuous comment that “women should avoid dressing like sluts” if they wanted to avoid harassment on the […]
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My Father’s Unspoken Story–Slavery in India
When I was growing up in Los Angeles, California, my sister and I often wondered why our father would not speak his native language to us, or tell us about his past. Our childish questions were met with a wall of silence like a current of cool air on a […]
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Is the Fabled Indian Growth Story Falling Apart?
A conundrum of modern times, the debate on growth versus sustainability is like the age-old question of the chicken and the egg — which came first? Or in this case it is a question of priorities. Should we prioritise growth over sustainability or vice versa? Or why can’t be […]
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Living in India with the European Crisis!
Whenever I switch on my television or flip through a current affairs magazine, news of the devaluation of the rupee is the inevitable main topic, alongside news of the euro crisis. The euro crisis has shaken us and has made us wonder that if a powerful and unified economy […]