Rise For India

The Change Is Us

Why are any two Indians so different from each other?

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“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”, an irrefutable quote by Stephen Covey which proudly endorses the idea of human diversity and its buoyant effects. It also conveys that how the varied strengths of a bunch of persons can collectively become a source of great unity and puissance. So veracious and utopian, isn’t it? Enough of the boring and pedantic … [Read more...]

Typecasting- The Indian Version of it

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Calling us Indians, Typecast, is wrong, Right?? We are after all the people who fought off the British who used to treat us as second class citizens in our own country. The ‘Goras’ we fought and we defeated when we became one. So we do not judge people based on their race, language or their appearance. Am I right? Wrong. As much as it may hurt us all, but the above words … [Read more...]

If your boy wants to be a Tendulkar, its fine; then why not when he wants to become a Mahesh Bhupati?

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For a long time Cricket has been the only serious sport in India. The only game in which people could think of making a career, and be sure that they would not be laughed at by friends, family or the society-wallahs. Some of us may remember the scene from Chak De India, in which the Vice-captain of Indian Cricket team asks his girlfriend, Preeti, who is also a player of the … [Read more...]

Caste Based Reservation in India – Its hard hitting Facts and Political Failure

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It makes me wonder that despite reaching Mars in its maiden attempt, we still haven't granted the ISRO, the liberty to recruit their scientists on the basis of their talent as even this department of the Indian Government has to recruit the individuals not just on the basis of their talent, but by the virtue of their caste. I, the writer is not against caste but I am against … [Read more...]

The lesser known feminine side of the ‘Mars Misssion’ by India

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So Mars has a new house guest. For an intelligent junk joining other intelligent junk that took less money to get there than did a recent set-in-space Hollywood movie, it sure has settled down comfortably into orbit, why, even already uploading snaps and updating statuses on social networking sites. Do we hope to see little green men playing poker on the red-carpeted new … [Read more...]