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What Is Life Like For A Dwarf In India?

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Dwarf, midget, little people, whatever names they are called by we all have seen them, in the circus disguised as jokers who entertain us and make us laugh by their rib tickling comic acts. We see them enjoy their performance and forget about it. Only few people know or I should say ever bother to see and realize the dark side of their life. The little guys or the extras, as … [Read more...]

Here’s How A 15 Year Old Girl From Pakistan Is Doing Her Bit To Improve India-Pak Relationship.

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Writing about Khushboo gets really special. So far, my only little friend from Pakistan. The only one among my little adorable sisters who calls me “api” and not “didi”. A growing bud with eyes full of hope and heart full of hope. I met Khushboo on Facebook while trying to know more about Indo-Pak Peace Project, an initiative by two school-students; respectively from India … [Read more...]

10 Things That Foreign Travelers Don’t Like About Mumbai

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Mumbai, better known as its earlier avatar Bombay, is India’s financial capital. What this means is that most financing – lending and borrowing – of big companies is done there. Most of the banks are located there. As well as other companies in the financial services sector, such as insurance companies, mutual funds and pension and provident funds. Most of the big companies in … [Read more...]

Do We Really Have A Strong Cricket Team Or Just A Powerful Cricket Board?

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India is a cricket crazy nation. We are all so much in love with the sport that the wife, the kids, the freaking office, almost everything takes a back seat while a cricket match is on. Earlier we used to be glued to radios, then TV’s and nowadays smart phones. The technology has changed drastically, but not the craze. And I don’t see it dying anytime soon either. From … [Read more...]

Depression in the Indian Society: Lets talk about the untalkable!

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Gossips, agony aunty issues, missing maid crisis, handling the significant other, predicting what’s happening next in the daily soap are some of the most favorite and widely discussed topics over coffee, tea and dinner. But we live in a nation, where discussing mental ailments on a coffee or dinner table is still a taboo. When the Bollywood Diva, Deepika Padukone came out in … [Read more...]