Rise For India

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I Didn’t Know That This Is What The World Feels About Us, Until I Moved Out Of India

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Oh! You’re Indian? You must talk funny like Raj Koothrapali. Well, yes I’m Indian. But no, I don’t talk Like Raj Koothrapali. For those who are accustomed to The Big Bang Theory, You know what I am talking about. To those who aren’t, Raj Koothrapali is a character from the famous American show, The Big Bang Theory. We always assume stuff on the least of information but is … [Read more...]

This Father’s Day, Take A Moment, And Think About Our Father Whom We All Have Failed

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“He promised me that everything would be okay. I was a child, but I knew that everything would not be okay. That did not make my father a liar. It made him my father.” -Jonathan Safran Foer Father! A Father is a teacher who doesn’t keep us from making mistakes but lets us find our own way. He builds within us the courage to witness and combat all the atrocities of life … [Read more...]

Hollywood Portrays India Terribly. This Is What They Should Be Doing Instead.

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“Poverty, filth, traffic!”, “Gandhi, poverty, over-populated”, “Poverty, slums, filthy” and repeat… Aforementioned are the responses of different Americans on asking them what are the first 3 things that come to their mind when they think about India (Source: A YouTube video). There was a second question asked to them that why do those 3 things pop up in their mind about … [Read more...]

What Is The Best Way To Preserve A Language In A Country Where They Are Getting Lost So Rapidly?

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Probably, no other country in the world enjoys a language demography more diverse (and intense in many respects) than India. Our country also has a unique record of creating large feuds and social movements on the meagre basis of language. While certain communities have been banished from parts of the country based on their linguistic differences, there are others facing … [Read more...]