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Shaloo is the hired help in my house.
Background: Originally from Bihar¹, she came to Delhi as a little girl after both her parents died within a span of [...]
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“A Forgotten Liberator : The Life and Struggle of Savitribai Phule”, is the first endeavour in English to spotlight upon one of the supreme names who fought against the totalitarianism ... continue
Tamils are one among the most ancient civilizations of the world. In the history of the world, Tamil population are the few among the world communities which named it’s people ... continue
Let’s start with the one of the most used devices in Tamil cinema
– the Flashback. It will help us understand the hero better.
Year 1999.
After the invasion of cable TV in ... continue
I can't call this a short story, as it would not do justice to Lakshmikutty . I first saw Lakshmikutty when I was riding my bike(bicycle) between Division and Chicago ... continue
In a referendum held on 29.11.2009, the citizens of Switzerland have voted in favor of ban of construction of minarets in the places of worship of Muslims. The right wing ... continue
Romas/Gypsies are normally considered to be a “member of nomadic people of Europe with dark skin” with a worldwide population of about 12 millions, originally from south Asia. With their ... continue
Seeman the movie director turned civil activist launched his organization "Naam Tamizhar" (We are Tamils) recently from the ancient city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Several thousand men and women ... continue
The Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on an Official visit to USA on Tuesday held discussions with the US president Barack Obama regarding the remaining formalities towards the implementation ... continue
On Monday the Indian parliament was adjourned by the speaker following the opposition's uproar on the issue of leakage of Liberhan commission report to a Delhi based daily newspaper.
Liberhan Commission ... continue
The victim was 28 years old when she was raped by a Police inspector in 1984. After a period of quarter century the Madras High Court delivered a verdict for compensation ... continue
The Rajya Sabha rocked yesterday about an incident that happened on Apr 24th. Ex-Indian President Abdul Kalam was frisked at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi by US based Continental Airlines. Learning this, Members of the Rajya Sabha cutting across party lines expressed outrage and were controlled from turning violent in the face of this crisis. Civil Aviation Minister ... continue
“A Forgotten Liberator : The Life and Struggle of Savitribai Phule”, is the first endeavour in English to spotlight upon one of the supreme names who fought against the totalitarianism of caste and other social evils in India. The book brought out by “Mountain Peak Publishers” on the life of Savitribai Phule (1831-1897) is a collection of essays written by six authors, those account the life struggle of marginalized and lower class women.
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Historians ought to be free from fear, sincere, open minded, open hearted, truth seekers and must have the courage ... continue
While the liberalised economy of India has been great for investors, large corporations and highly skilled professionals, it has not been so great for the average shop floor worker. Corporations throughout India try to find some way around the labour laws to pay their workers less than they should. It is an open secret that every large corporation in India employs a large number of contract and temporary workers to avoid paying them the benefits that a permanent worker is entitled to. Also, in the last few months, there have been reports of labour strikes in industries across the country.
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