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Teaching profession-facts, follies
Manu Khajuria
Picture the thrill and nervous excitement that accompanies a child on his first day of school. Along with the scrubbed, oiled, combed and uniformed student, the trepidation and hope is shared by his or her family. Each one…
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Momentum that must be maintained
Hiranmay Karlekar
There is everything to be said for cordial India-China relations and moves to promote mutual ties. Equally, everything needs to be said for keeping one's powder dry given the experience of 1962 when, thanks to Krishna…
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Proactive action
For once India has made its intentions clear while tackling terror with terror, a doctrine advocated by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar recently. The surgical operations carried out by Indian Army along the Nagaland and Manipur …
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Bihar tie-up
The coming together of Nistish-Lalu combine can be another spoiler for Bharatiya Janata Party after the Delhi debacle when Arvind Kejriwal broke the party's winning spree. BJP is little wary of alliance. NDA had won 31 of Bihar's 40 Lok…
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Ignore political gossip, talk development
Vinayshil Gautam
There is something strange about the public discourse in India, where much time is spent on political discussions and little time given to alternative models of development. When this writer raised this issue with a group…
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Rewarding nation’s defenders
KG Suresh
The nation that forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten", said Calvin Coolidge, Former President of the United States. The issue of one-rank-one-pension scheme for retired Armed Forces personnel has once again hogged the…
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In PM Modi’s first year there’s reason to cheer
Sandhya Jain
From the moment he unveiled an enticing vision of growth before ambitious students at the capital's prestigious Sri Ram College of Commerce in February 2013, effortlessly capturing the imagination of young India (and an…
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Miracles of motivation
Urmil Mehta
Motivation has immense effect on learning. Motivation implies the arousal and maintenance of interest in learning and interest is a basic factor in learning. Real learning can't take place without motivation. Motivation is…
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GST hurdle
Though most of the states have welcomed GST because it is beneficial for both states and Centre, the biggest concern is about the compensation. States are worried about the revenue loss. The Union Govt stand is that compensation will be…
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Mother, dear to dearest creature
Sunaina Malik
It would not be erroneous to label a mother as ozone layer, who inhibits all the ultra violet radiations of peril, dread, sting, distress, disquiet, melancholy and un comfort from reaching to her children. She is a…
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