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 20:01 | 8/Sep/2008 |
| WAITING FOR CHANAKYA | |
| It is rare in history that we come across situations when the personal agenda of one individual sets the course of an entire nation. In recorded history the case of Chanakya (Vishnugupta) and Indian nation is one such. It was the single point agenda in his life to overthrow the Nanda kings that eventually led him into the forefront of the fight aga...
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| 19:58 | 8/Sep/2008 |
| American ‘GOOD’s | |
| US-bashing is the favourite pastime of almost half the world population now. Irrespective of their nationality, there are no exceptions among Mullahs and Moulavis as to their opinion about who is responsible for the evils of this world. It is undoubtedly USA and George Bush. Leftists have always insisted on their inherited conviction that USA repre...
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| 19:57 | 8/Sep/2008 |
| ROBOTIC ‘POORAMS’ | |
| Global warming has started taking its toll in the least expected scenarios. The increasing cases of pachyderms going berserk and killing people during temple festivals (poorams) in Kerala is a direct result of increasing heat conditions. Among the most beautiful geographies in the world, Kerala is definitely one that is going to be most affected by...
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| 19:57 | 8/Sep/2008 |
| MYTH OF COMPASSIONATE GOD | |
| Concept of God is the very basis of every religion but it differs vastly between religions. As an integral part of our journey towards salvation, the different religions have defined God to be of different type and kind. There must be a concept of God in every religion and without it, everything about its beliefs and rituals would be meaningless. I...
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| 19:53 | 8/Sep/2008 |
| MAFIA MALAYALAM | |
| Most dictionaries define Mafia as a close-knit or influential group of people who work together and protect one another's interests or the interests of a particular group. Though such a definition gives a less sinister image, the real Mafias are much more complex and dangerous than that. Those who make up a Mafia are generally devoid of any scruple...
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| 19:53 | 8/Sep/2008 |
| SOCIAL SINO-SHOCKS | |
| The recent earthquake in the Sichuan province of China has been very devastating. Thousands of people lost their lives and the terrain has been mauled beyond any recognition. Rivers have changed course and dams have burst. Chinese army is struggling with a war like situation in peaceful times with no conventional enemy in sight. In many places dama...
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| 19:51 | 8/Sep/2008 |
| BRILLIANT BINDRA | |
| So finally it has happened. It took more than a century for one of the oldest civilizations and most populous nations in the world to achieve its first individual gold medal at the Olympic Games. Abhinav Bindra has done India proud like no one else before. And in victory he looked cool, composed and confident, representing more of ancient Bharat th...
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| 18:27 | 21/Mar/2008 |
| DWELL Philosophy | |
| Lack of fully developed ideology for living and livelihood is a major lacuna for all the right wing political parties in our country. I suppose this is true in the case of all democracies in the world. Though unworkable and unrealistic, the theocratic parties have their religious books and leftists have their international standards in the form of ...
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| 11:54 | 25/Dec/2006 |
| WHICH GOD’S OWN COUNTRY? | |
| December 2006 was a special season for everyone in God’s Own Country viz. Kerala. It was Sabarimala, Christmas, Eid and Leftist seasons all rolled into one. Kerala has the unique feature of having an almost equal distribution of people divided on religious or ideological lines. The four isms ruling the hearts and brains of people in God’s Own count...
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| 09:15 | 15/Oct/2006 |
| PRESIDENT MURTHY AND PM SHOURIE | |
| Most men are mere toys in the hands of Time and very often we find unexpected men coming to occupy unexpected positions at unexpected times. But rarely do we find unplanned developments setting good precedents for the society at large. Though we had a couple of earlier Prime Ministers from this category, the assumption of office by Dr. Singh has op...
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