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In a recent survey released today, scientists from Indian Institute of Social Study announced that they found strong link between marriage and patriotism among Indian men. Dr. Ramesh Bhatia, the principal scientist who led the study, said, “We found that marriage not only makes men live longer but it makes them more patriotic.” When asked [...]

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Rajdhani express had picked up speed as it left Dhanbad. In this particular winter night the train was mostly empty. A thirty something lady on the upper berth was too cold to fall asleep. She looked around and located the pile of blanket across the compartment. She was too lazy to get down and fetch [...]

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If Emperor Akbar were to watch Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar, he would have said, “Wow man! What opulence, very impressive indeed.” And if Jodhaa and Akbar were to watch Jodhaa Akbar together, they would have definitely fallen in love with each other even if they did not back then. Jodhaa Bai would have told Jodhaa [...]

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Aging Cell Phones

Pinku, though an expert in SMS and smileys, had never seen a landline phone in her five long years of existence. On a rare visit to her grandfather’s house in a small Indian town, she was surprised when the old rotary phone rang.
“Mommy, mommy, what’s that big black thing?” She pointed to the phone.
“Oh, that [...]

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Indian science of eclipses is different that rest of the world. We believe that an eclipse is caused when Rahu and Ketu, the two invisible planets, swallow either the sun or the moon depending upon the time of the year. An eclipse in Sanskrit is called grahanam.
Life on the day of the eclipse is very [...]

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For a while I have noticed that Devraj, my colleague at work, has a strange habit. He never picks up his cell at the first ring. He always waits until at least the third ring to pick it up. One day I could not help but ask him.”I know it is none of my business, [...]

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Wrong Choice

Rajani could not take it any longer. It did not escape her that Madhav has been quiet and sad all day long. They are married for 30 years; she can tell even a slight change in his mood. They have gone though so much together. Now there is no one left. Their parents grew old [...]

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Deep and Niraj are friends since kindergarten, and always did things together. They even came to Cambridge together. However, during their graduate study Niraj became more adventurous. Finally, when the time came Deep went to India and married Manju, a girl his mother had hand picked since his teenage years. Niraj on the other hand [...]

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Ajay and Bill were best friends; they were next door neighbors. They met at work few years ago, and Bill was the one who helped Ajay get the house. One weekend during their regular lunch, while the kids and the wives were inside busy preparing the lunch, Bill turned to Ajay.”You know what Ajay; it [...]

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