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WHY WOMEN ARE BETTER DATA COLLECTORS?

The topic might make the author, i.e. me, seem feminist, rather old school feminist. There are many jobs that people think women seem to be

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THE COOL CLAY POT

It was one of my first experiences of a door-to-door survey in the scorching Indian May rural summer. I remember knocking at the door and

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PIZHICHIL – beyond the mind experience

Pizhichil is an ancient ayurvedic therapy which has all round benefits to the mind and body. The procedure involves pouring of warm herbal oils that

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HIS MAJESTY – THE SULTAN

We all have heard of the titles such as King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Sultan etc. If not in real life, at least in fairy tales.

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BLANKETS: a graphic soulful novel

A few years ago, I read a book called ‘Blankets’. As soon as I completed reading it, I knew I could never muster up courage

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ANGEL MICHAEL UNCLE

The angle called Michael Uncle entered my life on my first day in Class 11 in Al Ghubra, Sultanate of Oman. I had shifted schools

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STARE AT IT FOR SOME TIME

I was recently on a cleaning spree and came across one of my textbooks on the subject, ‘Real Analysis’. For those of the readers who

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THANK YOU, TEACHER VINITA!

I was first introduced to Vinita in the year 2012. She entered with her trunk and occupied the room opposite to my room in the

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HESSE’S SINCLAIR, DEMIAN : a two-way route

During one solitary vacation, I happened to complete Hermann Hesse’s novel Demian. It is a short read of around 150 pages; it is not the

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The book of Thought For The Day (TFTD)

“Appreciation is a good thing, it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well” (Voltaire)   These were the words I said

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