Is Facebook Using Us As Guinea Pigs?

Friday, July 4, 2014

Well, it’s happened. Those tiny words jumbled together in the terms of service section of a web-site that nobody reads has given none other than the largest internet…

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Japan Flexes Muscles as World Watches

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to modify Japan’s self-defense laws, which are almost certain to become law this year, has provoked a new round of concerns that Japanese…

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What ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Says About You

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

by S.B. Veda If you are a woman, and an avid fan of the EL James novel turned literary phenomenon, Fifty Shades of Grey, you are 25 percent…

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Cancer: Have we got it all wrong?

Friday, June 13, 2014

Worldwide, it is estimated that there were around 170 million years of healthy life lost globally because of cancer. – Cancer Research UK (www.cancerresserchuk.org) By S.B. Veda All…

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Pakisitan: Haven’t We Seen This Before?

Thursday, June 12, 2014

‘It looks like the Taliban have taken over the entire country.’ – Mohammad Gulfam, Karachi business owner OH WHERE, OH WHERE HAVE THE TERRORISTS GONE? After years of…

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NDA Triumph – A Look Back

Friday, May 30, 2014

2014 – MY BIG FAT INDIAN ELECTION: A RETROSPECIVE Biryani Served at the Jami Majid, Delhi Stomachs full of fermenting slogans and cheap booze, pockets somewhat sparse with…

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INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF NEWS

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

A sit down between Canadian comedian and Daily Show Correspondent Jason Jones with popular CNN IBN Editor-In-Chief and Senior Anchor Rajdeep Serdesai reveals the state of Indian news….

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Who will Diffuse Ticking Economic Time Bomb?

Friday, May 16, 2014

• Top News »\ (Reuters) – When Narendra Modi talks about creating jobs in labour-intensive manufacturing, textile entrepreneur Sudhir Dhingra hopes the Indian opposition leader means business. Dhingra,…

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WE WERE RIGHT: NDA Wins in Massive Victory

Friday, May 16, 2014

SAFRON WAVE ENVELOPES INDIA CONGRESS TO CONCEDE DEFEAT AT 11 AM RAHUL GANDHI POISED TO LOSE OWN SEAT AS ANTI-INCUMBENCY FEELING REACHES PEAK Former INC spokesman and Rajasthan…

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CALCUTTA VOTES BUT BENGALIS DON’T MATTER

Monday, May 12, 2014

Outside of West Bengal, Saffron Wave Appears Unstoppable While it may not make a huge difference in the national tally for Narendra Modi’s Bharatya Janata Party (BJP), which…

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Tagore and the World

Friday, May 9, 2014

RABINDRANATH TAGORE, AND OUR FAILED LEGACY Rabindranath Tagore had forward looking and clearly articulated views about nationalism in the light of cross-cultural knowledge, education for freedom of the…

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India’s First Digital Election Campaign

Friday, April 11, 2014

SB Veda During the run-up to the 2011 state elections in West Bengal, the uniform cacophonic layer of howling busses, beeping horns, and running voices, permeating the air…

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Largest Election in History Starts in North East India

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

INDIA VOTES The largest election in the history of democracy commenced its arduous nine-phase process in the Himalayan foothills of northeastern India, with Narendra Modi’s opposition party poised…

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Crisis in Ukraine Along New Front

Monday, April 7, 2014

PRELUDE TO WORLD WAR III? The crisis in the Ukraine deepened, today, as the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk reportedly declared itself independent from the central government in…

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Venezuela – A Sign of Latin Spring?

Monday, April 7, 2014

MEXICO CITY – The family of Bassil Alejandro Da Costa Frías, the youngest of her three children, saw him for the last time on February 12th. He had…

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