Keep walking

R Edwin Sudhir31 March 2014, 02:08 PM IST It's been an interesting week for walking. On the sunny Sunday morning gone by, too close to sunrise for my liking but there really wasn't much of a choice, a motley group of people gathered at Mysore...

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India’s Stake in Crimea

TK Arun31 March 2014, 01:27 PM IST India has a vital stake in supporting Russia that goes beyond friendship, solidarity with an old and valuable ally and stability of arms supplies: multipolarity of the world order. India is right to oppose...

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Why cholera alone?

Veeresh Malik31 March 2014, 04:02 PM IST   Regularly, a notice is placed in the newspapers, about shutting down of  street food and fresh fruit and juice stalls due to the fear of diseases and deaths - especially due to cholera. This...

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Around the world in photos: Mar 23 - 29

Team TOI30 March 2014, 04:24 PM IST Every week, we bring you a roundup of the best photos from around the world. Let us know which is your favorite in the comments section and check again next week for new images.Two dromedaries bask in the...

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Why anti-green agenda wins the day

This Lok Sabha election should have been fought on a green plank in Kerala. But both UDF and LDF are competing against each other to make it an anti-green campaign to ensure that they get the maximum number of seats. Dr Kasturirangan is a reviled man...

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Taking the low road

Santosh Desai30 March 2014, 07:11 PM IST In a report carried by this newspaper about the current health of Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, we learnt that one of those that called to ask about his health regularly was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....

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Make your vote count

Sanjeev Ahluwalia29 March 2014, 05:18 PM IST In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, only 60% of the 714 million voters bothered to vote. We don't know how many, who did vote, were aware that the direct and indirect cost of each vote was at least around...

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Purab Kohli, Jal and Water

Abhijit Bhaduri29 March 2014, 08:23 AM IST The next war will not be for oil. It will be for water. 780 million people still lack access to clean drinking water. The world celebrated Water Day on 22 March to raise awareness about the crisis...

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Judging people’s mood, a gamble Chandy cannot afford

John Cheeran29 March 2014, 05:28 PM IST Any adverse remark from a court of law during an election campaign has the potential to damage the prospects of those who are at the receiving end, considering the reverence that voters have for the legal...

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Banking on Modi

Rajeev Deshpande28 March 2014, 03:46 PM IST There has been a flood of comment about BJP centering its campaign totally around Narendra Modi with rivals accusing the party of having little else to offer and analysts wondering whether a personality...

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Travel log: Dharamsala in winter

Alisa Schubert Yuasa28 March 2014, 05:38 PM IST The first thing I noticed stepping down from the bus on a foggy Friday morning was the smell. A refreshing mix of burning pinewood, mountain air, rain and something else indefinable, it made me...

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How to save IPL & T20 cricket

Amit Karmarkar28 March 2014, 06:41 PM IST Let me confess that I'm not a fan of T20 cricket. I entirely agree with Michael Holding that it's not cricket. The basic problem is that it's not a contest between the bat and ball; it's a marriage...

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Copper Crochet: Ruth Asawa

Uma Nair27 March 2014, 03:52 PM IST Christie's offers a Best of Best exhibition in Hong Kong that promises to showcase sterling quality works of art from the Asian fold and Ruth Asawa is a phenomenal discovery. Asawa transformed inert materials...

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Have we lost the vocab of hope?

Pritish Nandy27 March 2014, 01:04 PM IST Every election has its own vocabulary. Words that are carefully chosen to reflect the hopes, dreams and aspirations of those going out to vote. Politics taps into that vocabulary and creates memorable...

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Has individualism gone too far?

Mrutyuanjai Mishra27 March 2014, 03:27 PM IST Demographically speaking, European countries are literally heading for disaster. The number of children born is decreasing year after year. Southern European countries can hardly reproduce themselves,...

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The commercialization of religion

Alisa Schubert Yuasa25 March 2014, 08:24 PM IST It has been 14 years since I was last in Pushkar, back in 2000 and still a child. For 5 weeks my family stayed in the small town. I remember skipping along the ghats, meeting fellow travelers,...

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The quest challenging British chefs to get a zest for Asian food

Zoe Perrett25 March 2014, 08:06 PM IST With the popularity of primetime programming like 'Masterchef', 'The Taste', and the 'Great British Bake Off' on British television, you'd not think there was a shortage of willing culinary talent waiting...

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Amoral India

Jug Suraiya25 March 2014, 10:30 PM IST Hats off to Kiran Bedi. She's openly said what a lot of people in the country might be thinking right now but can't bring themselves to be upfront enough to put into so many words.Speaking to Times Now,...

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The curious case of Jaswant Singh

Rajeev Deshpande24 March 2014, 06:18 PM IST In 2009, BJP senior Jaswant Singh got chucked out of the party for his book containing sympathetic references to Muslim League founder M A Jinnah and for arguing that Sardar Patel went along with Jawaharlal...

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Apple Almond Muesli Verrines

Deeba Rajpal24 March 2014, 05:23 PM IST Apple Almond Muesli Verrines Desserts served in glasses are always fun. They look pretty, can be made ahead and serve individual portions.This layered apple dessert is fun to set up. It's also quick...

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MH 370 - More questions than answers

Sharmila Ravinder24 March 2014, 07:29 PM IST The MH370 mystery is probably the most baffling one to solve in aviation history. With more than 26 countries going around in circles to determine the fate of the 777 jet, it has opened more possibilities,...

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AAP's candidates define its activist agendas

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VS or the art of having a happy funeral

John Cheeran22 March 2014, 02:49 PM IST VS Achuthanandan has seen the writing on the wall. It's every man's right to have an honourable funeral. And there is no harm in trying to ensure that it takes place appropriately. The veteran CPM leader's...

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Postcard from Dutch cricket fan

Amit Karmarkar22 March 2014, 07:33 PM IST We have participated in four ODI World Cups: 1996, 2003, 2007 and 2011. We also played Champions Trophy in 2003 in Sri Lanka.We didn't play the 1999 World Cup. However, we hosted one match in the tournament:...

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