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The Allure Of Ads

Commercials that mirror society and its idiosyncrasies are part of the prime time watch Stephen Leacock once famously defined advertising as the science of arresting the human...

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This article contains plot details of season two of “Sense8” ON June 5th 2015 Netflix premiered a television series concerned explicitly with difference and empath...

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In A Fast Growing Smartphone Market The Only Nokia Phone Stays Relevant - As A Vibrator

If in the mood, even a jerky autorickshaw can lead one to the big O. And while water-jets and table corners are good enough, old vibrating Nokia phones can give smashing orgas...

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India Is Facing A Mental Health Crisis – And Its Education System Is Ill Equipped To Handle It

The taboo surrounding mental health problems and the unwillingness of most colleges to take up the cost of professional counselling make India’s youth highly vulnerable....

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New Computers Can Delete Thoughts Without Your Knowledge, Experts Warn

“Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind,” wrote the playwright John Milton in 1634. But, nearly 400 years later, technological advances in machines that can r...

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Activists: Tokyo's Sustainable Olympics Is Being Built With Wood From Rainforest's

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics could be using illegally logged tropical wood from indigenous Malaysians’ land to build a billion-dollar wooden sports stadium, human righ...

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Cancer Risk Tied To Pollution In Environment

Prolonged exposure to poor air quality appears to increase the risk of cancer, particularly breast and prostate cancers, a study in the US has suggested, bolstering evidence f...

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Los Angeles Film Festival Unveils 2017 Lineup

The Los Angeles Film Festival has announced its competition lineup for its 2017 edition and the films in its U.S. Fiction, Documentary, World Fiction, LA Muse and Nightfall se...

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Apocalyptic Fiction And The Doomsday Clock

THE apocalypse is fertile ground for writers. From the popular fiction of John Wyndham and Stephen King to the work of Pulitzer- and Booker-prize winners like Cormac McCarthy ...

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Amitabh Bachchan Appointed WHO Hepatitis Ambassador In Southeast Asia

WHO announced in a statement that the veteran actor has been brought on board to boost awareness and intensify action to arrest the Hepatitis epidemic. Bollywood actor Amitabh...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: LISTENING IS THE NEW LOOKING

For years, we were trained to look, writes Vinta Nanda. Now, we are learning to listen&m...

January 12 2026

THOUGHT FACTORY: PREGNANT RECALLS!

Writer Aparajita Krishna weaves memory, cinema, politics, motherhood and moral courage i...

January 11 2026

TRENDING: AFTER ZUBEEN, A CULTURE REORGANISES ITSELF

Utpal Datta reflects on Assamese culture after Zubeen Garg, tracing legacy, rupture, and...

January 11 2026