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Change and its many manifestations in India

Everyone in the country has a mobile phone. India has more than a billion phones, second only to China. Almost 240 million people have telev...

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Environment

Indonesian Fishermen build Database to protect their Fish Industry

If you buy fish from a grocery store–or sashimi at a restaurant–it’s likely that it was unsustainably fished, and if you b...

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Thought Factory

Cultural Entrepreneurship in India

India’s cultural heritage goes back over 5000 years even before the much discussed Indus Valley Civilization. Since the advent of recorded history there is enough evi...

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Sustainable Development

Hospitality Industry moving towards holistic Sustainable Development

The hospitality industry amounts to a large amount of energy consumption. They require a constant input of energy, water, and various supplies — food, toiletries, and...

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Sustainable Development

Old Railway Coaches to shelter the Homeless this Winter

Winter is here! While we are lucky enough to spend the nights snugged up in a warm and cosy blanket, the down-and-outers don't even have a roof over their head. In November...

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Gender

Can Men be Allies among the many ‘Harvey Weinsteins’ in the Industry?

Anthony Bourdain is known as the strutting chef who kicked a drug habit, wrote a best-selling confessional Kitchen Confidential, and became an internationally recognized te...

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Environment

Kern Aggarwal and Ranjani Prabhakaran - Wedded to making a difference

Kern Agarwal and Ranjani Prabakaran, a couple from Chennai left their daily routine jobs to plunge full-time into organic farming. They took an initiative to promote organi...

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Kaleidoscope

Papa Don’t Preach

What would happen if two cantankerous, cricket-crazy men, one from India and the other from Pakistan were forced to share an apartment?  Bedlam, that’s what.

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Environment

Venice struggles with Tourism

Venice has been complaining with the extensive tourism that has taken place in the city over the past few years. There have been frequent protests by the locals to put some...

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Health

Hospitalizations Drop Where Laws Restrict Trans Fats

People were less likely to go to the hospital with heart attacks or strokes after several counties in New York State restricted the use of trans fats, according to a new st...

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