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  1. Horn OK Please

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    / March 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    A lot of weekend tourists from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi come to McLeod Ganj to escape from the heat, so one would not be surprised to see bumper stickers with the words ‘Jat’, ‘Prince’ or ‘Happy’ pasted on their Boleros and Scorpios.

  3. How much should a person consume?

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    / October 15, 2011 / 2 Comments
    How much? If we are concerned about our great appetite for materials, it is plausible to seek to increase the supply, or decrease waste, to make better use of the stocks that are available, and to develop substitutes. But what of the appetite itself? Surely this is the ultimate source...

  4. A fish out of water

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    / September 29, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Debanish Achom   If you are a fish lover, there are certain species that you may not be able to enjoy anymore. These include the rare fresh water fish varieties like the Deccan Mahseer and Black clams.   There is some grim news for both fish lovers and conservationists...
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    Tagged fish, variety

  5. Starting a new life in Nagarhole

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    / September 27, 2011 / Leave a comment
    The Kuruba tribals of Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, wake up to the silence of a concrete colony these days, attuning themselves to a new livelihood and way of life far from the familiar forests. It is a tentative beginning. Shanti J K of the Jenu Kuruba tribe used to live...

  6. Desh ka tractor

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    / August 13, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Spotted this trailer in Hampi. The vehicle owner seems to be helping the country by doing his bit, spreading the message ‘unity in diversity’. Lord Hanuman, worshipped even by muscular wrestlers for his strength, is also a symbol of endurance for this tractor. No other vehicle works as hard as a...

  7. Coffee with Satyajit Ray!

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    / July 12, 2011 / 2 Comments
    The Indian Coffee House on College Street, Kolkata, has got something that the rest of the Coffee House branches across India don’t have — it has style. One doesn’t need a time machine to travel 50 years into the past. The Coffee House is the transport. Some say the ghosts...

  8. No more railway stations

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    / June 26, 2011 / Leave a comment
    It looks like a Bal Bhavan toy train. Vintage steam locomotive model No. MTR-2 greets visitors at the gate of the National Rail Museum, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. It was built in 1910 by Dick, Kerr & Co. for the Karachi Port Trust. The 11-acre-large outdoor museum has about 100 original...

  9. India’s gen-next

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    / June 24, 2011 / Leave a comment
    In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice — Charles Dickens

  10. My coffee and the smoke

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    / June 23, 2011 / 3 Comments
    The Indian Coffee House on M G Road in Bangalore was where staffers from next `Deccan Herald’ newspaper used to go between 5.30 and 6pm everyday. Not to eat a toast or a dosa, but to enjoy a smoke. There was a cigarette shop outside the old Indian Coffee House...

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