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CULTURE EDITOR: Deepti Lamba
CULTURE EDITOR'S PICK
Cherry Bomb, Mother TeresaAnd The Vagina Dialogues
CULTURE FEATURES:
•Uma Ranganathan wonders about the role law abiding citizens play towards curtailing violence
• Deepa Krishnan asks whether love exists in arranged marriages
• smallsquirrel gives a salad recipe
• Doctor Bhaskar Dasgupta talks about children in a Bhopal orphanage
• Adithya comments on the subcontinental divide
- Sep 3, 2010
- Are You In Touch With Your Self?
I think, its time you, the reader -man or woman- find that ME-TIME, for yourself, ie., your own personal space and your time for yourself.
- Sep 2, 2010
- Water-Borne Misery: Pakistan in PerilThe country of Pakistan has experienced a tragic flood that has left it unable to function well as a nation.
- GiftsI’ve always been mildly envious of my mother not because she received gifts from my father but because she had the privilege of knowing and
- Water-Borne Misery: Pakistan in Peril
- Sep 1, 2010
- Gender StereotypesDo you subscribe to them or challenge them?
- Aug 31, 2010
- Photo Essay: The Sultan al Mu'ayyad MosqueSome photographs of the Sultan al Mu'ayyad Mosque, which was previously a prison with hundreds of dead bodies and mouldering bones
- Photo Essay: The Sultan al Mu'ayyad Mosque
- Aug 30, 2010
- Photo Essay: Bab Zuweila Gate in CairoThe story of a blood stained city gate in Cairo
- Photo Essay: Bab Zuweila Gate in Cairo
- Aug 29, 2010
- Photo Essay: Cairo - Out and About
Some Cairene photographs.
- Aug 28, 2010
- buried sea, Poems of Gwaliorthe old and buried remains the sea.
- buried sea, Poems of Gwalior
- Aug 27, 2010
- Photo Essay: Views from a Cairo Hotel RoomViews of Cairo from a hotel room
- Photo Essay: Views from a Cairo Hotel Room
- Aug 26, 2010
- Forest, Poems of Gwaliordawn the fort banks off at another angle.
- Aug 25, 2010
- Scientific Religion - A ParadoxI owe no scientific explanation for religious practices, since I owe no explanation I don't have to huddle.
- Scientific Religion - A Paradox
- Aug 24, 2010
- Photo Essay: St. Botolph without Bishopsgate Church in LondonA photo essay on a church in the middle of the city of London
- Photo Essay: St. Botolph without Bishopsgate Church in London
- Aug 23, 2010
- Photo Essay: Swansea Castle
A photo essay on Swansea Castle.
- Aug 22, 2010
- Krishna's Temple of ShameI did not have any regrets of not visiting the sanctum sanctorum, since the very purpose was defeated by such double standards.
- Photo Essay: A Twilight Walk in the City of LondonHow the City of London looks at twilight
- Krishna's Temple of Shame
- Aug 21, 2010
- Photo Stream: Cat on the ProwlSo I am a bit jaundiced towards them, never mind the fact that I am a dog person.
- Bhai - Brother DearestThe first thing I asked when I saw him was, Maa is bhai a boy or a girl?
- Aug 20, 2010
- Photo Essay: The Royal Academy of Arts BuildingThe façade of the Royal Academy of Arts
- Photo Essay: The Royal Academy of Arts Building
- Aug 19, 2010
- Gwalior Ravines, Poems of Gwalioran angry sky stalks the night a river long lost to tales.
- Photo Essay: Westminster School Russian & Indian War MemorialAn extraordinary monument to Westminster School Alumni who died for King and Country
- Aug 18, 2010
- 10 Things I Hate About YouThese are plain facts about my daily life and how someone annoys me to death.
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Aug 17, 2010
- Putting Mind Over Matter in Indian Marriages
When you love someone for who they are, not for what they look like, aren’t the chances of that bond lasting a lifetime stronger? - Poetry: The Wrath of Watersilence cascades from under the minarets / the walking dead, doleful and diffident wander aimlessly
- Photo Essay: The Ruins of the Winchester PalaceThe ruins of an old Palace in London
- Aug 16, 2010
- Photo Essay: Beatrix Potter’s Magical World
The magical world of Beatrix Potter explored.
- Aug 15, 2010
- Movie Review: Peepli [Live] - Our Apathy ExposedWe, the privileged ones being entertained by an exceptionally talented cast of theatre actors on screen are to blame, too.
- What Really MattersA few of my Desi roommates, friends and I were arguing over the hypocrisy of Desis living abroad.
- The Great Indian Drive
Driving in India is like the theory of Karma – do your best and leave the rest to your insurance company. - A Revolt Over Halal & Kosher Food in HarrowWhy I think Halal and Kosher food is just unacceptable and even worse is Harrow Council's inability to talk to parents
- Increasing Suicide Rates of Middle Eastern WomenWhat is the reason behind the increasing suicides amongst ME women?
- Movie Review: Peepli [Live] - Our Apathy Exposed
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