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WORDSPEAK
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WORDSPEAK

Bibekananda Choudhury The story behind words Quebec THE name ‘Québec’, which comes from the Algonquin word ‘kébec’ meaning “where the river narrows”, originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. Early variations in the spelling of...
California is named after a griffin-riding Black warrior queen
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California is named after a griffin-riding Black warrior queen

THE ODD WORLD California has long been associated with fantasy, but few people know that centuries before Hollywood, it drew its very name from an imaginary kingdom – one ruled by a Black queen. Around 1530, when Hernán Cortés’s conquistadors, amid shipwrecks, mutinies, and the destruction of the...
Dichotomy of sci-fi
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Dichotomy of sci-fi

Sanam Deka Science fiction is difficult to define. Experts of this genre take it as an object of study in order to understand its relationship with science, technology, politics, and culture at large. Its studies were started as a discipline with the publication of academic journals like...
Demystifying fat loss
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Demystifying fat loss

Angshuman Dutta Fat loss is that elusive goal, almost like a mirage, that many of us keep on chasing for most part of our lives without actually being able to get a hold of. And, the reason it always remains a topic of hot discussion is because of our gullibility to fall prey to easy fixes. We want...
Birds of a feather
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Birds of a feather

Connect with Nature via bird-watching – you will be amazed to know how many beautiful birds surround you, writes Manjusa Choudhury We have always been amazed by creatures that can fly. Mythical creatures like Jatayu, Garuda, Phoenix, etc., are described as giant birds bestowed with amazing powers....
The origin of AIDS
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The origin of AIDS

SCIENCE ZONE AIDS has claimed more than 33 million lives and its causative agent, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has thus far proved impossible to find a vaccine for. Professor Dr Jacques Pepin, an epidemiologist at Université de Sherbrooke in Canada, has been trying to discover the origin...
Going green
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Going green

Amlan Shekhar Baruah Although food is a basic necessity of life, but unfortunately, most of us are not conscious about what we eat. We keep on running after medicines and treatments whenever we fall ill, but we don’t care about the fact that it is what we eat that determines our health. We are what...
Tribhanga
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Tribhanga

CINEMASCOPE Sanjoy Ray Director: Renuka Shahane Cast: Kajol, Mithila Palker, Tanvi Azmi, etc. In Tribhanga, actor-turned director Renuka Shahane tries to draw an unerring picture of women from three generations and their tryst with societal prejudices at different stages of their lives, not to speak...
A trip around Assam
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A trip around Assam

TRAVEL Hurjyudoy Borah Winter is here and the weather has been very pleasant. Kobo (my dog) and I planned to travel to some of the well-known places of Assam. The places on our bucket list were the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Tezpur, the Kaziranga National Park, Jorhat, and Sivasagar. Our first...
Life Skill: A Mighty Heart
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Life Skill: A Mighty Heart

Tridiv Hazarika What a cricket match that was! Even for those of us who love to daydream about impossible feats accomplished by our favourite sportsstars or national teams, what happened at Gabba in Brisbane – the cricketing fortress of Australia – is nothing less than a fairytale. It was a rare...
FEELINGS
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FEELINGS

Reality I believe in God, I think in reality, I believe in the soul, the eternal life of a human being, Then why do we pretend? Knowing the ultimate end of life, Is it not an illusion? That we move in a restless motion? I can feel the existence of God, I can understand the language of the soul, I...
In Pursuit Of Happiness
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In Pursuit Of Happiness

Prerna Singh Jayanta Gopal Borpujari’s debut novel Beyond the Blinding Sundeals with the eternal and universal themes of power, exploitation, resilience, compassion, friendship, and hope. At once a gripping, action-packed thriller, and a heartfelt narrative, the uniqueness of the story stems from...
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