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Urban Musing: Good Looks And Likes
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Urban Musing: Good Looks And Likes

Sk Md Sabah Al-Ahmed It’s the fag end of January, and we are still struggling with winter blues. Talk of winter and immediately ‘skincare’ pops up like the joker in the box. With the once quintessential lockdowns finally done and dusted with (as of now), the pollution quotient has gone up in the...
The Big C
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The Big C

Cancer is the second-highest cause of death worldwide, claiming nearly 1,300 lives every day in India. It occurs due to abnormal growth of cells that destroy normal body tissues. Experts opine that the main cause behind the spike in cases of cancer is our lifestyle and food habits. Dr. Pramod K...
A bookish affair
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A bookish affair

Prabir Talukdar “When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.” Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies If 2020 was a reality, which it was, then COVID-19 was its...
Enthrallingly surreal
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Enthrallingly surreal

LOVING LITERATURE Bibhash Choudhury Sink, seemingly an unusual name for a habitat, is where Maurice and Ida Stubbs reside. Then there is Murray Jaccob, an eccentric neighbour, and the very young Ronnie Melwater – these are basically the people we come across in Tim Winton’s brilliant novel In the...
FEELINGS
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FEELINGS

Come Home... Come home O’ winter! You are longed for in many unknown ways, The relentess rains over night and all day, Whispers to me that you are near and happy. Winter rains are rains like no other, For you bring not only you, But a bunch of memories alongwith... Dear winter, your vibes feel...
That one thing
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That one thing

Subodh Kumar Sarma Do you have ‘that one thing’ in life that makes you happy when you look back? Do you often wonder about what you wanted to be and what you have achieved so far? Satisfaction in what you do is of immense importance to provide meaning to your life and to nurture your mental health....
Maori Ancestors Are Coming Home
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Maori Ancestors Are Coming Home

THE ODD WORLD Maori ancestors are coming home On a cloudy day recently, Hinemoana Baker walked into a white room at the Ethnological Museum in southwestern Berlin, dressed in all black. A New Zealand poet and musician, Baker is a descendant of both the island nation’s indigenous Maori people and the...
Super Soldiers
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Super Soldiers

TECH TRENDS Devol Nath The defence industry, world over, is seeing massive developments. Even though much of the information we receive from such players are generally decades old, the innovations still amaze us. However, there are some reports which should be read with a pinch of salt. Take for...
All About Soundbites
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All About Soundbites

MIND YOUR ENGLISH Protim Sharma “What is a soundbite? Is it one word?” “Soundbite is usually written as one word, but one can also write it as two words, sometimes with a hyphen in between. And remember, it is not ‘soundbyte’, but ‘soundbite’.” “Oh, I thought it was ‘byte’. Anyway, isn’t it a...
Mental Health Conditions Could Reduce Effectiveness Of COVID Vaccines, Study Warns
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Mental Health Conditions Could Reduce Effectiveness Of COVID Vaccines, Study...

Mental health conditions could reduce effectiveness of COVID vaccines, study warns After months of anticipation, the first COVID-19 vaccines have finally started being administered, raising hopes that the end of the pandemic could finally be in sight. But, a new study has warned that certain factors...
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At the Thengal Kachari Museum
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At the Thengal Kachari Museum

TRAVEL Gauranga Pani Saikia One fine Sunday, we made a plan to visit the Thengal Kachari Museum. Inaugurated by the chief minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, on December 11, 2020, the Thengal Kachari Cultural Centre & Museum is located in Titabor (Balijan Gaon). Constructed by the Thengal...
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