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  • Are you tea addict? Check for caffeine use disorder
    If you can't live without your cup of coffee early morning or that tea to prevent the after-lunch slump, you may be suffering from caffeine use disorder. Researchers at American University in Washington, DC, in
  • Parliamentary Elections 2014-The Issues Before Us
    The 16th Parliamentary General Elections scheduled to take place this summer is expected to open up new challenges and new configurations in the post-Independent political history of our nation. The two nationa
  • Prophets, Questions, and a Dream
    One of my favorite scenes from the movie Gandhi portrays the Rev. Charlie Andrews standing in the pulpit of his church. The Anglican clergyman has been working with Gandhi to challenge how the people of India a
  • Principles to guide the young activist
    In a recent radio interview with a National Public Radio affiliate in Juneau, Alaska, I was asked if I had advice for a 16-year-old Palestinian student, Haitham. He had just arrived in the US as part of a schoo
  • Taking Risks in Life
    When we think of risk, images of hand gliding, sky diving and rock climbing may come to mind—activities in which one false move can mean death of the most dramatic kind. But risk doesn’t need to inv
  • Laugh your way to good health
    Laughter is the best medicine, is an age-old saying, and about 10,000 laughter clubs in India are a testimony to the fact that the therapy works.A combination of group laughter exercises with yoga breathing, wh
  • Success in peace talks takes time & years of preparation
    In this March 26, 1979 file photo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after sig
  • The C factor
    The third letter of the Roman alphabet, ‘C’, rules India. Before you start thinking something else, let me tell you that my statement is apolitical.  The three Cs which rules India are the 11 &
  • Success in peace talks takes time & years of preparation
    In this March 26, 1979 file photo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after sig
  • Danger in Sochi, and an Olympics on edge
    Visitors pose in front of the Olympic rings at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Saturday, January 25, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin February 7th. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) The countdown to Sochi w
  • Be a Light
    Light is important to us. Those of us who live in the Midwest are reminded of how much we need it during this time of year. The sun sets early. On so many days, our sunlight is tinged with gray as it seeps thro
  • EC should make poll duty pleasant
    The November-December election in five states produced some fascinating results. But they also caused tremendous hardships to central and Delhi government employees on what turned out to be a long and tough pol
  • Violence & Power Struggles
    Violence in Iraq is now at its highest since the 2006-08 militia wars. And Nouri al-Maliki’s sectarian, regionalist policy has received an ominous new lease of life from the crisis in neighbouring SyriaHo
  • Crucial negotiations at the United Nations
    Mathilde Bouyé & Jean-Michel SeverinoLe Monde diplomatiqueThe Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed by the United Nations in 2000 (1) have made an unprecedented contribution to the fight against p
  • ‘Crime writing should address social issues’
    Scandinavian crime novels are no alien to the world. If the simple language and local settings are their powerful tools, addressing social issues through their narratives is an art crime writers of the region h
  • Making Our Deeds Count
    Khrietuonyü Noudi According to a story written by Leo Tolstoy, there was once a king who was rich and well-respected by the people of his kingdom. The king was always on the lookout for more wisdom so that
  • Egypt: return of the deep state
    With the referendum the military secures its privileges, but its main challenge is the economic crisisIf someone fell into a coma in 2011 before the Egyptian “revolution” and woke up today he or she
  • What’s so special about storytelling for social change?
    A new world requires new stories, but people will only listen to them when they themselves are included in the storyline. This requires a ‘gear-shift’ in conversations about radical actionSimon Hodg
  • Violence & Power Struggles
    Violence in Iraq is now at its highest since the 2006-08 militia wars. And Nouri al-Maliki’s sectarian, regionalist policy has received an ominous new lease of life from the crisis in neighbouring SyriaHo
  • The world should be watching India’s coup of common people
    Can a new political party transform Indian democracy?Jantar Mantar Road, a short passageway through the administrative center of New Delhi, takes its name from a complex of gigantic red astronomical instruments
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