Infocus

  • Trained to be Perfect..!
    A butcher watching over his shop is really surprised when he sees a dog coming inside the shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back again. So he goes over to the dog and notices it has a note in its m
  • How Do You Cook?
    Arent you hungry? is the question most wives ask, when they are about to serve dinner or lunch, and Whats for dinner? is the reply given by most husbands.Whats for dinner, means that if the food is interesting
  • Connecting children with nature in small ways
    N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe IANSlife Urban lifestyles and heavy dependence on digital technology means children are spending less time with nature, which can affect their mental and physical well being. Children
  • ‘Plastic Bottle’ Fun..!
    With Jeff my German-Shepherd having passed away two months ago, its my daughters dog who comes up with my daughter and son-in-law nearly every night for dinner. Not yet completely out of puppyhood, hes given so
  • Palestine, the old conflict in a new context
    D.C. Pathak IANS The recent spell of violence lasting eleven days in which rockets fired on Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza and the deadlier missile offensive of Israel that demolished entire buildings on
  • 'India ranks 67th globally in data skills'
    IANS Despite high skills proficiency in Machine Learning (ML) and Maths, India trailed in data skills as it ranked 67th overall globally, a report said on Wednesday. Coursera's latest Global Skills re
  • Laying Yourself Open..!
    They say that in true love you lay yourself open.Truly that is a fact. I had got onto a helicopter at Manhattan, which would fly high above the skyscrapers and show us a different view of the New York skyline,
  • Little People..!
    I opened the papers to glamorous pictures of a famous couple and headlines about their wedding at Jodhpur and their stay at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay. But what made me sit up was an item in a tabloid about
  • New Taxes and Tax Savings..!
    With the state of the economy plummeting, and money needed to handle the running of the country, rumour has it that everything under the sun would be taxed, but I didnt know how serious it was till I went for m
  • The WC ..!
    A couple of my serious minded friends have been saying, Bob youve been writing too much banter lately, what about a serious article?Like what? I askSomething churchy?Okay friends Ill oblige, heres something chu
  • NAOMI OSAKA’S BRAVERY: Can be a teachable moment about Mental Health
    Ifeanyi Nsofor Inter Press Service Recently, Naomi Osaka, the number 2 ranked women’s tennis player in the world, said she would not participate in the press conference at the French Open (Rolland-Gar
  • Trust and Our Country..!
    Politics in our country has reached such a low, that people just wont trust politicians. I got a frantic message from a poor friend in Orissa saying that all around him people were dying for lack of oxygen, ven
  • What Gives You Wings?
    I heard a funny story: A small plane with an instructor and student on board hit the runway and bounced repeatedly until it came to a stop. The instructor turned to the student and said, That was a terrible lan
  • Slow Down and Live..!
    For the last few years Ive been hearing of one of our political readers who hardly rests and is always is in a hurry. I do understand that as that was once how I lived. In fact, for years on end, my time spent
  • The Real Monster..!
    The Whatsapp message that came to me was from a phone number of an Indian in America, it said, Terror has no religion. However it was not making a statement, it was mocking a particular religious community, wit
  • She Sat Smiling..!
    The rain fell in gentle drops onto the waiting leaves that seemed to be smiling as they raised their branches heavenward and received their watery blessing. The birds sang happily, and lazily flew from tree to
  • They Are Our Children..!
    Twas two years ago, three friends and I drove to Goa, and stopped at a well-known restaurant for lunch. It was an open-air eatery and as we sat we could see car loads of families coming with hungry passengers l
  • Cyclone Cruelty and the CA..!
    Cruel, heartless and merciless was evil wind that blew in last week, piloted with ferocity by Cyclone Tauktae herself! Scorn writ all over her face, she mowed down all in her path; trees, lampposts, hutments an
  • Being UnIndian..!
    With patriotism being questioned, sedition being defined and slogans being the criteria for motherland loyalty, we may have a confused people in the country: My daughter, who stands at attention when the nation
  • A Joy Within..!
    She was short, squat and dowdy, and as I ran to join the group of tourists at the heritage building I wondered what this women was doing as a guide. The lady looked up over the heads of the others and instead o
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