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Key to Success in Competitive Exams….

Everyone wants Success. Majority start their journey towards success by cracking professional exams like IIT/Engineering entrance, CAT, IPS, PSC, IAS, IFS etc. The seats are limited and the numbers of applicants are almost 10 times the vacancy. As a result, these competitive exams have become strict norms for selection into any of the professional course. [...]

How Important is it for Children learning to be Independent??

As a baby grow up, all parents become possessive about the kid and try to guide the kid to a better future. Parents want to secure their child’s future and make every effort to protect them from getting spoilt or getting swayed away by wrong things. Being protective about the child is good but sometimes [...]

Coaching Centers – Boon or Bane????

Now a days, one of the most colorful and attractive part of most newspaper are the advertisements for coaching centers. You can hate them at there exaggerated display, but you cannot ignore them. I was first surprised to see the ads for coaching for Class XI students, as the classes generally start from the [...]

My Name is Khan!!

In today’s world writing a review about a movie which was released more than a week back would be labelled as laid back approach. But the fact is this is a movie which had such a bi-polar reaction that it amazed me and many a times I was almost about to question my reaction to [...]

IP Television – Basics, Facts and Future

IPTV, an acronym for Internet Protocol Television, is a system which delivers digital television to subscribers over the internet, or more specifically, over the broadband. Thus, it is different from the conventional delivery methods, wherein the TV service is delivered through radio waves, satellite signals or cable. IPTV service, just like your [...]

How to Unlock a Cell Phone

Cell phones available in the market can be either of the two types – locked and unlocked. So, what is the difference between a locked cellphone and an unlocked cellphone, and how is the locking/unlocking done? A locked cellphone is is provided by a particular carrier, and the SIM of the mobile phone [...]

Role of Youth in Indian Politics – Perceptions, Reality and Future

“Youth in politics” has been frequently touted as the perfect pill to cure all the ills that plague the Indian political system. A number of debates, especially if they involve the ‘younger’ and ‘urbanized’ crowd, will frequently propose “youth in politics” as the perfect antidote to everything that is wrong with [...]

Egg Salad Sandwich

Egg Salad Sandwich is the most extensively made sandwich at home. The basic ingredient for egg salad sandwich are a few pieces of hard boiled egg, chopped onion, tomato & a dressing. This may not be the best Egg Salad Sandwich as I used did not like very much. But later when I stayed outside [...]

How to Teach a Child to Read

Once a baby is born, the parents start thinking about the education of their child. They start dreaming about a successful career of their child. The first step towards success can be started by teaching the baby to read. Earlier children were sent to school with a conception that reading and writing will be taught at [...]

How to Improve Reading Habits

“The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.” — Elizabeth Hardwick Reading is a passion. Reading is a hobby. Reading is a habit. Reading is a skill. Once you get hooked [...]

How to e-train Kids…

Today the world has changed a lot since the days we were growing up. Today when you see kids playing with the mouse and keyboard of the computer at a very small age, sometimes you feel a sense of awe! But the truth is that, internet has become a reality which we cannot live without. [...]

Importance of Cultivating Reading as a Habit in Children

Reading is one of the finest habits that a person can have. Previously when there were no televisions people used to spend their time by reading books. It was through books that people used to try knowing the world outside. They used to become members of libraries so that they can read more books. But [...]

Google Caffeine

Google Caffeine? Is Google diversifying into selling coffee now? Well no, Google is busy doing what it does best – exploring better ways to provide better user experience to its users. So, what is Google Caffeine, then? Apparently, the launch of Bing has inspired Google to improve on its already formidable search engine, [...]

Income Tax on Capital Gains

The Income Tax Act specifies that gains/profits that result from the transfer of capital assets are liable to be taxed as income. To understand the concept of tax on capital gains, it would be better to look at the very definition of capital gains tax – which can be broken into three [...]

Gold vs Mutual Funds – Investment Options

Gold vs mutual funds as investment options – it is a debate that is slowly gaining denomination. While gold represents the ‘old school’ of investment thoughts, mutual funds find favor with the modern generation. However, with the stock market bloodbath that prevailed over the last couple of years, investors are suddenly rediscovering the virtues of [...]

Blu Ray 101

Blu ray discs have become a rage nowadays! 1990s saw the emergence of a revolutionary technology, that promised to take the movie watching experience to a wholly new level. This newly arrived technology was HDTV (high definition TV), that broke new ground in crystal clear resolution and unparalleled image details. HDTV [...]

3 Awesome Idiots – A Review!!

When I first heard about the movie theme back in October-November, the first question that came to my mind was how would a starcast of Aamir Khan, Sharman and Madhavan justify being students of an engineering college. Thankfully I didn’t utter too many words against the starcast at that point because otherwise I would have [...]

In-NO-WAY-tions : Why is India lagging in innovations?

When it comes to innovations, in particular break-through innovations, India has always lagged, in the modern times. And it will continue to do so for quite sometime into the future. In fact if we take an impartial and in-depth look at popular scientist names in India, most of them will be administrators and managers of scientific [...]

How long could an unhappy India remain united?

“How long you can keep this unhappy nation together”, asked one of my friends during a passionate discussion over the recent events of Telangana. As I argued that we are a mature democracy and there was little threat to India’s unity, he snapped again: “That is head in the sand attitude. Put your hand on [...]

Puzzling Inflation

In simple terms inflation or price rise is caused by too much money chasing too few goods, or , demand being more than supply. The free play of the twin market forces of demand and supply determine the price of any commodity or service. In a mixed economy like India, Government is also an important player in the market. Hence to search for the causes of inflation becomes somewhat complex. The last couple of months witnessed a sudden and almost a run-away type of food inflation! The way the price of vegetables and other food items soared, it created doubts in the minds of the common people and the economists alike. Winter is generally the time...

By Anita Chanda On 05 February 2010 Continue Reading ... Comments (3)

Adoption Anxieties

Sometime back I accompanied one of my relatives to the infertility department of a renowned hospital. I was shocked to see the number of patients waiting there. It was almost a crowd. Tears filled my eyes as I realized how fortunate/lucky I was to have had a child normally. Having a child was a normal thing for me till I witnessed this infertility centre. My son seems to be a miracle to me now! The complexities and stress of modern life has made infertility a very common problem. This relative of mine who is elder to me had been married for the last fifteen years, but unable to bear a child. She had undergone all types of treatments from reputed...