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In any of our films, be it in Hindi or Tamil or Telugu, the hero will mostly be shown as a rich man, or as the head of a very rich family.  The main villain will go all out to do some harm to our superb hero, who will find enough time to dance...

Introduction Most people are quick to point out that Islam spread by the sword. To an extent it is true. However the same people rarely talk of the spread of Christianity by the sword. This was done by the Knights Templar, who spread Christianity...

Of all professionals in the field of Management, Human Resources Management, often referred to as HR in professional circles, and identified as such, is the most challenging. There are many reasons why HR has still not been recognized as a major...

In our country, we have certain norms and customs that simply force us to spend much more than what is necessary, and most of this can be easily classified as conspicuous consumption. The very sad fact of life is that most of what is wasted, can be...

   It was Mahatma Gandhi's words that still spell magic, even decades after he tried to influence the capitalists with his concept of trusteeship.  "There is enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed". Mahatma...

 Though Indian women have progressed to a fairly good degree, there is a huge gap between where they should be, and where they are.  We need to understand the different reasons and address them to the maximum extent possible, if there...

A few weeks back I had asked a young student of a public school whether he knew who the Chandela's were. He had expressed his ignorance, though he was well aware of the Kutab Minar, Kutabdin Aibek and Mohammed of Ghazni. This ignorance of Indian...

 Not so long ago, Chennai was devastated with huge floods.  The entire city came to a standstill and the estimated loss due to the non-working four days of havoc, ran into an estimated one lakh thousand crores.  Yet, the human...

Ronald Reagan was President of America at a critical time in world history. He was a Hollywood actor early in his life, but entered politics and won the presidential election in 1980. He was the 40th President of the USA and held the office of...

In 1947 the creation of Pakistan heralded the success of the two nation theory. Ipso facto, the Indian political leadership led by Gandhi and Nehru also accepted this theory. The concept of Pakistan ( land of the pure) was put forward by the Urdu...