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[Book Review] The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
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[Book Review] Early Records Of British India: A History Of The English Settlements In India by James Talboys Wheeler
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[Schooling in India] Bishop’s Flawed Reason for Detaining a Student
Today in Pune Mirror there was a news that The Bishop’s School has detained a boy who has passed IX finals and has also advised him to seek a new school. I was shocked at the irresponsible behaviour of the school which has detained the boy in Class IX citing indiscipline as the reason.
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Pune Mathur Association's Summer Dhamaka
Ref: Taken from Priti Mathur’s blog
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[Book Review] Northlight by Deborah J Ross
This was my first book which I won for review from LibraryThing. It was an e-book so it was difficult for me to read it in a stretch but somehow I managed and completed reading the book. Now it is the time to review. I liked the book rather quite enjoyed reading it. Deborah Joss has done a wonde...
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Time to bring Real Power in Hands of the People
On a Saturday, we were celebrating a victory after 28 years, a much needed win to bring the world cup back. Next Saturday, we witnessed another win for the people of SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of India when they followed Anna Hazare and became part of the historic moment in t...
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Experts take on the high risk perception in public about nuclear power plants
There are two reasons for this high risk peception. One is that while the probability of a catastrophic nuclear plant accident is very small, the damage due to a meltdown could be very high. The general fear is that it could be as high as what happened in Hiroshima or Nagasaki. However, this i...
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Government considering bio-shields against tsunami
I was going through this news sometime back so thought it is worth sharing. Here are the excerpts: