John Steinbeck: Six tips on Writing
John Steinbeck — Pulitzer Prize winner, Nobel laureate, love guru — with six tips on writing, culled from his altogether excellent interview it the Fall 1975 issue of The Paris Review. Abandon the idea …
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Is there anything in domain name?
Would it confuse you to go on a website called www.young.indiansonly to find out it belonged to the Reliance group and was not a Government of India website? Would it …
Read MoreModi calls for expanding BRICS counter-terror cooperation
FORTALEZA: The sixth BRICS summit opened in the Brazilian seaside resort July 15, with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiling a host of suggestions to invest the grouping of emerging …
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BRICS should create new global management system: Putin
Calling for an end to the era of single ‘pole’ based global management, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called upon the BRICS countries to step up its role to a …
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BRICS to uphold interests of developing countries: Xi Jinping
FORTALEZA: Confident about China’s growing role in global politics, China’s President Xi Jinping says China will push for the rights of the developing world, and urged other BRICS countries to …
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A writer’s voice
To my writing classes I used later to open by saying that anybody who could talk could also write. Having cheered them up with this easy-to-grasp ladder, I then replaced …
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Drawing lines in the water
An international tribunal’s award last week on the maritime territorial dispute between India and Bangladesh and its acceptance by Delhi and Dhaka should set the stage for substantive regional maritime …
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BRICS needs doses of steroids to prosper
The political leaders of BRICS member countries are facing pivotal national moments. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is simultaneously navigating her socialist and internationalist moment, after a face-off with the Americans …
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PM Modi, China’s president hold talks in Brazil
FORTALEZA: India’s newly-elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked the picture of poise as he shook hands warmly with Chinese President Xi Jinping before sitting down for wide-ranging talks that mapped …
Read MoreUN calls for ceasefire, Gaza violence leaves 168 dead
The UN Security Council has haplessly called for ceasefire and peace talks as violence in Gaza entered a new phase with Israeli Special Forces raiding the Palestinian territory with a …
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