Why It is Important to Raise Compassionate Children
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Why It is Important to Raise Compassionate Children

There is an urgent need for compassion in the world as a resource. It’s evident everywhere; looming news of possible wars, trolls on social media, abject inequality in standards of living, the swell of mental health problems. How does something as basic as kindness get neglected to this extent?
Don’t We All Miss Jim Carrey?
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Don’t We All Miss Jim Carrey?

When Kidding, premiered last year, there was relatively little fanfare greeting Jim Carrey’s return to screen. But his character Mr Pickles is the closest we’ll get to grasping Carrey’s quicksilver mind and mammoth career.
Why Is Our Government Insistent on Changing the Constitution?
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Why Is Our Government Insistent on Changing the Constitution?

BJP ministers Anant Kumar Hegde and Yogi Adityanath have made it amply clear that they’d like to change the Constitution, the word secular particularly. They should listen to what advocate-activist Menaka Guruswamy has to say: The beauty of the Constitution is it compels us to unlearn the prejudices that we hold true.
Thank You, IPL, the Only Dose of the “Old Normal” in an Uncertain World
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Thank You, IPL, the Only Dose of the “Old Normal” in an Uncertain World

In the last few months, battling with the pandemic had made life dull, bleak, and monotonous – a version of same shit different day. And then one spot of light returned to warm our cold, weary hearts. Sport entered our lives once again, injecting a dose of familiarity in an “uncertain” world. Our pre-Covid schedule may have become haywire, but we know for sure that the IPL match for the day begins at 7.30 pm.