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Parents in Cars Getting Cocky: When Will Indian Parents Stop Backseat Driving?

Who makes their child ferry them to the farthest places in the city, doesn’t pay for gas, and then complains about his driving? Every Indian parent sitting on the backseat.

Nihal Bambulkar July 17, 2016

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Why ICSE Schools Deserve a C Minus

Fancy English-medium schools peddle stuff like “global methods” and “an international outlook”, which are admittedly nice things to hear, but leave you helpless if you get accosted by a traffic cop. My supposedly superior schooling failed to make me fluent in local languages. Or in dealing with bureaucracy.

Dushyant Shekhawat June 15, 2016

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Who Will Be the Villain in the Biopic on Mumbai? Terrorists or Potholes?

Congratulations, Mumbai, your apathy truly deserves an applause. Your tax money is used to build roads, repair them, so when there are pothole-related casualties, you are paying for your own death. The biopic on the city should ideally be titled “Bombay, the City that Never Feels”.

Hardik Rajgor April 5, 2016

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Fast and Furious: Will the New Traffic Rules Finally Force Indians to Drive Safely?

If you can drive in India, you can drive anywhere. Our pitiful reputation for unsafe driving has led to the steep fines for traffic violations in the new Motor Vehicles Act. But despite the public outcry over sky-high challans, is money the only language we will understand?

Kahini Iyer April 5, 2016