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Consanguineous marriages: When blood relatives tie the knot
cousins from either side of the parents’ families. When these relations intermarry, the marriage is called a Consanguineous marriage.
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Reaching Out – A Viewpoint By Shyamola Khanna
I believe that the pandemic made me a better person. I was very agitated last year when friends stopped calling and texting me. These were people with whom I had spent most of my social life- we went to clubs, had meals together, travelled on holidays together. We were all without our kid
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Stray Dogs or Stray Deer?
If I have to choose between the two I will take a deer anytime—that tall gentle creature of the wild who sometimes strays close to humans! There is an elegance in his stance and when I see him through my camera lens I am stunned by his stillness. He makes a perfect shot before the click makes him le
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Citizens Amendment Act, NPR and all the opposition to it
About 15 years ago, my brother who lives in Singapore asked me if India was truly ready for Democracy? And I, as a fervent reader of the political situation told him that I believed it was. Was it not surviving compared to our neighbourhoods where stable governments were unheard of? Now after all th
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Dil-Paziir: Visiting Srinagar After 20 Years – II
Gulmarg, those rolling vales and the endearing open places where Shammi Kapoor romanced Sharmila Tagore and his younger brother Shashi danced around singing to Raakhee— well they are still there. A little neglected and slushy, but the few horses that roam free add to the charm. A solitary Shiv
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Dil-Paziir: Visiting Srinagar After 20 Years
New Delhi, January 7, 2020 — Srinagar, that tortured land which for millennia has suffered many degradations while the people have stoically survived, like people everywhere under similar circumstances, who cannot leave and must live on. This was my fourth trip to the beautiful valley because
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