'Swim like a fish in 14 days'
With the sweltering summer I dearly wished that I could plunge with gay abandon into an icy cool pool.
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Secret behind weight reduction
I have always wondered why consumers take the bait when products do ‘interesting’ and over-the-top advertising.
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Reminding Sir CP of July 1947
This story is 50 years old, I was a college student and the hero, Sir CP Ramaswamy Iyer, diwan of Travancore state.
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Polls campaign then and now
It was 1977, I was 17 and my father, being a Central government servant, could not evince any interest in politics.
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Cats aren’t straight forward
Outwardly calm, docile and gentle, beneath this thin exterior they nurse a mind of insincere thoughts.
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Packers, movers fascinate me
The major shifting I had to make in my life was when my wife and I had to move from the institute after post-graduation.
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The unity at maidan is gone
My family will be the last to join the already live maidan buzzing with chatter during summer for social interaction.
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Wish box and positive thinking
Most of us don't know how to medidate to experience the element of greatness that allows us to make right choices.
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Memories of Safire do linger
The once majestic building was razed down 15 years ago and now the spot is an eyesore with its unkempt look.
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World Cup’s most edifying moment
One cricketer's gesture of upholding the game's spirit is forgotten in comparison to statistics and cliched anecdotes.
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Observation skills can help our docs
A school girl from France vacationing at Phuket noticed certain changes on the surface of the sea and warned her parents
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How to win the war on brown birds
For centuries man has fought mosquitoes but has not won and is still waging a war with coils, liquids and ‘hunter bats’.
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