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Chhath Puja (छठ पर्व, सुर्य षष्ठी)
Missing my mother today, mai as we call her in Bhojpuri. Mai resides in Jamshedpur (part of erstwhile Bihar, now in Jharkhand) and even after much dissuasion she has not stopped performing chhatth puja though not in the best of her health for the last 3-4 years. She is now in her 70th year observing chhath at my brother’s place in…
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2014 KEY BATTLEGROUNDS – UP AND BIHAR
Narendra Modi began his campaign for the 2014 general elections in Uttar Pradesh and its neighboring state, Bihar. This will take Modi’s quest for the Prime Minister’s job arguably to its most crucial battlegrounds. UP and Bihar are going to see multi-cornered battles in 2014. Together, these states account for 120 seats, which translate to…
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The Grand Cover Up ….
No one can deny the impact of our main stream media, viz., NDTV, CNN-IBN, Headline Today, IBN-7 and other Saas bahu, comedy circus channels like ABP News, Zee News, Sabse tez Aaz Tak, and the Tehelka India TV. All these Oxymorons are anonymous colleagues !! But the irony is for them India starts from Delhi…
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