Israel callously attacked the Turkish aid flotilla heading towards Gaza this week with plenty of humanitarian aid and killed nine peaceful activists in the most bloodcurdling state-sponsored terror attack in 2010. Now an Irish aid ship named “Rachel Corrie” is heading to Gaza and has been warned by Israel to berth there rather than head…

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India has come out with ratings for it’s cities’ cleanliness and all the cities fare dismally. Over 90 points gives a “green” rating, but none of our cities have got that much. This will be unsurprising to anyone that lives in or has visited India. No city scored more than 75 points. And only four…

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Vikram Seth is a master storyteller as is evident from reading his mega-novel: A Suitable Boy. From Wikipedia: A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, released in 1993. At 1349 pages (1488 pages softcover) and 591,552 words, the book is one of the longest novels ever published in a single volume in the…

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Following the successes of discount designer and luxury labels shopping by online startups in Europe and USA, The Private Sales has set up an online store in India. Designer and luxury brands such as Versace, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Ed Hardy as well as well known brands like Nike are offered at up to 75% discount…

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