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HindustanTimes Sun,19 May 2013
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A card cannot say it all

On Mother’s Day, spare a thought for the sufferings of millions of women. Namita Bhandare writes.

They risked their lives for the people

Investigations into the 2002 Gujarat riots show that conscientious IPS officers have been sidelined. Javed Anand writes.

We need a gender mender

Motherhood is glorious only when it is freely chosen and enjoyed by the woman. Suparna Banerjee writes.

In the land of English Vinglish

In the absence of a robust multilingual education system, we are creating problems down the value chain. Debanjan Chakrabarti  writes.

Weighed in the balance

The collegium system of judicial appointments lacks transparency. It must be scrapped in the larger interest of the administration of justice, writes Fali S Nariman.

Inside the offender’s head

To make society safer, we must understand the tortuous minds of criminals. Prasenjit Chowdhury writes.

Be prepared for the next strike

Last month’s attack in Bengaluru proves that India desperately needs to strengthen its counter-terrorism apparatus. Kamal Davar writes.

Playing Sherlock Holmes

The Boston bombing shows the advantages and risks of crowdsourcing. Karan Lahiri writes.

The kids aren’t all right

In their relentless hunt for a perfect feel-good campaign, advertisers might be ignoring the volatility and confusion that seem to now define the mindset of the country’s youth. Anuja Chauhan writes.

Falling on his face(book)

Pervez Musharraf's story has gone from networking fantasy to novelistic farce.

Only the scavengers will survive

A city can be healthy habitat or can be a ruin with no signs of life. We have to make a choice. Yogesh Gokhale writes.

Quite fuzzy on ethics

When journalists abuse their position and pretend to be academics, the space available to researchers gets even further constrained, writes Nandini Sundar.

Damsels not in distress

If ever one needed an excuse to flip, the heroine of Love is All You Need would appear to have an embarrassment of riches.

A family's building blocks

Only when our daughters are empowered can they play a greater role in society. Preetha Reddy writes.

Don’t bank on banking

All Cyprus banks were closed until Thursday, having been shut since March 15. There is a real risk of collapse for the country’s banking system, which has gambled with both small savings and ‘money of uncertain provenance’. It is a cardinal principle of the economy that the financial system must be protected at all costs.
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