The Young India January : 2008 : The Young India

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Month: January, 2008

The Liquidation Of Benazir Bhutto

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Ananth Venkatesh tells us why Benazir Bhutto was important for the world, for India and for women rights.

  • Her occupation of the seat of the PM served as a great uplift for all the women of Pakistan
  • Chauvinistic elements of the military found the prospect of dealing with a female PM unpalatable
  • She commendably and candidly confessed to the Indian media that she might have made blunders in the past

  • Get Lucky after death

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    Shaival Thakkar writes from Ahmedabad about the restaurant that is built around graves

  • at least 22 bright green coloured tombs of various shapes and sizes in this restaurant.
  • Trunks of trees shoot right out of the ceiling

  • Congratulations, it’s an opinion leader!

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    Thapas Joseph Thomas says that rebellion and cult behavior is encouraged by the media

    When the book ‘The Da Vinci Code’ released many youngsters didn’t realize that Dan Brown is more a marketer than an author, a numerologist or a genius.


    Panorama of an audience

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    Ranjana Dave

    A concert hall is home to an audience that is as varied as chalk and cheese. In a Kafkaesque moment, one can imagine a supermarket alley with all types of people waving from their shelves.

    Let’s look at some of the audience species.