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In a week of financial uncertainty we look behind the headlines to a world that is unexpectedly prosperous and peaceful

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, but I’d rather be blind than see a coward in the mirror. In our evolutionary history, intimidation was a direct result of physical size. One human being would be intimidated by a larger creature, and even a l

Newsgator’s recent announcement that their popular line of cross-platform newsreaders were now free had many of you asking why you

Our communications coach breaks down the ace presenter’s latest Macworld keynote. The result? A 10-part framework you can use to wow your own audience.

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Click your heels and salute the millions of Gujaratis too who stood rock solid behind him.

I have always wondered how such a seemingly innocuous word has turned into such a politically loaded noun in India.

Even as a prominent TV channel, Aaj Tak, repeatedly aired its sponsored Tehelka tapes “exposing” Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Gujarat government as Neros and mass murderers in the post-Godhra tragedy of 2002, B.P. Singhal, former IPS and ex-Ra

Though I also operate within the realms of Indian English media, though I am aware of its “pseudo-secular” credentials, I was baffled by the kind of lop-sided, anti-Modi coverage of the Gujarat elections, especially in the electronic media.

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