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Word of the Day: TriskaidekaphobiaTriskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Though it is not prescribed as a serious medical condition, people who experience triskaide...- The women brewing change in India, one beer at a timeVarsha Bhat and Lynette Pires are pioneering female brewers in Bengaluru, challenging the male-dominated craft beer industry in India. Bhat...
- Friday the 13th Superstition: Why this date is considered unlucky and what fuels superstitionsFriday the 13th Superstition History: Friday the 13th is often considered unlucky, with some people even having a phobia of the date. This ...
- The problem of crimes stemming from hungerDogs foiled a burglary at a maker of Goa’s chouriço sausages, leading to the thieves' capture. Christopher J Garcia’s 'Food & Crime' traces...
- Friday the 13th: What it means and Why is it deemed unlucky?Friday and the number 13 have traditionally been seen as bad combinations. But why, how frequently, and what is the history behind Friday t...
- Tax collection: Old view to newThis journey of history is reflected in mythology as polytheism moving towards monotheism. In politics, it is from many tax-collectors to o...
- One bad law goes, but women remain second-class citizensAs Justice Chandrachud elaborates in his judgment, this has been a ubiquitous attitude towards adultery throughout history.
- Reading Taleb: Skin in the Game more about sharing disincentives than incentivesTaleb takes the idea of "skin in the game" much further and shows how lack of a skin in the game lies at the bottom of most of the ills of ...
- Law firms seeing big business growing in small towns, citiesA growing number of mid- and small-size corporate law firms are venturing into small cities and industrial towns, often following their cli...
- Are large compensation payouts for medical negligence good?A Supreme Court judgement awarding record compensation payout for medical negligence in Kolkata has caused a rift in the medical fraternity.
- Spending in the name of welfare: A look at many forms of freebie and subsidy politicsNarendra Modi announces 50 lakh affordable houses if voted back to power. A look at the many forms of freebie and subsidy politics.
- Cyrus Mistry carves his territory in Tata Empire, completes smooth inductionMistry has been doing exactly that, with his agenda including meetings with key ministers and top officials of states in which the Tatas do...
- The sound of one cheek slappingTwo versions of dealing with wrongdoing are mentioned in the Bible. The Old Testament, for example, explicitly endorses the ancient Babylon...
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