MISS INTERPRETATIONS
Opinions and features
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My religion is: What suits me
“What religion are you?” a man on the high street asks me, whilst holding a wad of leaflets promoting Islam. “I don’t belong to any religion,” I reply.
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India needs to talk about sex
‘Eve teasing’. It’s such a cute, endearing term, isn’t it? Almost sounds like a child’s game, like ‘Hyde and Seek’ or ‘Kiss Chase’. Well, it’s not. It’s a sugar-coated expression commonly used in India for the sexual harassment of women, invading their personal space as they walk down the street, and heckling, amongst other less…
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What is a football match like in India?
Believe it or not, India is not just a cricket-crazy nation; football has been played since the 19th century when British soldiers introduced the sport to the country. And according to marketing experts, football is India’s second most popular sport today – after cricket. So what is a football match like in India? I went…
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Earth’s obituary (if one day, it really does end)
There isn’t another being that could have borne the stresses and strains of this celestial body. The phenomenal weight of over seven billion human beings and millions of species of animals, plants and algae, to be a bit more precise.
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Never ask a child what they want to be when they grow up
“Where has the year gone?!” exclaim many of us, as Christmas decorations twinkle at us from high street shop windows (okay, they’ve actually been there since August) and we start reflecting on 10 fleeting months. But for many people, especially university and college students, this is just the beginning of the rest of their lives.…
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Dalai Lama at the University of Westminster, London
There are many people who are able to draw and hold attention, but very few that can also command peace. The moment the jovial Dalai Lama stepped onto the modest stage at the University of Westminster in London, the entire audience sighed with joy and then silence fell on us all.
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RIP Robin Gibb: Artists that are listened to, instead of being heard
There appears to be a steady stream of sudden deaths among legendary musicians over the past couple of years or so; Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Nate Dogg, Etta James, Whitney Houston, Donna Summer and now, the ingenious Robin Gibb (RIP).
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New Twitter campaign: India 4 the FIFA World Cup!
Indian football is played down I am a British-born Indian – Bengali, to be precise – and I have grown up in the midst of one of the longest running football clashes in the world: Mohun Bagan A.C. vs East Bengal F.C.
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Who would you be with right now?
If you could be with anyone, anywhere right this moment, who and where would you choose? Maybe you would pick a celebrity you have always admired, or maybe the face of a loved one, past or present, springs to mind. After still reeling from the effects of the Sit in Peace mass meditation event in…
Monica Sarkar 