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SCIENCE ZONE - Birds have built-in sat-nav!
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SCIENCE ZONE - Birds have built-in sat-nav!

Researchers from the UK exposed Eurasian reed warblers to a fake magnetic signature – thousands of miles from their usual path – to see how they would react. Despite all the other cues from their actual location, the birds readied to fly off as if they were in the location that matched that of the...
LOVING LITERATURE - Standout stillness
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LOVING LITERATURE - Standout stillness

Bibhash Choudhury Clay and Amanda are a New York couple with two children – out on a much-needed vacation. And, they choose a location where there is no one around, a serene, almost inaccessible place, a spot that would give them that space and time they so long for, even if for a brief time. When...
Making reel waves
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Making reel waves

Saikh Md Sabah Al-Ahmed The art of filmmaking, or for that matter, any creative endeavour involves both passion and sensitivity. Mehdi Jahan, an emerging filmmaker from Guwahati, is proving to be a strong voice in the indie filmmaking scene, both in the state as well as at the national level. After...
My summer reads
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My summer reads

Priyam Pranjuleema Dutta “If summer was a book, I was going to write something beautiful in it. In my own handwriting. But I had no idea what to write.” – Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. The summer of 2020 was undoubtedly soul crushing and...
Online safety check
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Online safety check

Dimple Sarma Gone are the days when children used to play with their friends in parks. Nowadays, online classes, virtual friendships, etc., are making a new space in their lives. We can’t deny the importance of the internet and gadgets, but, we should be aware of its uses and misuses. There are...
Clean bill of health
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Clean bill of health

Mrityunjoy Khound Whenever we feel any unmanageable discomfort, we visit the physician, who then prescribes us medicines as per his or her varying vision and experience. Here, there is no option left for us but to go by the physician’s diagnosis. But, one must be lucky to get hold of a doctor with...
Where heaven and earth meet
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Where heaven and earth meet

Travel - Dhritiraj Sarma Our journey to North Sikkim – a land full of unfamiliar experiences – started from Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. On January 7, we visited the famous Chardham at Namchi before reaching Gangtok. The best part here is that the soul starts meditating unknowingly and the mind...
A quick peek
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A quick peek

Cinemascape - Sanjoy Ray With the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out gaining momentum, and cinema halls finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel, it is time to preview some of the most anticipated theatrical releases of 2021 that could spice up the year for movie buffs. Among the first to get...
Dark side of antibiotics
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Dark side of antibiotics

Dr Moon Moon Das writes how because of the widespread use of antibiotics, the target bacteria have adapted and changed with time, making the drugs less effective. Antibiotic resistance accounts for about 700,000 deaths per year. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general, has said that...
Style quotient!
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Style quotient!

Manish Goswami REVERSE SWEEP Ajit, somehow, always manages to keep himself busy with new ideas. And, he makes it a point to share his latest concepts. While we were coming out after a hard day at office, Ajit quipped, “There is no second prize for losing an election.” “What?” “Look, we should...
On the Monpa Trail
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On the Monpa Trail

Sukmaya Lama TRAVEL It was one of those random conversations regarding travelling and trekking to offbeat destinations that resulted in my trekking journey to the Monpa Trail, Arunachal Pradesh. I, together with my camp-mates and fellow trekkers, boarded our car that would take us to Sangti...
White Tiger
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White Tiger

Sanjoy Ray CINEMASCAPE Director: Ramin Bahrani Cast: Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, etc. Had it not been for its climax, The White Tiger would have been a runaway winner in all the departments. In one of the closing scenes, the protagonist reminiscences that the reason...
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