Blessings of the dirty work Industrial farming has held out as its main selling point the allure of freedom: Two per cent of the population would be able to feed everyone. The rest could do as we pleased.
Not in the spitting-game When it comes to male versus female, in any part of the country, it is always the woman who has to, time and again,fend off the demeaning stares, eve teasing and general disrespect.
The new US
Divorced from reality The great myth about divorce is that marital breakup is an increasing threat to American families, with each generation finding their marriages less stable than those of their parents.
Bold and beautiful... A pair of leopards enjoy the sunny day at the Tata Steel Zoological Park in Jamshedpur on Sunday.AP-PTI
Champions in sports other than cricket complain that Indian cricketers get disproportionate rewards as compared to them. Are they justified in complaining? Is the recognition of achievements related to the popularity of the game? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send in their opinions. Most readers feel that cricket is over-glorified and its players are pampered at the cost of other sports. Others contend that cricket is the nation’s religion and the players certainly deserve the booty.
