In Defense of Aamir Khan: Indian TV Channels, Social Media & Rise of Intolerance

In the aftermath of Aamir Khan episode, did you – like me – ever wondered about the role of Indian TV channels, social media in rising intolerance in country?Blown out of ProportionIndeed I strongly believe that it is the media specially National TV channels both English and Hindi, which has made Indian public this much intolerant and impatient...

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Scandal Point: Things to do in Shimla

It is a place that you would likely miss. I did too when I first visited Mall Road in Shimla. But Scandal Point (the name sounds intriguing isn’t it?) has an interesting legend behind it which was narrated to me by one of the drivers in the early morning in the hotel where I was staying in Shimla. He also proclaimed to be a former driver...

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16 Free SEO Tools for Search Marketers

Even though Google’s guideline for search engine optimization haven’t changed much over the years, in the post PANDA, PENGUIN & HUMMINGBIRD world, SEO is very different from what it used to be a couple of years ago. Some even proclaimed that SEO is dead, a thing of past but contrary to all this, SEO is something that could still work...

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A Definitive Guide on How to Get Google’s Manual Action Revoked

As an SEO and webmaster, receiving a message from Google’s webspam team regarding manual action is probably the most dreaded thing to happen to you. Manual action is Google’s way of denouncing and demoting webpages or even entire domain from the search ranking.Unnatural links to your site – impacts links: Google has found unnatural or deceptive...

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What Do Historians Do: Twitter

Asks who? Well our very own Chetan Bhagat. (Un) Arguably the dumbest IITian ever, Chetan Bhagat appears to be a sucker for fame and limelight. Or was he trying to please Mr. Modi? What happened was historians in India including the respectable Romila Thapar and Irfan Habib raised their concernj over the recent communal violence in Dadri...

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Winter's Whisper

Ah…Its sleep I should invitebut the winds of winter cominghave another lullabyI have decided to close my eyeBut it is just a dreamOr will we share the winter’s highWas it was ever meant to beOr was it a forlorn goodbyeWinter may become like thatcruel, cold, heartlessBut sometimesits the desolate hymnthat betters caressing lullabywell winter,...

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Test Post from Bricolage by Nikhil Chandra

Test Post from Bricolage by Nikhil Chandra http://www.nikhilchandra....

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