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Girls drawing in class at an Early Childhood Care & Development Centre (ECCD) in Badarpur, on the outskirts of Delhi. Photo: Plan / Davinder Kumar

Recapitulating milestones on way to seven billionth human

By Sun, Oct 30, 2011 4:32AM UTC View Comments Girls drawing in class at an Early Childhood Care & Development Centre (ECCD) in Badarpur, on the outskirts of Delhi. Photo: Plan / Davinder Kumar

Before the Internet arrived, most Indians had a hazy notion of Halloween. Those who knew about this prankster’s evening wouldn’t have been bemused because in the pre-Internet era, Bahuroopis were still conceptually known. I say conceptually, because even if kids had not seen one, they knew Bahuroopis weren’t pranksters but folk artists eking out a...

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Indian states as countries

By Sun, Jun 26, 2011 4:32PM UTC View Comments Indian states as countries

Uttar Pradesh would be fifth most populous country if it declared independence right now.  How does it fare on the GDP front? Not so well. Its GDP is equivalent to that of Qatar which has 2 million population, which makes UP a very poor nation. Maharashtra has the biggest GDP in Indian states at $175 bn....

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