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Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:53:37 +0530 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:58:39 +0530 Education http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Bypassing-the-Politics-of-Ayodhya/2013/12/13/article1943202.ece More than two decades after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, Ravi Shankar recounts his experience of witnessing the kar sevaks bring down the medieval mosque and says that the incident marked the collapse of the ancien regime of secularism and BJP leader L K Advani emerged as the first Hindu Knight Templar of India Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:15:17 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Bypassing-the-Politics-of-Ayodhya/2013/12/13/article1943202.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/How-the-Mighty-Serpent-was-Slain/2013/12/13/article1943027.ece Hittites settled in Anatolia (modern day Turkey) about 5,000 years ago and ruled over a powerful empire that extended all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. Here’s a story of one of their gods. Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:14:51 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/How-the-Mighty-Serpent-was-Slain/2013/12/13/article1943027.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Need-for-Gender-neutral-Pronouns/2013/12/13/article1943019.ece Is God male or female? Is it correct to use the pronoun ‘he’ to refer to God? Is a devil male or female? What pronoun do we use to refer to a devil or Satan? When I threw these questions at my students to get their responses, a male student replied, “God is male because he is good and Satan is female because she is wicked.” Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:14:28 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Need-for-Gender-neutral-Pronouns/2013/12/13/article1943019.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Just-a-Fad-or-a-Healthy-Lifestyle/2013/12/13/article1943011.ece What Donald Watson started was a movement to shun food made from animal products. But it lost its meaning and purpose somewhere along the way. Read on to know what veganism is truly about and what its followers actually stand for. Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:13:40 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Just-a-Fad-or-a-Healthy-Lifestyle/2013/12/13/article1943011.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Seminar-on-the-Importance-of-Concentration/2013/12/13/article1943008.ece Today’s education is more focused on metrics than on the process of producing those metrics. Vikas Kumar, founder, Psychographics Society, Ranchi interacted with students in a seminar on ‘Art of Concentration’ conducted at Sakthi Mariamman Engineering College on Thursday. Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:11:27 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Seminar-on-the-Importance-of-Concentration/2013/12/13/article1943008.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Two-Wheeler-Number-Soars-in-TN-Despite-Fuel-Price-Hike/2013/12/13/article1943007.ece The rise in petrol and diesel prices has failed to deter the State’s hunger for motor vehicles with the two-wheeler population rising in the last two decades. Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:10:55 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Two-Wheeler-Number-Soars-in-TN-Despite-Fuel-Price-Hike/2013/12/13/article1943007.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Probe-Sought-into-Chopping-of-Trees/2013/12/13/article1943004.ece Three trees were cut down in the city, for the second time in a month, on Thursday. This has angered green activists who urged the district administration to look into the matter. Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:10:15 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Probe-Sought-into-Chopping-of-Trees/2013/12/13/article1943004.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/National-Economic-Slowdown-Affected-TN-Growth-Jaya/2013/12/13/article1943001.ece Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said that the slowdown in the national economy had affected the performance of the State economy as well. Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:09:51 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/National-Economic-Slowdown-Affected-TN-Growth-Jaya/2013/12/13/article1943001.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Government-School-Boys-Project-Makes-it-to-National-Science-Exhibition/2013/12/12/article1941783.ece M Kumaresan (13) a Class 8 student of Government Higher Secondary School, C Ayyampalayam near Lalgudi, will display his science model at the INSPIRE science exhibition scheduled to be held in New Delhi in January 2014. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:12:58 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Government-School-Boys-Project-Makes-it-to-National-Science-Exhibition/2013/12/12/article1941783.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Shake-Off-the-Negativity/2013/12/12/article1941041.ece Once an old farm donkey fell into a deep pit. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:16:38 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Shake-Off-the-Negativity/2013/12/12/article1941041.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Erasing-What-Little-Peace-Was-Left/2013/12/12/article1941036.ece While Akbar gave the Hindus in his kingdom high positions and power, Aurangzeb created such cracks between the communities that they became too deep to mend Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:15:27 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Erasing-What-Little-Peace-Was-Left/2013/12/12/article1941036.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/The-Melodious-Avian-Beautys-South-Escapade/2013/12/12/article1941030.ece Though it was earlier considered a subspecies of the Eurasian golden oriole, this bird has now been elevated to a new species status based on its characteristics and behaviour and is called the Indian golden oriole Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:14:11 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/The-Melodious-Avian-Beautys-South-Escapade/2013/12/12/article1941030.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/New-Sports-Minister-of-TN-Sworn-in/2013/12/12/article1941023.ece RB Udhayakumar, AIADMK MLA from Sattur Assembly constituency, was sworn in as the new Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare, at a simple function held at Raj Bhavan. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:13:18 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/New-Sports-Minister-of-TN-Sworn-in/2013/12/12/article1941023.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Vocabulary-Marathon-at-Shri-Krishnaswamy-College-for-Women/2013/12/12/article1941022.ece Shri Krishnaswamy College for Women, Anna Nagar, organised a ‘Vocabulary Marathon’ — a hunt for new words and a unique method to learn more words. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:12:27 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Vocabulary-Marathon-at-Shri-Krishnaswamy-College-for-Women/2013/12/12/article1941022.ece http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Call-for-Prospective-AIADMK-Candidates/2013/12/12/article1941018.ece With a view to selecting candidates well in time, the ruling AIADMK on Wednesday invited applications from party functionaries who aspire to contest the coming LS elections. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:12:06 +0530 http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/student/Call-for-Prospective-AIADMK-Candidates/2013/12/12/article1941018.ece