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Relationships & Family > Tips for Marital Happiness Should couples live together before getting married?: 1 of 275
Marriage is like a "one and a half way traffic street".It is not irreversible, so can not be called "one way", but the other way round, i.e.. getting out of marriage, is only half a way, as you are never able to fully get back to the state where you were before marriage, and this 'half a way' is also full of hurdles, complexi... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War in Iraq We should be focusing military efforts on the Taliban, Al Qaeda and drugs in Afghanistan, not in Iraq: 1 of 28
If the recent events in Pakistan are any indication, the Taliban is far from dead, and the place from where Al Qaida may rise again is between Afghanistan and Pakistan.There are some who take Nostradamus seriously, and though I am not one of them, I can not but agree with them that war on Iraq is just a small battle in a much... More..
Personal Finance > Taxes Should you be taxed for using the Internet?: 1 of 25
A tax on use of Internet does not satisfy a single criterion for a 'good tax'.CRITERIA FOR JUDGING A TAXThe taxes are judged on the basis of certain characteristics. A 'good tax' should be FAIR - meaning that people should pay taxes depending upon their ability to pay. It should also be NEUTRAL - meaning that two different pe... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Is the accidental killing of civilians by US forces, in places like Somalia, an unavoidable part of the war on terrorism?: 5 of 115
"In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen", so says William S. Burroughs.In my opinion, magical or not, there is nothing like a coincident or an accident in this entire universe, except the fact that we, the humans, are ignorant of what is ... More..
Health & Fitness > Herbal & Natural Remedies Home remedies for acne: 1 of 21
ACNE VULGARIS OR ACNE, which is also known as PIMPLES, SPOTS or ZITS, is a skin condition, more common in adolescence, in which there is inflammation of PILOSEBACEOUS GLAND - the structure consisting of sebaceous gland and its associated hair follicle. It may or may not include a collection of pus - PUSTULE. It is usually inf... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Assessing the future of Make Poverty History: 1 of 21
Someone once said that a rich man is not necessarily the one who has a lot of money, but one whose needs are less than what he or she owns. If we apply the same logic to poverty, then a poor man will not necessarily be one who has too little money, but one who needs much more than what he actually has. Before you conclude tha... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Where will the greatest points of conflict arise in India's foreseeable future and how should India act to resolve these conflicts?: 2 of 38
The struggle between the values of peaceful co-existence among people of different faiths, which lies at the core of Indian civilization and the ever rising ambitions of pan-Islamic nationalists, is going to be the single most important conflict in India. This is not withstanding the various other conflicts like Maoists' viol... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Are high taxes on cigarettes fair?: 3 of 49
Taxes can influence human behavior. If smoking is a behavior that we wish to influence, then taxes are an important tool for doing so.If imposing taxes on consumers can contribute towards saving their life, they cannot be considered unfair. Even if the consumers of cigarette could be left to their silly descretion, smoking ne... More..
Business > Business News & Issues Tax rebates as economic stimulus: Will it work?: 1 of 15
Tax rebates are a very effective tool, a tool that CAN WORK, PROVIDED they are used to induce the changes that are desired, and not just to augment the spending power of the masses.EFFECTS OF TAX REBATETax rebate has two important effects - First, it increases spending power of taxpayer; second, it changes economic behavior o... More..
Arts & Humanities > Meaning of Life What is life?: 4 of 54
One can try to understand life from various perspectives. The perspective of a scientist will not be same as that of a poet, or a philosopher, or an artiste, or a religious preacher. They are all different, and yet all of them are relevant for understanding the issue.From the point of view of an objective analyzer, life can b... More..