Alakananda Mookerjee
Digital Journalist based in New York, NY, United States.
Joined on Apr 24, 2009
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Roughly, two years prior to the start of World War I, The New York Times published a brief, yet riveting news under the “London Literary News” section of its book reviews. It was dated October 20, 1912, and read:
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Even as the search for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447 in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean continues, speculation over the possible cause of the presumed crash has begun.
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Yes, in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, that’s certainly possible. The Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum—a zany hybrid mix of a food court, a Ramen theme park (the “Ramusement Park”) and a museum—is all about celebrating well, ramen.
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India has been grappling with the phenomenon of brain drain—the large-scale flight of its skilled labor pool to countries with higher-paying jobs—since the 1970s.
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“Socialism,” a word largely believed to have been consigned to the dustbin of 20th century American history, made a sudden comeback into the media parlance with President Obama’s taking office.
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New data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s "Society At a Glance 2009" report (via The New York Times) indicates that 34.3 percent of the U.S. population is obese—the highest among all 30 OCED countries.
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That obesity has reached crisis proportions in the U.S. has been talked about ad nauseam. Still, people continue to get fatter.
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Eons ago, (for it surely feels that way now) when they first came on the scene, they were mere gateways to your electronic mailbox. Depending on how frequently you checked your e-mails, you didn’t have to cross paths with them.
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So who is the latest to join Twitter? As a guest-blogger on USA TODAY, Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian announced this week that the hotel chain has launched HyattConcierge—a 24/7 Twitter-powered concierge service.
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Chinese businessmen had been getting ready to unveil the country's very first sex theme park in the south western city of Chongqing, due to open in October this year.
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In a stinging blow to Islamic fundamentalists, who have been opposed to extending political rights to women, voters in Kuwait have elected female parliamentarians for the first time in the country's history.
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For the first time in 60 years, the global economy is predicted to shrink in 2009. Money is scarce and people are reluctant to open their purse strings.
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Against a stark off-white wall of the Viewpoint Gallery at the Plymouth College of Art stands a lone vending machine, filled with the standard fare of soda cans and mini-bags of chips.
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A team of Danish scientists have built a miniscule box, complete with solid six faces and a hinged lid, using DNA—the genetic material that is present in every cellular nucleus.
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Since the mid-1990s, when the Indian economy threw open its doors to liberalization, developers in India have been focusing their energies on building gleaming high-rises, luxury condos, villas and state-of-the-art golf courses.
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Hardly a day goes by when one doesn’t read “news” about the demise of a giant metro daily. Even fake news is facing the guillotine now.
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Tension continues to escalate in Pakistan’s Taliban-dominated Swat Valley, where the military claims to have killed 80 militants since it launched an offensive against the Islamist extremists nearly two weeks ago.
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For years, Shenzhen, China’s manufacturing hub, has been cranking out a slew of counterfeit merchandise—everything from fake designer handbags, expensive watches, cheap DVDs, cell phones and even, sham art masterpieces.
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A report published by the New York City-based Committee to Protect Journalists has named Myanmar as the world’s worst nation for bloggers.
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Consigned to the literary graveyard by many European countries, Adolf Hitler’s "Mein Kampf" is being widely read by India’s young business school students.
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