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INTERNATIONAL

No privacy on the Web

Turning the details of our lives over to Google and Facebook is making them rich at the expense of our freedoms. RUPERT MYERS analyses the loss of privacy on Internet

Issues Global

Embattled Europe

The Washington post

Oddlyenough

Getting married in South Korea? Bring a lot of cash!

The world is fat

We are all losers in the fight on fat. After all, a society that sanctions instant gratification, as is the case with the West, stands little chance in combating obesity, writes WILLIAM LEITH

Binge no more

Seasonal change brings with it a sudden urge to overeat. Shameem Akthar prescribes some simple practices that can help you cope with it

Keep moving to keep improving

In this material world, things move slowly. There are supposed to be 8.4 million species. A soul, once residing in a lower being, moves upwards slowly — that is, it loses the physical body of one species and gains that of the next (higher).

Explore the nature of relationship

What is right living? As society exists now, there is no right way of living. You have to earn a livelihood, you marry, you have children, you become responsible for them and so you accept the life of an engineer or a professor.

How many egos can a movie hold?

Bringing together Marvel Comics’ superheroes in one film, The Avengers, is a great idea, but would they — and the super-actors — all get along, wonders JOHN HISCOCK

Oddlyenough

‘Octomom’ files for bankruptcy in California

Shakespeare's globe

The Bard has been embraced by every age and every nation. On the anniversary of his birth and death, JONATHAN BATE explains why the world has claimed him for its own

Oddlyenough

Beware, dieting makes you FAT, says Research

The agony of failed diets can take a huge toll on one’s confidence and self-esteem. But new findings have raised question mark over the dieting regimen itself as scientific evidence increasingly points to a far deeper problem that confronts dieters: Cutting out calories changes your metabolism and brain, so your body hoards fat and your mind magnifies food cravings into an obsession.