Who could have ever imagined that the biggest bulk order for computers across the globe would be made by one among the BIMARU states in the country? Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Filed under India, Uttar Pradesh · Tagged AIPMT, Akhilesh Yadav, Common Law Admission Test, Hindi Heartland, Hindustan Times, HP, IIT JEE, Intel, Javed Usmani, lucknow, Microsoft, Mulayam Singh, news, Samajwadi Party, Sunita Aron, Uttar Pradesh
There has been so much happening in the country. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Filed under India, Uttar Pradesh · Tagged Canberra, Hindi Heartland, Hindustan Times, lucknow, Lucknow University, Mulayam Singh Yadav, news, Nitish Kumar, Sunita Aron, Tagore library, Walter Burley Griffin
This week I am reproducing a story written by my colleague Manish Chandra Pandey as I strongly feel that more and more people should know about it. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 'Wing on fire', Calcutta, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Dr Kalam foundation, IIM, IIM Ahemedabad, IIM Lucknow, Indian Institute of Management, lucknow, Sunita Aron
The other day I met a senior corporate honcho in Mumbai. He had been to Lucknow and was impressed by the city’s development. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Filed under India, Uttar Pradesh · Tagged Hindustan Times, lucknow, Mayawati, Mumbai, news, Sunita Aron, Uttar Pradesh, uttar pradeshChief minister Akhilesh Yadav
A few months back, a senior BJP leader had confided how a political party had approached former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to field a weak candidate on the adjoining Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha seat. In lieu, they had offered to nominate a dummy candidate against him in Lucknow. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Filed under Uttar Pradesh · Tagged Akhilesh Yadav, Amethi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP, BSP, Firozabad, Hindi Heartland, hindustantimes, Kannauj, Lok Sabha, lucknow, Mainpuri, Mayawati, Mohanlalganj, Mulayam Yadav, news, Priyanka Gandhi, Rae Bareli, Sonia Gandhi, SP, Sunita Aron
The consumer is changing. Gone are the days when they checked the printed price on individual items. Today they take the total amount on a rough paper, not even the cash memo, and pay. Not only this, only a few bother to take back the change. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Filed under Uttar Pradesh · Tagged Babu City, Bill, Cash memo, Choti Diwali, consumer, Dhanteras, Diwali, Government employees, Happy Diwali, lucknow, private firms, salary, sixth pay commission
A friend walked into my office yesterday lamenting about UP’s image outside the state. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Agra, Allahabad, BSP, congress, Crime, economic development, education, Gujarat, industrialisation, lucknow, Mayawati, Meerut, Noida, Rahul Gandhi, Ram temple, Sunita Aron, unemployment, UP, UP politics, Varanasi
Not many in the country may know about bada mangal mainly observed in Lucknow on five Tuesdays of May and June. People throng Hanuman temples – some even crawl their way to the temples despite the scorching weather. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 6:37 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Agnipuran, Bada mangal, Bhagwadgita, environment, Gangotri, Gaumukh, Gomti River, Hanuman temples, Himalayas, Hinduism, Hindus, Kedarkand, Kumbh mela, lucknow, Mahabharat, pollution, Uttar Pradesh
National athlete Arunima Sinha is flooded with help, both in cash and kind. Not one but many jobs await her. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Allahabad, Anna Hazare, Arunima Sinha, athlete, government, Hindi Heartland, IIIT, lucknow, Olympics, railways
Fifteen-year-old Chanda Rajbhar is crusading against child marriages after she fought her parents who were hell-bent on getting her married at a tender age of 13 years. Read more

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Posted by Sunita Aron on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Anupam Kher, child marriages, domestic violence, dowry, education, eve teasing, fair sex, females, International Women's Day, lucknow, marriage, Mayawati, molesters, rapists, Sushma Swaraj, Varanasi, weaker sex, woman empowerment, women