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10 Questions
The standup comedian on his stint in films
showtime
Could have been an intense and emotional film but gets too overblown and melodramatic.
gossip
Could Adiga be still smarting from the rebuff from Penguin? Meanwhile, David Godwin does it again...
calcutta Restaurant
Saffron serves an eclectic selection of regional Indian foods, from daab chingri (prawns cooked in a coconut shell, Bengal style) to chicken Chettinad.
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Arunachal pradesh
With India having given them nothing but neglect, the Arunachalis wonder if they’d have been better off with China
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karnataka: bjp
Shobha Karandlaje, BSY’s pointswoman, is central to the crisis
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poll Sutra
‘Those who form governments can also pull them down,’ goes an old jungle saying in our Bellary
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opinion
The ‘sarkari Musalman’ class trades solely in Muslim backwardness
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opinion
Paradoxically, unassertiveness catches up with the Loh Purush
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opinion
It’s time we extirpated the horrific dehumanisation from our prisons
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Govt report: land reforms
A scathing report on the pro-business land takeover policy ...and it’s official too
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crime: youth
They’re young, educated, and they kill. A worrying city trend.
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investments: education
A map to rope in rural investments
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health: rural missions
A pan-India rural health project is suffering
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Films: Apu trilogy
Fifty years after the Apu trilogy, the West still misreads Ray
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review
Imaginary sips for exquisite wines bleeding into each other. Then, the treacly gladness of a rummy concoction.
Ruskin Bond on Happy Hours: The Penguin Book Of Cocktails By Bhaichand Patel
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review
That English fiction abounds in South Asian names we already knew. And South Asian voices? We still don’t know.
Aditya Sudarshan on The New Anthem: The Subcontinent In Its Own Words Edited By Ahmede Hussain
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review
This well-illustrated volume should be useful as a textbook in film schools, but its value for ordinary film enthusiasts is even higher
Chandak Sengoopta on The Director’s Mind: A Step By Step Study Of The Process Of Film Making By Ujjal Chakraborty
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