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India or Pakistan, they ask you as you are bargaining in the Grand and Spice Bazaars. When I say India, they say, ‘Ah, Hindoostan? I love you’...
By Ratna Rao Shekhar
The Secret Diary Of
I now hear Mahesh Bhatt is threatening to make a sci-fi film on my miserable life (working title: Shera—a 2010 Games Odyssey)
The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news
Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas
Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats
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10 questions
The artist son of painter-in-exile M.F. Husain on his first exhibition in Mumbai in a decade
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There are repetitive strands and loose ends which ask for explanations but eventually it makes a point and poignantly at that.
Gossip
Sardar Khushwant doesn't like dry days. And who's the most sought after literary patroness in Delhi?
hyderabad restaurant
One of the few restaurants we’ve found that offers real Rayalaseema food
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EXCLUSIVE
intelligence security breaches
India’s defence data could be an open secret. Ask the NTRO bosses who lost their laptops.
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health: ndm-1
The superbug’s name is no issue, India must focus on combating drug resistance
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opinion
The CWG worker is as much a slave today as his Asiad parents were
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mumbai: environment
Grim tidings from the Mumbai oil spill
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media: privacy
An interim order from the SC on reporting sparks off important questions
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bjp: strategy
The BJP looks to play the Congress’s aam aadmi card against it
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Environment: policy
A proactive minister puts Paryavaran Bhavan in focus. The development dauphins are aflutter.
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opinion
Four years on, and the UPA’s promise of police reforms is barely in sight
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EXCLUSIVE
william dalrymple in afghanistan
As the Great Game repeats itself, India must wake up to Karzai’s new moves
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diplomacy: nepal
Nepal’s fractious polity fumbles for a solution. India, as a cohering agent, has a high stake in it.
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heritage: museums
A UNESCO report on eight national museums comes as no surprise
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West Bengal: The post
In remotest Bengal the ‘runner’ of old exists still, with his burden of news and fortitude
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revival: old board games
Traditional board games make a comeback courtesy a few enthusiasts
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film: Endhiran
The costliest Indian film, a Rajni-Ash starrer with international collaborations. Will it work?
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review
The novel as a whole seems to have been assembled in a prolonged fit of inattention
Alok Rai on The Pleasure Seekers By Tishani Doshi
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review
Quirky, bright and eccentric, Indian Poirot Vish Puri finds it as hard to pass up a “good murder” as go without lunch.
Sunil Mehra on The Case Of The Man Who Died Laughing By Tarquin Hall
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