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I love this city. Delhi is green, Mumbai is treeless. And here, it doesn't matter whether you are from Bihar or Tamil Nadu. But Mumbai has the prettiest girls in the country
By Bhaichand Patel
the Secret Diary of
"Arjuna sir, at today's toss should I call heads or tails?" I inquired. "Just say you have no idea," was his advice which I religiously followed
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10 Questions
Planning Commission member-secretary Sudha Pillai, whose solo show ‘Avril II: Joy of Living’ opened at PBC Art Gallery on April 3
movie review
Downright mediocre, little more than a celebration of silliness but it has cleverly managed to reach out to its target audience—the teens
movie review
Rhyming adjectives that come to mind when you think of Game--lame, tame, shame, inane, strain, pain...
gossip
Vikram Seth invited his devout Persian teacher and his wife, cooking them one of his famous meals. He'd taken care, of course, not to serve pork or ham, but what he forgot was...
bangalore restaurant
The atmosphere is the top selling point and there’s plenty of it on tap, accentuated by the witty menu
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world Cup win
The World Cup win is as much the story of small-town India’s rise as it is of Dhoni’s XI
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the Secret Diary of
"Arjuna sir, at today's toss should I call heads or tails?" I inquired. "Just say you have no idea," was his advice which I religiously followed
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politics: corruption
It’s a cause that can’t go unsupported. All the more reason it shouldn’t be simplistic.
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opinion
The Left must innovate and reach out to new marginalised groups
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Elections: Tamil Nadu
Jaya has a spring in her step, but will her alliance hold? Will the DMK fall?
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Elections: Kerala Pies By The SliceMinority groups hold some of the cards Reshmi Padma |
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POLITICS: PUNJAB
Manpreet and his ‘jagowallahs’ offer hope
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2g scam: investigation
A ‘bold’ CBI goes after the top guns in business over the 2G licences
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insurance: portability
Mediclaim-hopping won’t be a cakewalk
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economy: estate duty
Is it time to levy an estate tax on the super-rich to bridge the class gap?
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iims: controversy
For autonomy’s sake, says the government. IIM academics aren’t buying any of it.
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environment: innovation
Re-animated waste isn’t just good for the soul. It can look pretty good too.
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heritage: photographs
New initiatives cast light on the lost worlds in old family photos
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review
A brilliant first novel on cricket in Lanka is quirky and profound. It also revives the metaphor of sport as life.
Shashi Tharoor on Chinaman: The Legend Of Pradeep Mathew By Shehan Karunatilaka
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review
Some of the essays are quite awful but the elegant prose of others makes this book worth the price
Bhaichand Patel on The Popcorn Essayists: What Movies Can Do To Writers
Edited By Jai Arjun Singh
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review
The research is interesting, but the writing is choppy in parts and needs smoother transitions
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