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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
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10 Questions
We've witnessed his acting skills in Rock On and Luck by Chance; now his debut film as an actor, Fakir of Venice, is being released in India
gossip
A growing friendship between Orhan Pamuk and Kiran Desai, while Mohammad Hanif's new play has Pakistan abuzz...
movie review
Far more accessible than Da Vinci Code and far more pacy too. It doesn't want viewers to pause, and reflect.
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"It is like this," Sangma explained. "Your passion for Christie could be misunderstood. For instance, at a cabinet meet, you are seated next to Mamata didi...
delhi Restaurant
Nothing about this year-old haute-Chinese restaurant suggests 'cheap', but they do do a mean value-for-money dimsum feast, the 'Yum Cha' lunch
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cricket
Cricket's stars are a ruthless lot, many have crashed and burned at its hallowed pitch
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politics: bjp
The painful recovery must perforce begin with a detox regimen
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opinion
In India, dynasty politics is strangling democracy
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politics: development
UPA now plans to address urban poverty
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election 2009: losers
An election defeat brings a temporary loss of habitat, but life still beckons
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maharashtra: assembly polls
The Congress is thinking of doing a UP in Maharashtra
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police: reforms
A committee sans commitment delays reform of our police
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australia: attacks on indians
Australia denies it's racist, but why the spate of recent attacks on Indian students?
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business: credit cards
Credit card users stare at a sparer future
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business: disinvestment
Disinvestment is back, but with a softer tread
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economy: cash transfers
Will conditional cash transfers cut seepages, yield better results in our welfare schemes?
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interview
The new law minister on the need to usher in reservations in the private sector and reforms in the judiciary
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kerala: malappuram
Fable, folklore and movies have all drawn on twins. In Kodinji, they are an abundant mystery.
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environment: orchids
Fragile, mysterious, rare Indian orchids come under threat
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conservation: wildlife
The national wildlife board has little focus
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Reviews
A prince is lost in ambition and lust, before madness claims him and engulfs India. Man mirrors State.
S.K. Singh on The Private Life of an Indian Prince By Mulk Raj Anand
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Review
A stunning debut collection. Each of these stories is guaranteed to raise a sweat, a goose-pimple or at the very least, a guilty chuckle.
Manjula Padmanabhan on Eunuch Park: Fifteen Stories Of Love And Destruction By Palash Krishna Mehrotra
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