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Movies 2008
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It was the year of the common man in Hindi cinema. The nicest of characters
were the men next door—the boring but nice Surinder Sahni (SRK) in Rab Ne
Bana Di Jodi, the list-making Amar Kaul (Vinay Pathak) in Dasvidaniya,
the silly common sardar who did some uncommon antics in Singh is King.
And then there was the "stupid common man" as in Naseeruddin Shah in A
Wednesday who showed his anger against the "system" by planting bombs
all over Bombay.
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Other Photoessays
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A Very Hungry Tide
A pictorial account of what global warming is doing to the residents of the Sunderbans.
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Nature's Beauty, Man's Wrath
Debarshi Dasgupta visits Kandhamal and finds that the wounds from last year's riots are still fresh...
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Republic Day Parade
Mumbai 26/11, Noida encounter, extra tight security... but the 60th Republic Day celebrations were as colourful as ever, as the nation honoured its martyrs, saluted the brave and put up an impressive show of its military might and cultural diversity
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Bye Bye, Bush
Perhaps we misunderstimated Manmohan Singh. Perhaps he was thinking beyond the nuke deal and Indo-American relations when he told George W. Bush, "People of India deeply love you". Here are 29 off-the-cuff reasons MMS may have had in mind...
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Friends, Lend Me a Year
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." You can say that about most years. But 2008? Thank God, it's over...
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Protests 2008
Everybody, it seemed, was entitled to his own, personalised, custom-made notion of victimhood
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Oh, Just Changed My Mind
No, it was not a case of the best lacking all conviction... Er, yes, no... but then, well, isn't consistency the virtue of an ass?
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Dubious Distinctions
Our yearly Roll of Dishonour. Please tell us the ones we missed -- make up your own awards and send in your nominations.
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Glitterati 2008
Flashbulbs held the indelible moments on screen and beyond
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Thank God It's Over
It was not just terror but also floods, farmer suicides, stampedes, communal clashes, riots, and many other horrific cases that hogged the headlines
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