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Sociologist Shiv Visvanathan: Youth were not protesting against rape but indifference

'Anyone of them could have been the girl. So in a way it had what I call the 'rakhi effect'. Everyone felt the rape victim could have been my sister and everyone felt that could have been......

Gadkari's threats: I-T officials want apology, security

Demanding an apology from former Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari for allegedly threatening Income Tax officials, their apex body on Sunday claimed the remarks were aimed at hindering a......

Renowned Gujarati novelist Ashwini Bhatt no more

Ashwineee Bhatt, 76, a best seller novelist of Gujarati, passed away in Dallas (US) on Monday. He was one of the rare writers who had made a living out of writing novels in a language where sale of......

Our intellectuals are in a state of denial

After 800 odd years of Islamic and British rule, the Indian elite and intellectuals are copybook examples of the Fanon phenomenon: Living, breathing purveyors of a sordid ideology, says Jay......

'Concerns of Hindus are near to my heart'

Aziz Haniffa speaks to the candidate from Hawaii, on course to become the first Hindu-American congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is considered a shoo-in to winning Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District......

Singapore woos Indian tourists with city in a garden

'Go as parents and return as children' entreats the new ad for Singapore Tourism Board, which has launched a customised and differentiated marketing campaign for India.Focusing on Singapore's......

Facebook's mobile ad revenue doubles in Q4

Facebook Inc doubled its mobile advertising revenue in the fourth quarter, a sign that the No.1 social network is seeing early success in expanding onto handheld devices as more of its users......

Kolkata's small retailers top buyers at Metro Cash & Carry

Rahul Agarwal (name changed), a grocery shopkeeper in South Kolkata, buys half his monthly inventory from German wholesale store Metro Cash & Carry. With a quarterly shopping bill of about Rs 2......

Soon! Computers that can communicate with you

Computers and robots could soon be having meaningful conversations and even arguments with humans, potentially 'within the next three years', scientists have claimed.Researchers from the University......

What Lalu did right for railways, and where others fail

Lalu Yadav's s successors have discarded his shrewd pricing strategy and Indian Railways has tamely slipped back into its old shabby ways, says Sonali Ranade Indian train fares are among the......

Fifty shades of Anurag Kashyap

Sustained exposure to global cinema helps the extraordinarily successful director push the envelope in a conservative Indian film industry.It is 3pm on a Sunday afternoon when I walk into The......

Review: Johnny Depp shines in The Rum Diary

Sukanya Verma writes that The Rum Diary is fascinating because of Paul Kemp's quirky temperament played by Johnny Depp. The Rum Diary opens into a clear blue expanse as a red jet covers its smooth......

ScarJo brings classic actors to life with photoshoot

In an interesting first, actress Scarlett Johansson has done a photo shoot for W magazine camouflaged as movie stars from a bygone era, reports the Daily Mail. The actress emulates stars like......

JLo's sex tape woes

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Jennifer Lopez has launched a legal battle to prevent the release of sex videos taped by ex-husband showing her......

Lifetime Achievement award for Julia Roberts

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Julia Roberts received a Lifetime Achievement award at a film festival in Spain. The Erin Brokovich star was the guest......

News media relations with Obama hit low ebb over golf weekend

Relations between the White House and the correspondents who cover it, always edgy and adversarial, have hit a low ebb in a dispute over whether the press should have access to the president during......

England will do just enough to win 1-0: Warne

Australian spin legend Shane Warne foresees England beating India 1-0 in the upcoming four-Test series as he feels Andrew Strauss' men will manage to do just enough to upstage their world number......

Langer may be new Oz batting coach

Former Test opener Justin Langer is poised to step into the coaching ranks with Australian Test team. Langer could become batting coach and personal development and leadership advisor to Ricky......

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