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Darkness beyond 'Bharat Nirman' and 'India Shining'

Mutual suspicion and prejudice hang over India and its neighbours, says Barun Roy. If promises and pronouncements could transform a nation, India should have been overflowing with milk and honey by......

View: Absurd to deny Narendra Modi a US visa

The move by four US Congressmen to deny Narendra Modi a US visa is a disrespect to India's free and fair ballot and even its Supreme Court, says Aseem Shukla. Four legislators stood at a podium on......

Why we must salute the heroic saga of Joginder Singh

Fifty years ago this day, October 23, Subedar Joginder Singh began the battle of his life. On learning that Joginder Singh was a Param Vir Chakra awardee, the People's Liberation Army, in a mark......

5 high profile sedition cases in India

The arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was charged with sedition for his 'offensive' cartoons, has once again brought into focus the contentious law under the Indian Penal Code. Sedition as......

Eboo Patel receives interfaith Guru Nanak award

"When you start a prize with the Dalai Lama, how do you keep it going?" asked Thomas P DiNapoli, New York State comptroller, at the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize event in New York, April 18. But, he......

Yahoo's Mayer gets flak for more rigorous hiring

Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer was asked at an all-staff meeting several weeks ago whether her rigorous hiring practices had caused the company to miss out on top engineering talent in......

Benefits of early stage investments for SMEs

On most occasions, SMEs depend on informal sources for their funding requirements like from family, relatives or from local money lenders, writes Mohit Ralhan The SME sector has emerged as a......

'China has hardware and India has software'

Meera Sanyal is Chairperson & CEO of RBS Bank in India.She is also the President of the Indian Liberal Group and stood as anindependent candidate for South Mumbai in the 2009 Lok Sabhaelections.In......

US stock futures signal sharp drop

US stock index futures signalled a sharply lower open on Friday after a Republican proposal for averting the 'fiscal cliff' failed to get enough support.Futures for the S&P 500 were down 1.4 per......

Voltas on top, but faces heat

In 2011, Voltas became a market leader in room air conditioners, which is the fastest growing segment in ACs and worth Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in terms of primary sales.A year later, the......

Review: Kumki is brilliant

A film about the emotional bond between a mahout and his elephant, Pavithra Srinivasan says that Kumki is an unforgettable ride through the wilds of Tamil Nadu's virgin forests.Director Prabhu......

Ishaqzaade, Wasseypur, Shanghai at the Toronto film fest

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) stopped traffic in the Canadian city last year when it brought Bollywood stars such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra,......

'Problem with teaching and acting is same as sex'

Theatre guru Satyadev Dubey passed away into the ages on December 25. We bring back an interview with the legend done earlier this year for those who may have missed it. Theatre's maverick......

'Problem with teaching and acting is same as sex'

Theatre's maverick philosopher-teacher, film-writer-director, a Padma Bhushan recipient and fiercely individualistic legend at 75, Pandit Satyadev Dubey looks back to look ahead. He also talks......

Readers Choice: The Greatest Movie Characters

Last week, we asked you, dear reader, to come up with the most memorable movie characters in Bollywood history. The characters that have made you laugh, cry, and empathise with them, and characters......

Chappell's Fierce Focus: 'Fallout with Sachin biggest regret'

India's controversial former cricket coach Greg Chappell claims the biggest regret of his tumultuous three-year stint was the fallout with senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar with whom he simply failed......

Crowe says will battle cancer with grit of playing days

Former New Zealand captain Martin Croweblamed illnesses picked up touring during a 13-year international cricket career for his diagnosis with the cancer lymphoma. Crowe said his cancer was "very......

Shamim Khan wins BILT Open golf in playoff

Shamim Khan clinched the BILT Open title on Saturday after edging Rashid Khan in an enthralling play-off at the Delhi Golf course. The 34-year-old Shamim staved off a fierce challenge from Rashid,......

I'm focused on winning, not contracts, says Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is concentrating on playing well for Real Madrid and is not agitating to improve the terms of his contract with the Spanish champions, the Portugal forward said on Wednesday.......

Greg Chappell slams Indian culture and cricket team

In a vicious attack on Indian culture and its cricket team, of which he was the coach, Greg Chappell has said that the side lacks leaders because parents, school teachers and......

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Q. all the intellectuals here plz answer-- As Israel is tackling more fierce Islamic extremism from a longer period of time ? like they have created secret killer squads to assasinate Hamas leaders anywhere in the world ? Should India also have such a killer squad to murder terrorists like Hafiz Saeed, Lakhvi, Makki ?
: A. That is not even an option for India considering MUCH more Indians get killed per unit time by Indians in India. We need to figure out a way to...... more

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Q. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh\'s brilliance in economic management cannot vouch for the control of our economy not passing into the hands of foreign exploiters, who will dictate their terms on us, just as British collected 50% agriculture taxes, while Mughals did with only10%. The foreigners will bring capital and snatch opportunities from indigenous people and render them labourers with unsecured terms and conditions , Further loot of national wealth continues , What U THINK CAN REVERSE THE TREND ?
Gaurav Shokeen: A. The Indian economy after 10 years of experience of the New Economic Policy tries to focus on how a constitutionally formed central government can...... more

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Q. have you seen an ad of a Bajaj bike on the TV in which two ladies have a fierce fight just to take the back seat on the bike?Don't you think this ad is giving a wrong message to the young generation?
Commonsense: A. I dont think so. I have teenage kids and they do take and accept the sportingly, focusing more on features of the bike, its bajaj XCD, (which is...... more

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Q. Do you like to focus on Swadeshi as Obama is focussing on Buy America
HEMANT MEHTA: A. if every country insists on being fiercely nationalistic, what would happen to the millions of indians employed in US, UK, Gulf etc. world is...... more

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Darkness beyond 'Bharat Nirman' and 'India Shining'

View: Absurd to deny Narendra Modi a US visa

Why we must salute the heroic saga of Joginder Singh

5 high profile sedition cases in India

Eboo Patel receives interfaith Guru Nanak award

Yahoo's Mayer gets flak for more rigorous hiring

Benefits of early stage investments for SMEs

'China has hardware and India has software'

US stock futures signal sharp drop

Voltas on top, but faces heat

Review: Kumki is brilliant

Ishaqzaade, Wasseypur, Shanghai at the Toronto film fest

'Problem with teaching and acting is same as sex'

'Problem with teaching and acting is same as sex'

Readers Choice: The Greatest Movie Characters

Chappell's Fierce Focus: 'Fallout with Sachin biggest regret'

Crowe says will battle cancer with grit of playing days

Shamim Khan wins BILT Open golf in playoff

I'm focused on winning, not contracts, says Ronaldo

Greg Chappell slams Indian culture and cricket team

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