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Congress has NO CLUE what Muslims WANT

India's grand old party is still not able to comprehend what the country's largest minority group wants. What their issues are. What their demands are. With whom they want to associate. And what......

Vignettes from the Congress plenary

Congress Nagar: Over 20,000 Congressmen coming together to celebrate the grand old party, the Indian National Congress completing 125 years of an eventful existence. But the mood at the 83rd......

Live Updates from the Congress Plenary

As the Congress celebrates its 125th year, rediff.com's best correspondents/photographers will report on India's grand old party's plenary session in New Delhi. The session, which is being held in......

A vanishing tribe

With Koirala no more, Asia has lost yet another grand old man of politics - the likes of him have always been rare.With the death of Girija Prasad Koirala of Nepal, from prolonged ailments at the......

Congress flays Advani's remark on Ambedkar

The Congress on Monday criticised the Bharaitya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani's remark that the grand old party was responsible for the defeat of the dalit icon and that it......

From flunking Class X to building an empire

After Saturday's grand opening of T3 and before getting down to the nitty-gritty of closing down Delhi's old international airport terminal, G M Rao sits down for pesarattu, coffee and......

'Don't be too smart, looking foolish is OK'

In November 1975, a 19-year-old young man was walking down Nariman Point in Mumbai (then Bombay). The grand facade of the Oberoi Hotel impressed him so much that he wanted to stay there at least......

Exclusive! Zubin Mehta on Ratan Tata

It is a month today since Ratan Tata retired as chairman of Tata Sons.Mr Tata tweeted last week that he is enjoying his retirement and the time he spends with his beloved dogs. Legendary maestro......

The reforms we don't talk about

The word "reform" in India has attained a level of sanctity that only words like "ma" and "satyagraha" have achieved.Thus, to question reform is to challenge our belief in the saintliness of mother......

Is bailout the end of Euro-zone's problems?

An anxious fortnight in which financial markets grappled with the consequences of a spiralling debt crisis in Europe and the prospect of a default by the US treasury (with the continuing impasse......

Review: Skyfall is the best Bond film in decades

Skyfall is fabulously refreshing, writes Raja Sen.Pop goes the weasel. Literally. The new James Bond villain-- played by an alarmingly bleached Javier Bardem-- is a man given to both dramatic......

'R D Burman always preferred Rajesh Khanna to Bachchan'

Dr Mukesh Hariawala recounts his experience with the super-talented R D Burman when he performed an Open Heart Bypass Surgery many years ago.Not many know that after his bypass surgery done at......

Review: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol is fast and furious

Director Brad Bird, for most part, lends Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol a sense of splendid urgency with fast-moving impulses and ambitious set pieces but lacks the smarts to wholly approve,......

'I would last long time in a show like Bigg Boss'

Television actor Apara Mehta swapped places with Sudesh Berry's wife Sarita in Maa Exchange, the modified Indian version of the sensational British reality show Wife Swap. Apara and Sudesh tell......

Bollywood bids adieu to 2010

The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.From pantyless appearances to star-stubbed Koffees, the......

After partying hard Vettel eyes Korean Grand Prix

Partying with Michael Schumacher gave Sebastian Vettel the hangover of champions after he clinched his second Formula One title last weekend. The 24-year-old German got together with his......

Schumi's home party not sold out

Hundreds of tickets remained available for Sunday's German Grand Prix, primarily because of high prices and Michael Schumacher's domination this year, though organisers remain optimistic on Friday......

Agassi shocked, saddened by Armstrong confession

Andre Agassi was shocked and saddened by disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's confession to using performance-enhancing drugs and the eight-times Grand Slam champion said tighter, more frequent dope......

Ecclestone mulls having two races in India

India can hope to host two Formula One races within the next decade but the country faces plenty of competition on a crowded calendar, according to the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone.......

Perez plays down talk of switch to bigger team

Sauber's Sergio Perez is playing his cards close to his chest regarding his Formula One future after arriving in Singapore for Sunday's grand prix fresh from a third podium of the season in Monza......

People speak for grand old party

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Q. So, Grand Old Man of BJP -Advani has finally given up his aspiration to become PM ?
Syed Ilyas: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/so-grand-old-man-of-bjp--advani-has-finally-given-up-his-asp/24437973/answers/

Q. In ancient times there were Narakasur, Shambharasur, Ravan, Kaunsa, Kal Yavan and many demonic, cruel and culture-less persons filled with excessive ego to overpower the world but they met their ends unceremoniously. Is this not enough to learn lessons not to become tyrant in the present world/? .
Syed Ilyas: A. Kon kya seekta hei yeh Million Dollar Sawaal hei; See the official spokespersons of the Grand Old Party barking like dogs at Ramdevji or Annaji !!!!!! more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/in-ancient-times-there-were-narakasur-shambharasur-ravan-kau/24437973/answers/21019519

Q. There is an old adage that every crisis is also an opportunity. However the grand old party of India, the Congress, seems incapable of the innovative thinking required to grab that opportunity in the present crisis.-Do You agree ?
Gangadhar Dalal: A. yup more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/there-is-an-old-adage-that-every-crisis-is-also-an-opportuni/21019477/answers/20856484

Q. This Congress highhandedness is nothing new. Any sort of pressure on the centre seems to be met with dictatorial harshness.But what the Digvijay Singhs, Sonia Gandhis, Manmohan Singhs of the Congress do not realise is the fact that the world is now laughing at them. Laughing, and at the same time, lamenting the death of the "People" in the world's largest democracy.In the decades to come, the Congress will look back on June 5, 2011, as the day the end it all ended for the grand old party. Just as it will look at June 25, 1975, as the time when the end began.- Has the history repeated ?
Venkatesaldevarajan: A. YAH CONG. KI SHURU SE AADAT HAI US KO DESH SE KOI MATLAB NAHIHAR HAAL ME SIRF RAJ-RAJ --RAJ -----KARNA CHAHTI HAI INDIA KO BAPOTI SAMJHTI HAI KHUDD KI more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/this-congress-highhandedness-is-nothing-new.-any-sort-of-pre/20856435/answers/19952272

Q. Poll predictions point out exit of DMK from TN . Comments?
Venkatesaldevarajan: A. Sometimes, exit polls go wrong. Unfortunate thing about the elections in Tamil Nadu is that people have no choice except corrupt DMK led by grand...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/poll-predictions-point-out-exit-of-dmk-from-tn-.-comments/19952252/answers/19787165

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Raikkonen would rather be left alone

By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen would much rather be left alone but he is happy to admit that sometimes he does not know what he... ...

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Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes

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Monaco is a hangover from when sex was safe and motorsport was dangerous

This is how American journalist Robert Daley described the Monaco Grand Prix, writing in 1962, perfectly capturing the emotions a motorsport... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/sports/monaco-is-a-hangover-from-when-sex-was-safe-and-motorsport-was-dangerous-809491.html

Conversion of Gurajada's house into memorial sought

The house constructed by the legendary writer and social reformer Gurajada Appa Rao in Vizianagaram nearly a century ago, should be taken over by... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/conversion-of-gurajadas-house-into-memorial-sought/article4742497.ece

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