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Hazare's open letter: Stand united against graft

Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday cautioned people against those trying to create "schisms" and "discord" in the movement against corruption and appealed for their unity in the wake of the......

Finishing Hugo Chavez's unfinished task in Venezuela

Sustaining the Bolivarian revolution after Hugo Chavez won’t be easy. But we must all celebrate its considerable achievements and wish it well, says Praful Bidwai. He was called a......

China kicks off once-in-a-decade power transfer

China's new advisory legislative body on Sunday began its annual session commencing the once-in-a-decade power transfer to a new leadership headed by Xi Jinping from the outgoing government led by......

Hollande bestows France's highest honour on Amartya Sen

Calling Amartya Sen the ‘greatest humanist’ and a ‘great thinker’, French President Francois Hollande on Friday bestowed his country's highest decoration on the Nobel......

Haren Pandya's widow in 'revenge' battle against Modi

As the widow of slain BJP leader Haren Pandya fights a 'revenge' battle seeking "justice" for her husband for whose murder she blames Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Elliis Bridge seat is witnessing......

How to build a better retirement kitty

The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) contribution should no longer be restricted to 12 per cent of basic and dearness allowance (DA), according to a recent circular. Instead should be calculated on......

Indian economy - A victim of two experiments?

India's monstrous public distribution system ensured that the government, and not private players, became a huge hoarder of food grains, writes M R Venkatesh. The Economic Survey 2012 provides......

All about Jack Cohen's RETAIL blues

Tesco's founder thought his employees were robbing him. Going by the service standards in a South London outlet, he was way off the mark, writes Sunanda K Datta-RayWith Tesco all set to take......

Cash or food? A great transition for India

Cash or food, which will better benefit the poor? This deceptively simple looking question is currently at the centre of a sharply bitter dispute. Combatants agree that the poor must be helped.......

IMF chief resigns; bail hearing today

While a US court will on Thursday hear the bail plea of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, who has been charged with a criminal sex act said he was resigning as......

Review: Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is absurdly great

Raja Sen feels Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola has enough substance to warrant repeated viewings.Without warning, there is an accident. Then, a flashback: to ten minutes earlier. A flashback which......

The brilliance of Sombhu Mitra, who directed Jaagte Raho

Writer-filmmaker Rinki Roy Bhattacharya, daughter of celebrated filmmaker Bimal Roy, met Bengali theatre stalwart Sombhu Mitra and his wife Tripti as a teenager and was hugely impressed by their......

Review: I Am Kalam is a winner

Shaikh Ayaz feels that I Am Kalam is a welcome addition to the genre of children's film. Post YOUR reviews here!Devoid of absolutely any known name in its cast, save for Gulshan Grover, I Am......

The legacy that Bimal Roy left behind

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Nothing seems truer to describe Bimal Roy's works. One of the most acclaimed film directors of all time, Bimal Roy is particularly noted for......

'Chiranjeevi appreciated Gamyam'

Radhakrishna (Krish, as he calls himself) Jagarlamudi's directorial Telugu debut Gamyam released recently is making waves in Andhra Pradesh. What makes the success of the film surprising is the......

East German Olympic shot put champion admits doping

Former East German Olympic shot put champion and three-time world record breaker Udo Beyer has admitted doping in a new documentary film about the lives of top athletes in the socialist state. In......

Cricket is strangling other sports

Rajeev Srinivasan wonders about India's quest for Olympic glory. The most vivid moment for me at the Asian Games was on the first day of the track-and-field events, when unheralded Preeja......

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Q. What in your opinion, India would be, had British not ruled us for 150 years ?\Your unprejudiced / unbiased essays required.\Pls remember, every coin has two sides. So u gotta strech your imagination & draw a picture of India that had no past of a British rule.\Iamginory question so, imaginory answers welcome.\Cocktail Raj
: A. Maybe India would not have been united (politically) as much as it is today without the British Raj. Maybe the industrial revolution would have...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-in-your-opinion-india-would-be-had-british-not-ruled-us//answers/7820616

Q. What are the merits of Adolf Hitler?
Cocktail : A. His most amazing achievement was his uniting the great mass of the German (and Austrian) people behind him. Throughout his career his popularity...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-are-the-merits-of-adolf-hitler/7819076/answers/16956585

Q. What are the reasons for communism a failure now?
Hitler : A. Because no offense, sir, believe it or not, Communism has a self destruction mechanism in case stagflation c'z of corruption creeps inward. Until...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-are-the-reasons-for-communism-a-failure-now/16956490/answers/16722341

Q. FAREWELL:: The chilly wind blew away with it the last light of hope for a great comrade and a balanced wise-man Shri Jyoti Basu...former Chief Minister of West Bengal. He was in office of CM for 23 yrs and was recommended for PM\'s post too. The man who was 60% communist and 40% himself...do u think he was caught on the wrong job??...Did the CPI Politburo take a wrong decision in dissuading him from taking up PM\'s post undermining his political acumen n leadership qualities??
Hitler : A. Not really. Comrade Basu REALLY took up a post of a suicide mission and MADE IT WORK AND SURVIVE and give it a solid lead , but clowns like Karat...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/farewell-the-chilly-wind-blew-away-with-it-the-last-light-of/16709300/answers/16444919

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Goodbye Asgharsaab

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'Vanity and children keep retail growing'

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Remembering a classicist

Balraj Sahni had the rare ability of transforming mediocre films with magnetic performances, says ranjan das gupta. And yet most Hindi film... ...

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=456960&catid=47

Socialist Cuba on Growth Path

CELEBRATIONS of the May Day at Havana As many as two thousand three hundred delegates from different trade unions in 73 countries participated in... ...

http://pd.cpim.org/2013/0519_pd/05192013_21.html

Ideology and friendship

Ideology unites, bringing like-minded people under a common sky. But ideology also divides: friends, who have enjoyed one anothers company for long... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130519/jsp/opinion/story_16914633.jsp

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