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'To Kanti Bhatt, books played god'

Kanti Bhatt, respected Gujarati author and journalist, passed into the ages on August 4, 2019, at the age of 88. In tribute, we reproduce an article his wife Sheela Bhatt wrote about him 19 years......

Column: Why I am worried about Dr Singh's visit

Rajeev Srinivasan on why he fears Dr Singh's State visit to Washington, DC may be disastrous. In the old black-and-white Frank Capra film Mr Smith Goes to Washington an idealistic small-town man......

Tech glitch shuts down Nasdaq market for 3 hours

Trading in thousands of US stocks ground to a halt for much of Thursday after an unexplained technological problem shut down trading in Nasdaq securities, the latest prominent disruption to the......

US launches biggest crackdown on designer drugs

The source of the synthetic drugs was Asia, especially India and China. US authorities carried out their biggest sweep against designer synthetic drugs on Wednesday, cracking down on potentially......

Want to be an effective business leader? Read this

You all know the character. He was rich, powerful, handsome and commanded the respect of even the most shrewd businessmen in the world. But that's no way to run a business in reality, at least not......

'We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed'

Keeping it short and so sweet at the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Host Jimmy Kimmel may have made sure the speeches remained short this year -- the shortest speech would win a Kawasaki jet......

Why Jai is the true hero of Sholay

Raja Sen gives us a hint: It was all because he used a coin wisely. IMAGE: Veeru and Jai in Sholay. It is temptingly easy to dismiss the cinematic coin-toss as a bit of chicanery, just another......

Why is IFFI so iffy?

Ever since it moved permanently to the sun and sands of Goa some years ago, with the aim of attracting a better class of guest and quality films from round the world, the reverse has happened to......

New Moon, Sandra Bullock smash box office records

As the champagne was flowing over the spectacular worldwide success of Twilight: New Moon [the movie is coming to India on December 4] which soared to an estimated $258 million in three days (with......

Reese's pink revolution

Reese Witherspoonis charming and fun in Legally Blonde 2: Red WhiteAnd Blonde,but is let down by an inept script and heavy-handed direction that gets her to deliver impassioned speeches. As a......

Smooth sailing for seeds at windy US Open

The man for all occasions, Roger Federer provided a masterful demonstration of skill and precision in gale-force winds to breeze into the fourth round of the US Open on Saturday. On a day when the......

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'To Kanti Bhatt, books played god'

Column: Why I am worried about Dr Singh's visit

Tech glitch shuts down Nasdaq market for 3 hours

US launches biggest crackdown on designer drugs

Want to be an effective business leader? Read this

'We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed'

Why Jai is the true hero of Sholay

Why is IFFI so iffy?

New Moon, Sandra Bullock smash box office records

Reese's pink revolution

Smooth sailing for seeds at windy US Open

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