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Book on Prophet Mohammed's wife won't be published

Publishing giant Random House has scrapped plans to publish a book on Aisha, the wife of Prophet Mohammed, fearing that it could be the new Satanic Verses and may draw the wrath of the Muslim......

The day Zia died

Mohammed Hanif's novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes, published by Random House India today, June 6, will unquestionably be one of the most talked about books of the year. Twenty years after......

Concluding the exclusive excerpt from Mohammed Hanif's fascinating new book, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, which Random House India will publish today: Part I of the excerpt from A Case of Exploding......

The notorious link that Modi and Thatcher share

What ties together Thatcher and Modi is that their respective economic and political approaches are rigged in controversy, notes Vivek Dehejia. Narendra Modi was giving a speech extolling......

A pillion-rider's view of India, with riots as background

Journalist-author Harish Nambiar talks about his book, Defragmenting India Harish Nambiar's Defragmenting India looks at the country after the infamous 2002 Gujarat riots took place. Nambiar, a......

Random House sets up Indian arm

Leading multinational publishing company, Random House, on Friday announced the setting up of its Indian arm, Random House India. "The creation of Random House India is a strategic move in line......

Pay dues or face action, government warns tax dodgers

The government asked all income tax assessees to disclose their true income or risk getting a notice from the tax department.The finance ministry warned taxpayers that concealment of income while......

The perils of conflating Modi with Gujarat

The fact is that by conflating Modi with Gujarat the larger lesson in development -- economic reforms -- is being sidelined and lost, say Sonali Ranade and Shaelja Sharma For some strange reason,......

FM to squeeze more out of low tax-paying sectors

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday asked the tax department to go after low tax-paying sectors, saying that could bring an additional Rs 30,000 crore (Rs 300 billion) to the revenue kitty.The......

Limits to growth and how to overcome them

We as a species are hitting global constraints imposed by Earth's ecological and bio-systems that we don't know how to mitigate or resolve as a species, says Sonali Ranade A vast majority of us......

Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a powerful film

The Reluctant Fundamentalist has its cinematic moments but celebrates just black and white aspects of life instead of exploring grey areas, Vaihayasi Pande Daniel writes.Janissary: a member of an......

Was Bombay Jayashri's Life of Pi song inspired?

There are remarkable similarities between Bombay Jayashri's Oscar-nominated song in Life of Pi and Irayimman Thampi's age-old composition. We make a case for the 200-year-old melody.Almost every......

Review: Poraali is worth a watch

Pavithra Srinivasan feels that Tamil film Poraali works because of its one-liners.Sasikumar's Poraali traverses a familiar path and though there are plotholes, takes you to the finishing point. The......

Vijay of yore is back as Kaavalan

First off, Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay deserves kudos for shedding his action/political persona and digging his toes in and choosing a script that focuses on comedy and emotions. And having gone through......

Will these people win KBC?

Kaun Banega Crorepati will be back on your television screens next month, with Amitabh Bachchan as host, and the excitement is steadily increasing. Over 50 lakh aspiring contestants from all over......

Beckham's LA story: from star to unknown

England soccer player David Beckham was a superstar in Europe but when he moved to America a waiter demanded to see his ID and refused him a glass of wine, according to a book due out in July. "The......

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Q. What is the difference between author and writer?
Rohan: A. more

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Q. define the term DEVICE ?
Truth Exposed: A. According to my dictionary, the words "author" and "writer" are synonymous - as far as they refer to creating a written work....... more

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Q. Which place Known as minimum City ?
Truth Exposed: A. Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found is a narrative nonfiction book by Suketu Mehta, published in 2004, about the Indian city of Mumbai...... more

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Q. What is origin of term Pull Up Your Socks?
Musfer: A. Definition:To be told to pull up your socks is to be told to do a better job on something. It is a negative review of one's performance. It can...... more

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Q. Why cyclones are named as Laila, katrina etc?
Avtar Khalsa: A. Because women always change their minds like the the weather changes. Lol...For several hundred years many hurricanes in the West Indies were named...... more

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Things of beauty

When my eternally spring-cleaning friend Sa tells me she's giving away beautiful objects she'd collected over the years, the question arises in me:... ...

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Daft Punk goes outside comfort zone for new album

It's tempting to say Daft Punk has gone Hollywood. The influential French electronic duo crafted its first film score, for "Tron: Legacy," three... ...

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All They're Cracked Up To Be

New Research May Suggest That Pistachios May Provide Virtually All Their Antioxidants During Digestion, But Not All of Their Dietary Fat PR... ...

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Book on Prophet Mohammed's wife won't be published

The day Zia died

'I was the one who got away'

The notorious link that Modi and Thatcher share

A pillion-rider's view of India, with riots as background

Random House sets up Indian arm

Pay dues or face action, government warns tax dodgers

The perils of conflating Modi with Gujarat

FM to squeeze more out of low tax-paying sectors

Limits to growth and how to overcome them

Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a powerful film

Was Bombay Jayashri's Life of Pi song inspired?

Review: Poraali is worth a watch

Vijay of yore is back as Kaavalan

Will these people win KBC?

Beckham's LA story: from star to unknown

People speak for random house

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