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Creating a Classical Indian Canon

In the library sales from the crumbling houses of Calcutta, or Delhi, or the hill-station homes, the keen-eyed book-buyer would often come across sets of bound classics. These were usually in the......

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......

'I was the one who got away'

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......

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......

The very best of Naseeruddin Shah

There are some actors who can do absolutely anything. Today, we celebrate a man who has always been able to carry off anything with style, from bombastically delivering triple-barrelled echoes of......

Watch Or Iravu, get spooked

"You've got to be careful in places like these. Your own shadow will terrorise you," Nakulan Ponnusamy (Sathish G) says to himself as he wanders from room to room, voice-recorder in hand, inside a......

How an e-mail resulted in these rare film posters

"How do you begin mapping a design history that extends over 80 years? Since very little had been written about the subject, I had to start from scratch." This is how Rajesh Devraj sums up......

Seeking parochialism

Not so long ago, there was random moaning about increasing parochialism in Indian cricket. Players were being booed in the home stadiums of their perceived rivals; it was no longer about wanting......

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Q. Stock market is like..........?
: A. Dear All, Stock Market is like a giant casino. Surprised that this statement comes from an investment advisor who invests in stocks and equity...... more

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Q. Why are women temporarily separated from their husbands called grass widows? What is the history behind it ?
Raja : A. The usual meaning given in British dictionaries is of a woman whose husband is temporarily away, say on business. This sense is known in other...... more

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Q. The tribal people of India are being exploited from the time of Manu. The law enunciated by him says that if a Brahmin kills a Sudra, he has to pay a fine of 10 cows and if a Sudra kills a Brahmin, the punishment is death. Same unequal treatment continues even now, may be in a different forming one of his films, Satyajit Roy had shown as to how their women are being exploited by the civilized people. Do you feel that Maoist is canalizing, their accumulated wrath of thousands of years? Even if it is so, do you feel that Maoists are right resorting to terrorism?
Shan Real: A. Class exploitation has been a demographic feature of MANY feudal societies. In the US today, if the US LAPD cop shoots a black 20 yr old in...... more

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Q. there is a book on world history by hendrik villen van loon, especially for children.what is the title?Is it available for purchase?
Sankar Mitra: A. Hendrik Willem van Loon has Written for his grandchildren a book called "The Story of Mankind" which tells in brief chapters the history...... more

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Q. If you were rich and had a 27 story mansion how would you use it. Please be imaginitive!
Patanjali Ratnababu: A. Have a telescope installed on 23rd floor in every direction and spend time between 8:00 AM and 12:00 noon daily to see if there are any businesses...... more

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Exclusive Indian pickle recipes

Summer time is pickle time. here's a lowdown on the best of khatta, meetha and theekha pickles from across the nation. Try your hand at pickling!... ...

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Leading Your Business Through the Great Economic Power Shift

by Ram Charan,7 chapters; 322 pages,2013 Random House If you are up to speed on the term flat world, this is the next term you need to... ...

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The top 10 business bestsellers

LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD by Sheryl SandbergPublished by Random House IndiaPrice Rs 499Facebooks chief operating officer urges... ...

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/the-top-10-business-bestsellers/517213/

Ajit Chandila spent Rs 2.5 lakhs on denim pants

New Delhi: In a bid to crack down on IPL spot-fixing, the Delhi police on Saturday conducted raids at the Faridabad residence of Ajit Chandila for... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/ajit-chandila-spent-rs-2-5-lakhs-on-denim-pants_761614.html

Sanjay Garg | Bringing new light to lime

The designer of Raw Mango on his obsession with simplicity, saris and eclectic colour combinations Shefalee Vasudev Sanjay Garg, whose saris are... ...

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