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'Let's ensure our elders can live a life of dignity'

Elders surveyed have spoken of suffering disrespect, neglect, verbal abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. The survey finds that the most abused are those above 80. Let me, at the outset,......

'Let's ensure our elders can live a life of dignity'

Elders surveyed have spoken of suffering disrespect, neglect, verbal abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. The survey finds that the most abused are those above 80. Let me, at the outset,......

'India came across as overwhelming and incredible'

There is an air of smug self-confidence in the voice that is reading a passage. The venue is an upscale Mumbai cafe situated in a once-dilapidated cloth mill. It's been over 28 years since the......

The Exile is a novel based on history

Navtej Sarna, India's longest-serving spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs and a seasoned diplomat who has served in Moscow, Warsaw, Thimphu, Geneva, Teheran and Washington, DC, released......

'Literary critics will never grow up'

Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru has never had a problem speaking his mind. A great many people found that out on November 20, 2003, when his debut novel, The Impressionist, won the £5,000 John Llewellyn......

How to save enough money, age no bar

You might have read W. Somerset Maugham's classic short story, The Ant and the Grasshopper. In the story, Maugham, the master storyteller, turns the wisdom from an Aesop's Fable on its head.The......

'The days of tax havens are over'

Jeffrey Owens is the director of tax planning and administration at the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy, which is responsible for framing tax principles and ensuring that tax havens fall in line on......

Discovering what we don't know

I stared at the sheaf of photocopied reading material that the instructor had distributed to our class, anger welling up inside me."Many years had passed during which nothing of Combray . . . had......

Mira Nair, Abraham Verghese in conversation

Over a decade ago, Mira Nair turned Dr Abraham Verghese's best-selling memoir My Own Country into a well-received telly film starring Naveen Andrews. On Wednesday, Nair and Verghese met at Asia......

Where is Al Pacino?

Unlike his buddy Dustin Hoffman, who enjoys attending film festivals, Al Pacino prefers staying away. Which is why many reporters were pleasantly surprised to find his name on the press conference......

Hari Om goes to Toronto

Bharat Bala with his debut film Hari Om and Buddhadeb Dasgupta with his Chasing Dreams, join directors from over 40 countries ranging from Mexico to Senegal to China at the 29th edition of Toronto......

Khushboo: Gulzar's unforgettable magic

Dinesh RahejaShe may have never heard of feminism, but there is something very appealing and affirmative about the female protagonist of Gulzar's Khushboo. A product of her times, this rural woman......

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Q. name some physician turned authors?
Flying Saucer: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/name-some-physician-turned-authors/25210571/answers/

Q. Somerset Maugham, A J Cronin, Richard Gorden - in common ?l
Narendra Sharma: A. W. Somerset Maugham is one such author. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/somerset-maugham-a-j-cronin-richard-gorden---in-common-l/23217205/answers/25210587

Q. Who wrote Of Human Bondage and The Moon and Sixpence?
Psycho: A. all are doctors ..... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-wrote-of-human-bondage-and-the-moon-and-sixpence/22607863/answers/23217214

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A sculpting legend revisited in London

A very special exhibition of sculptures by Sir Jacob Epstein is on at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Having opened on March 28, the... ...

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Ruskin Bond

A septuagenarian with a memory as clear as a crystal, straddling several spheres of literature and a brilliant weaver of tales - meet Ruskin Bond... ...

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Somewhere To Call Their Own

The Anglo-Indian settlement that was meant to be a special place for its people—still only a small town with a special history. Ian Jack Brijesh... ...

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Double role for Delhi cop

He has double role and not many are aware of it. Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar, who hails from Rohtas, often takes out time from his busy... ...

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Most companies mutate biz models before they discover their destiny

When the inventor of Chess presented the game to the king, his pleased Highness vowed to give the inventor whatever he wanted. The inventor asked... ...

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News for Somerset Maugham

'Let's ensure our elders can live a life of dignity'

'Let's ensure our elders can live a life of dignity'

'India came across as overwhelming and incredible'

The Exile is a novel based on history

'Literary critics will never grow up'

How to save enough money, age no bar

'The days of tax havens are over'

Discovering what we don't know

Mira Nair, Abraham Verghese in conversation

Where is Al Pacino?

Hari Om goes to Toronto

Khushboo: Gulzar's unforgettable magic

People speak for somerset maugham

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