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Inside the ultimate pop-up mega city

Every 12 years comes a mystical, mind-boggling phenomenon. It is the Maha Kumbh Mela. Harvard experts map the exotic and the mundane at the spectacle. Arthur J Pais reports With high-powered......

Rape, rage and a reality check

It remains to be seen how this phenomenon of public activism will translate in the political sphere. Unless this outpouring of outrage over the Delhi gang-rape can be channelised politically, the......

Pandit Ravi Shankar, the phenomenon

When you know you are listening to Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, more popularly known as Pandit Ravi Shankar, all you need to do is sit back and enjoy. Here is the talented master playing for an......

Decoding Bal Thackeray: Bindhast!

Most people trying to decode the Bal Thackeray phenomenon tend to see him in either black or white. Pramod Pagedar believes he was a curious combination of both, but mostly he was all grey. 24X7......

Balasaheb, the roar of the Lion King

'It is difficult to imagine such a phenomenon anywhere else. From being a cartoonist to becoming an agenda personified, outshining everyone else, is the unique distinction that Balasaheb created.'......

Developers don't find affordable homes 'affordable'

During the slowdown of 2008 and 2009, many big and not-so-big property developers had caught on to the 'affordable' phenomenon like never before. Realtors including DLF, Unitech, Tata Housing,......

Met predicts El Nino trouble for monsoon

The dreaded El Nino weather phenomenon is set to appear during the second half of the southwest monsoon, which may cause less-than-expected rains in August and September. El Nino had......

2G scam: Why customers have not dumped Unitech

The phenomenon is a little difficult to explain. According to the Supreme Court's order, all telecom service licences given in 2008, during the A Raja regime, have to be cancelled by June 2. The......

Aquarian Age: Bloom not Doom

While this apparent obsession with 2012 may largely be an internet phenomenon there is something more happening here that predates our age of hyper-connectivity, writes Rajni Bakshi.Even if you......

No need to worry over fall in rupee: Murthy

Terming falling value of rupee as a general phenomenon, IT major Infosys' founder N R Narayana Murthy said it should not be seen with pessimism."Value of rupee keeps fluctuating. This is normal. At......

The Best Rajesh Khanna Movies

Phenomenon and Rajesh Khanna go hand in hand. He acquainted the Indian Film Industry to the height of wild adulation and heightened stardom with an inexplicable, utterly chaotic impact on the......

The Reasons That Led Rajesh Khanna To His Downfall

At his peak, Rajesh Khanna was a phenomenon unlike anything Indian cinema had seen. Malavika Sangghvi writes on the man, the mystique and the hubris that led to his downfall. Each generation has......

Readers Pick: Ten Songs That Became Instant Hits!

After the Why This Kolaveri Di phenomenon swept across India, we asked you, dear readers, to tell us other such songs that went on to become instant hits in their time. There are times when......

What makes Salman Khan a phenomenon

You may love him or hate him, but you can't ignore him. Salman Khan is a man of all seasons. Despite several flops and controversies, he is still rules the roost in Bollywood. What is it that makes......

Salman: My father thinks my best is yet to come

Salman Khan is a phenomenon. He always was. There's no genre he hasn't attempted, he has an incredible fan following and he delivered some of the highest grossing films in the past couple of years.......

Harbhajan bats for Tendulkar

Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh backed senior teammate Sachin Tendulkar, insisting that he remains a phenomenon despite being off-colour in the just-concluded Test series against New......

Olympics: London set for 'Wieber Fever' in gymnastics

'Wieber Fever' has been steadily building in her Michigan hometown and the craze could become a worldwide phenomenon if Jordyn Wieber can clinch the all-around women's gymnastics title at the......

Foreigners caught betting at Chennai Open

Betting is a rampant phenomenon in international tennis.The racket sport, with a 15 seconds difference between a live match and online scoring, provides ample opportunity for betting from the......

Brawn is a Formula One phenomenon

If a jubilant Jenson Button had his way, fellow Briton Ross Brawn would have his name on a shiny medal as well as on a championship-winning Formula One car and team.Without the 'Big Bear', as the......

Wisden commemorates Bradman phenomenon

A golf ball, a cricket stump, a brick stand supporting a large water tank, bats fashioned from gum trees and plain dirt pitches.From these primitive beginnings Australian Don Bradman fashioned a......

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Q. what is the difference between Adsorption and Absorption ... ??
Radhika Ahuja: A. more

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Q. Science dont believe in the existence of god but scientists do. why?
Jiya Sabnani: A. Adsorption- the binding of molecules or particles to a surface the filling of pores in a solid. The binding to the surface is usually weak and...... more

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Q. Number one or two in Rediff HOF but umpteen enemies here. Is it not a strange phenomenon?
Missile: A. good question. similar to the phenomenon like vehicle can't run on its own, but a driver can make it run. on the same lines, science is not a...... more

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Q. Which of the following phenomenon results in making the rainbow appear in the sky ?Reflection of lightRefraction of lightBoth Reflection and Refraction of lightScattering of light
Pravin: A. pass more

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From frying pan to fire

Is Delhi turning into a hotter concrete jungle? Environmentalists swear that rapid urbanisation and vehicle emissions have made matters worse,... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334701/from-frying-pan-fire.html

No, Mallika, you were not the first to kiss on-screen

Bollywood was very bold during its nascent stage. In the early 1920s and 30s, kissing was a common phenomenon. Interestingly, Bollywood was very... ...

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-mallika-sherawat-you-were-not-the-first-to-kiss-onscreen/393843-8-66.html

Self-Reported Dietary Fibs Distort Survey Results

Do you get the urge to fib about your eating style or your diet behavior even if it happens to be on the survey form? If yes, then you are not... ...

http://www.medindia.net/news/healthwatch/self-reported-dietary-fibs-distort-survey-results-119431-1.htm

Match, spot-fixing not a new phenomenon

"2010: Bookie Mazhar Majeed revealed in a sting operation that he bribed Pakistan bowlers to bowl no-balls on demand during the fourth Test against... ...

http://www.nerve.in/news:253500549432

Nature turns off mango's on year

What should have been a bumper crop for mango this year has turned out to be an 'off' season in the State, a phenomenon that has not been witnessed... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/nature-turns-off-mangos-on-year/article4747278.ece