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Harvest of Modi's personality cult has yet to be reaped

'Narendrabhai is India and India is Narendrabhai.' Is this the chorus that will greet us a few years hence, asks Vivek Dehejia. The great Italian political philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote in his......

Ravaged by terror, they found new meaning in life

Vaihayasi Pande Daniel in Mumbai Last year's commemorations of 26/11 terror attacks, across Mumbai, on its first anniversary were often painfully sad. The ceremonies held all over the city......

Activist Manjula Kumar gets Gandhi peace award

Educator, director, actor and activist Manjula Kumar has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Foundation's Fellowship of Peace Award. At a ceremony on June 12 in uptown Washington, DC, she was......

Mumbai attack shows Lashkar, al Qaeda hand

The coordinated terrorist attacks on Mumbai, which killed over 120 persons and drew more than a 1,000 security men from the Indian Army, Marine Commandos, the National Security Guard commandos......

L K Advani's roadmap for world peace

Let's recognise the Genius of AsiaA discussion on 'Democracy and Conflict Resolution in Asia' must first of all recognise two factors about Asia -- its rich historical experience and its proud......

What you may not know about Facebook founder

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is not an easy man to get hold of unless your name is Oprah Winfrey. So we thought we'd ask the newly-recruited Facebook India team for a firsthand account of their boss.......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

I see Infosys as an agent of change: Nilekani

Rumour mills did the rounds of Indian IT industry when Nandan M Nilekani recently stepped down as the Infosys CEO.What made him relinquishthe postin favour of S Gopalakrishnan?Have problems started......

How Keki Gharda stunned the MNC giants

Once upon a time he used to bite pens. Now he fidgets with a knife in a cramped office lined up to the ceiling with books that range from Game Theory to the history of the Roman Empire to polymer......

Thomson eyes India's entertainment pie

Consumer electronics major Thomson is scouting for Indian partners through which to enter the post-production business in the country's entertainment market, said Olivier Lafaye, president of its......

'I've not met a star as simple as Rajinikanth'

Naman Ramachandran is steeped in the world of cinema being writer, film critic and film consultant. A trustee of the Satyajit Ray Foundation, London, and a founder-member of the London Indian......

Chiru's nephew to debut

Get your low down on what's happening in the world of Telugu cinema, right here! Another kid from the Chiranjeevi family is entering the film world. After Chiru, Pawan Kalyan and Ram Charan Tej,......

Amitabh to campaign against AIDS

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has appointed Amitabh Bachchan as a 46664 Special Ambassador of India, to lead a worldwide campaign against AIDS.Mandela Foundation Chief Executive John Samuel......

Jeremy Renner: A star is 'bourne'?

Is it time to welcome a new action hero? With the solid opening of The Bourne Legacy, well known actor and two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker and The Town)has suddenly become a......

Vikram is the youth envoy of UN Habitat

Catch the action in the Tamil film industry right here! Tamil actor Vikram has been selected as the Youth Envoy for the UN Habitat (United Nations Human Settlement Programme). Out of the four......

India to play at Centurion

India to play againat World Cup 2003 venueMohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan will be in South Africa once again, this time to play in the International Indian Film Academycharity......

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Q. Why so much media attention for the costliest house in India built by Mukesh Ambani? Your views?
: A. Antilla is the new house of Mukesh Ambani. This house break the record for most expensive house in the world. This is the first home in the world...... more

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Q. what is neville tuli\'s contribution to Indian arts?
Good Citizen: A. Neville Tuli is an Indian writer, art connoisseur and founder member of the annual Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, which started...... more

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Q. Which movie won the Academy Award in the year 2006 under Best Picture Category?
Gaurav Vyas: A. The Departed won the Academy Award for the year 2006. The movie was directed by Martin Scorsese, he is the founder of World Cinema Foundation and...... more

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Q. Gandhi nagar is famous for what?
Minnie: A. 1. National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) 2. DA-IICT, Gandhinagar 3. Akshardham Complex, Gandhinagar 4. Infocity 5....... more

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Q. Why the people are mad after ther the stars when it is very clear that even the top stars like Amitabh Bachhan has done nothing for the society. He is mere a worker who gets his money for the work he renders.
Seetal Rani: A. His International honours and recognitionsIn July of 1999, Amitabh Bachchan was named the "Greatest Star of the Millennium" by BBC online poll...... more

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New AMC Theatres® Summer Nights Program to Benefit Will Rogers Institute, Autism Organizations

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84 Finalists Named in Knight Arts Challenge Detroit

Grassroots ideas advance to next round in Knight Foundation contest DETROIT Emerging from more than 1,400 submissions, 84 projects were named... ...

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The tribute in a can

A royal scion, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur discovered his love for films through his maternal grandmother, Usha Rani, the Maharani of Dumaron, Bihar.... ...

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In the city

Art Solitary reapers A group exhibition, 'A Gift of Solitude -2' is being organised by Mirgna Arts. The show includes paintings, sculptures and... ...

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World-renowned Architects Select Winners of Downtown Detroit Hudson's Site Competition

/PRNewswire/ --Rock Ventures LLC and Bedrock Real Estate Services today announced the winners of Opportunity Detroit's international design... ...

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